Menelik II
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Menelik II, baptised as Sahle Maryam, was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. A member of the Solomonic dynasty, Menelik expanded the Ethiopian Empi
Photograph of Emperor Menelik II on the throne in coronation garb
Menelik II seal
The fortress of Magdala
Menelik meeting British explorers
Lij Iyasu
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Lij Iyasu also known as Iyasu V was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob. Ethiopian emperors traditionally chose their regnal name on the day they w
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…1906 left him incapacitated by 1909, Empress Taytu Betul and later Ras Tessema Nadew served as regents. He died in 1913 and was succeeded by grandson Lij Iyasu (later deposed), followed by his daughter Zewditu and Ras Tafari Makonnen (the future Haile Selassie). Menelik was a controversial figure for much of…
Photograph of Iyasu
Lij Iyasu with the new regent, Ras Tessema
Iyasu and his retinue, ca. 1914.