Zauditu

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Zauditu was an early 20th-century Empress of Ethiopia, notable as the country's first female head of state in the modern era.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zauditu canonical 1
Zauditu Menelik 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Empress of Ethiopia ⓘ
female ruler ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Addis Ababa ⓘ
continentOfRule Africa ⓘ
coRulerOrRegent Ras Tafari Makonnen ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I
country Ethiopia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1876 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1930 ⓘ
deathCause illness ⓘ
dynasty Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Amhara ⓘ
father Menelik II ⓘ
fullName Zauditu Menelik ⓘ
linked to: Zauditu
governmentFormDuringReign monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringReign Ras Tafari Makonnen ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I
historicalRegion Horn of Africa ⓘ
house House of Solomon ⓘ
knownFor conservative religious policies ⓘ
ruling during the rise of Ras Tafari Makonnen ⓘ
supporting the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ⓘ
languageSpoken Amharic ⓘ
monarchOf Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
mother Bafena Wolde Mikael ⓘ
notableEventDuringReign consolidation of power after the deposition of Iyasu V ⓘ
increasing modernization efforts led by Ras Tafari Makonnen ⓘ
notableFor being one of the few female monarchs in Ethiopian history ⓘ
being the first female head of state of Ethiopia in the modern era ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ethiopia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Addis Ababa ⓘ
positionHeld Empress of Ethiopia ⓘ
head of state of Ethiopia ⓘ
precededByInDynasty Menelik II ⓘ
predecessor Iyasu V ⓘ
reignEnd 1930 ⓘ
reignStart 1916 ⓘ
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Gugsa Welle ⓘ
linked to: Ras Gugsa Welle

Wagshum Welle ⓘ
style Her Imperial Majesty ⓘ
succeededByInDynasty Haile Selassie ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I
successor Haile Selassie ⓘ
linked to: Haile Selassie I
title Negiste Negest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zewditu I → alsoKnownAs → Zauditu ⓘ
Zauditu → fullName → Zauditu Menelik ⓘ
linked to: Zauditu