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Zawditu

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Birth

She was born in ʾƎnnawāri↗

Period of Activity

Zawditu was the empress of Ethiopia↗ from 1916to 1930. As a child Zawditu stayed at her father's court under the care of Bafäna↗ , and then his next wife, Ṭāytu Bǝṭul↗ . In 1882, the 6-year-old Zawditu was married to the 13-year-old Arʾaya Śǝllase Yoḥannǝs↗ . But Arʾaya Śǝllase Yoḥannǝs↗ died in 1888. In 1889 Zawditu returned to her father's court. In 1891, she was married to Gwangul Zägäyye↗ , but the marriage did not last. In 1897 Zawditu married to ? Wǝbe Aṭnaf Sägäd↗ . Finally, in 1900, Zawditu married to Gugsa Wäle↗ , and moved with him to Däbrä Tabor↗ . When Mǝnilǝk↗ 's health declined by 1907/1908, Zawditu returned to ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ , together with Ṭāytu Bǝṭul↗ , nursed her father. Following the death of Mǝnilǝk↗ , ʾIyāsu↗ put Zawditu under house arrest in Fale↗ , where her husband had been confined ever since Ṭāytu Bǝṭul↗ was forced from power in 1910. Following the overthrown of ʾIyāsu↗ , in 1916, Zawditu was asked to ascend the throne. The condition was, however, that she separated from her husband, and thus Zawditu and Gugsa Wäle↗ divorced in 1916. Then, Zawditu ascended to the imperial throne on 1916-10-02 and was crowned ? in the Gannata Ṣǝge Giyorgis↗ on 1917-02-11. But she had no experience in politics and adminsitration. She was believed to be deeply religious, shy but also stubborn. Thus, throughtime, the balance of power gradually shifted in favour of the then Tafari and later Ḫāyla Śǝllāse I↗ , who consequently removed his opponents and Zawditu 's associates from power. For the last two years of her life, she was deprived from any political power, even if she still presided formally over the Crown Council.

Death

She died of diabetes on 1930-11-02in ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ .

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Names

  • birth: ዘውዲቱ፡ gez
  • baptismal: አስካለ፡ ማርያም፡ gez
  • nǝgǝśta nagaśtāt role: title

Dates

Birth: 1876

Period of activity: 1916–1930

Death: 2-11-1930

Occupation

queen

Secondary Bibliography

Secondary Bibliography

  • Rubinkowska, H. 2014. ‘Zäwditu’, in A. Bausi and S. Uhlig, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, V (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2014), 157b–159b.
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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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  • Zawde Rattā 1998. ተፈሪ፡ መኰንን፡ ረዥሙ፡ የሥልጣን፡ ጉዞ፡ በምኒልክ፡ በኢያሱ፡ በዘውዲቱ ፡ ዘመን፤ (Tafari Makwannǝn ražžam yaśǝlṭān guzo ba-Mǝnilǝk ba-ʾIyāsunnā ba-Zawditu zaman 1884-1922, ’Tafari Makwannǝn, the Long Journey to Power, from the Periods of Mǝnilǝk, ʾIyāsu to Zawditu 1884-1922’) (Addis Ababa: 1998).
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Keywords

Ruler

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    2016-03-21
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T15:14:57.706+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    16.7.2018
    idno
    type=collection
    persons
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS10671Zawditu
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/PRS10671Zawditu
    idno
    type=filename
    PRS10671Zawditu.xml
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    type=ID
    PRS10671Zawditu

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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻZawdituʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-07-16) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS10671Zawditu [Accessed: 2024-11-03]

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Revision history

  • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 16.7.2018
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
  • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

Solomon Gebreyes, contributor

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