LC control no. | n 97045413 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 |
Variant(s) | Zewditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 Zauditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930 Askāla Māryām, 1876-1930 |
See also | Gugsā Walé, Rās, approximately 1877-1930 |
Associated country | Ethiopia |
Located | Debre Tabor (Ethiopia) |
Birth date | 1876-04-29 |
Death date | 1930-04-02 |
Place of birth | Ennawāri (Ethiopia) |
Place of death | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
Profession or occupation | Heads of state Empresses |
Found in | Gebre-Igziabiher Elyas. Prowess, piety, and politics, 1994: introd. (Zewditu) Ency. Brit. (Zauditu, Empress of Ehtiopia) Dict. of African Biog. (Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia, 1876-1930) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 2014: vol. 5, p. 157-159 (Zawditu; baptismal name Askāla Māryām; 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) |