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Taytu Betul
Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913
Taytu Betul (Amharic: ጣይቱ ብጡልṬaytu Bəṭul ; baptised as Wälättä Mikael; 1851 – 11 February 1918) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and the third wife of EmperorMenelik II.
An influential figure in the anti-colonial resistance during the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, she, along with her husband, founded the modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1886.[1]
Early life
According to Raymond Jonas, Taytu Betul (or Taitu) was born in Semien, North Gondar, Ethiopian Empire.[2][3] Scholarly consensus is that she was born at about 1851.
Taytu's father, RasBetul Haile Maryam, was part of the ruling family of Semien that claimed to be descendants of the Solomonic Dynasty through Emperor Susenyos I.[4] Taytu's uncle was the Amhara warlord Wube Haile Maryam who governed the Semien and Tigray princedom.[5]
Education
There are no records indicating that Empress