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Menelik II

1844 - 1913

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Menelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ dagmawi mənilək; horse name Aba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was largely completed by 1898. The Ethiopian Empire was transformed under Menelik: the major signposts of modernisation were put in place, with the assistance of key ministerial advisors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menelik II has received more than 1,923,062 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Menelik II is the 1,656th most popular politician (down from 1,590th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Ethiopia and the 3rd most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Menelik II is most famous for being the first emperor of Ethiopia. He was also the son of King Solomon and Queen Makeda, and the father of Emperor Haile Selassie.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Menelik II ranks 1,656 out of 19,576. Before him are Euric, Francis, Duke of Guise, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Ananda Mahidol, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. After him are Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Stephen V of Hungary, Emeric, King of Hungary, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Tiglath-Pileser I, and Olybrius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Menelik II ranks 19. Before him are Ludwig Boltzmann, Alexandra of Denmark, Peter I of Serbia, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Friedrich Ratzel, and Pablo de Sarasate. After him are Muhammad Ahmad, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Friedrich Miescher, Ismail Qemali, Charles-Marie Widor, and Karl Lueger. Among people deceased in 1913, Menelik II ranks 9. Before him are Rudolf Diesel, Alfred Russel Wallace, J. P. Morgan, Alfred von Schlieffen, Lesya Ukrainka, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu. After him are Sophia of Nassau, Tobias Asser, August Bebel, Josephine Cochrane, Harriet Tubman, and Philip Sclater.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Menelik II ranks 5 out of 105. Before him are Abebe Bikila (1932), Haile Selassie (1892), Zewditu (1876), and Abraha (600). After him are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Menelik II ranks 3. Before him are Haile Selassie (1892), and Zewditu (1876). After him are Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), and Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506).

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