Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930
Empress, 1916-1930
- HMML ID
- 344603443902
- PURL
- LC name
- Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930
- HMML name
- Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930
- HMML native script
- ዘውዲቱ
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Askāla Māryām
- Zewditu
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1876-04-29
- Death date
- 1930-04-02
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Gender
- Females
- Place born
- Place died
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Honorary titles
- Empress of Ethiopia
Affiliations
- Affiliation
- Sponsor of
Personal relationships
- Parents
- Spouses
- Related to
- Walé Beṭul, rās, -1918 (Father-in-law)
General notes
- Description
- Zawditu; born 29 April 1876 in Ennawāri; died 2 April 1930 in Addis Ababa; Empress of Ethiopia 1916-1930; lived in Addis Ababa; Dabra Tābor; member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church; first marriage to rās Ar'ayā Śellāsē, son of Emperor Yoḥannes IV, from 1883-1888 (his death); fourth marriage to rās Gugsā Walē in 1900; divorced Gugsā Walē in order to ascend throne in 1916; crowned Empress 11 February 1917 at Gannata Ṣegē Giyorgis church; involved in construction of Qeddest Śellāsē cathedral in Addis Ababa; crowned rās Tafari (the future Emperor Ḫāyla Śellāsē) king in 1928 after an armed insurrection; nominally Empress but effectively without power for the final two years of her life; buried 8 April 1930 in Ba'atā Church in Addis Ababa
- Citations
- Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 5, Y-Z, Supplementa, Addenda et Corrigenda, Maps, Index (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014), 157-159.
Preferred citation
"Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified August 30, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/344603443902
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-06-21
- Last edited
- 2022-08-30