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Tekle Giyorgis II

1836 - 1873

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Tekle Giyorgis II (Ge’ez: ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ, born Wagshum Gobeze (Amharic: ዋግሹም ጎበዜ), 1836 – 21 June 1873) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the Ethiopian Church to strengthen his right to rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tekle Giyorgis II has received more than 235,109 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tekle Giyorgis II is the 16,636th most popular politician (down from 14,577th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Ethiopia and the 32nd most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 16,636 out of 19,576. Before him are E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Gideon Welles, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Amir Ohana, Samuel Huntington, and Anthony Carmona. After him are Anna Komorowska, Juliet Mitchell, Roman Dzindzichashvili, John N. Mitchell, Sadeq Larijani, and Mohamed Said Fofana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 77. Before him are Casimir de Candolle, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Adolf Schwarz, Justiniano Borgoño, and Pablo Arosemena. After him are Joseph Smit, Walter Besant, and Russell A. Alger. Among people deceased in 1873, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 80. Before him are George-Étienne Cartier, Charles Allston Collins, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, and Sarah Moore Grimké. After him are William J. Hardee, John W. Geary, and Hamilton Hume.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 54 out of 105. Before him are Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), Sahle Dengel (1778), Derartu Tulu (1972), Gelawdewos (1522), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), and Tirunesh Dibaba (1985). After him are Ruth Negga (1982), Sifan Hassan (1993), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), Bogaletch Gebre (1960), Berhane Adere (1973), and Addis Abebe (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Tekle Giyorgis II ranks 32. Before him are Susenyos I (1572), Tafari Benti (1921), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), Sahle Dengel (1778), and Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953).

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