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Tewodros II

1818 - 1868

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Tewodros II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes).Although Tewodros II's origins were in the Era of the Princes, his ambitions were not those of the regional nobility. He sought to re-establish a cohesive Ethiopian state and to reform its administration and church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tewodros II has received more than 951,513 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Tewodros II is the 4,675th most popular politician (down from 4,288th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tewodros II ranks 4,675 out of 15,577Before him are Louis de Bonald, Katō Kiyomasa, Constantius Gallus, Yaqub Beg, Christian Wulff, and Dušan Simović. After him are Robert Kocharyan, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya, Karl von Habsburg, Al-Qahir, Ahuitzotl, and Ariaramnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Tewodros II ranks 29Before him are Mary Todd Lincoln, Thomas Mayne Reid, Amalia of Oldenburg, Richard Jordan Gatling, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, and Hermann Kolbe. After him are Zachris Topelius, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Francesco Crispi, and Heinrich Göbel. Among people deceased in 1868, Tewodros II ranks 17Before him are Mihailo Obrenović, James Brooke, James Mayer de Rothschild, Adalbert Stifter, Okita Sōji, and Franz Berwald. After him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein, François-Édouard Picot, Kondō Isami, Julius Plücker, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Rasoherina.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tewodros II ranks 12 out of 89Before him are Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), and Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924). After him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Mulatu Teshome (1955).

Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Tewodros II ranks 10Before him are Menelik II (1844), Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), and Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924). After him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Mulatu Teshome (1955), and Taytu Betul (1851).