Names
birth: ጣይቱ፡ ብጡል፡↗ normalized: Ṭāytu Bǝṭul↗ baptismal: ወለተ፡ ሚካኤል፡↗ normalized: Walatta Mikāʾel↗ regnal: ብርሃን፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡↗ normalized: Bǝrhān Zaʾityoṗyā↗ ʾǝtege role: title ↗
Birth
She was born at Gondar↗ .
Period of Activity
She was the wife of ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk II↗ and an influential politician in his court. She married ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk II↗ , her fifth husband, in1883 in the church ceremony that took place inʾAnkobar↗ . She was crowned as ʾǝtege role: title Ṭāytu Bǝṭul ↗ on 03-10-1889, two days after ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk II↗ 's coronation as emperor. She did not have children with ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk II↗ and was probably a barren. ʾǝtege role: title Ṭāytu Bǝṭul↗ was recognized in Ethiopia↗ as an outstanding beauty and a clever and educated woman. ʾǝtege role: title Ṭāytu Bǝṭul↗ was active both in domestic and foreign policy.
Death
She died in ʾƎnṭoṭṭo↗ in 1918.
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Names
- birth: ጣይቱ፡ ብጡል፡ gez
- baptismal: ወለተ፡ ሚካኤል፡ gez
- regnal: ብርሃን፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ gez
- ʾǝtege role: title
Dates
Birth: 1853
Period of activity: 1883–1910
Death: 1918
Occupation
queen
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Marcus, H. G. 1975. The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia, 1844–1913 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975).
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Rubinkowska, H. 2010. ‘Ṭaytu Bǝṭul’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 878a–879b.
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Bairu Tafla 1972. ‘Marriage as a Political Device: an Appraisal of a Socio-political Aspect of the Menelik Period 1889-1916’, Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 10/1 (1972), 13–21. page 13-21
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- Solomon Gebreyes complete record on 2.2.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
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