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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tewodros II has received more than 1,028,236 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Tewodros II is the 5,787th most popular politician (down from 4,664th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 12th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tewodros II ranks 5,787 out of 19,576. Before him are Sisavang Vong, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, King Li of Zhou, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Piyassili, and Yang Kaihui. After him are William the Lion, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Rómulo Betancourt, Hermann Billung, and Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Tewodros II ranks 34. Before him are Francesco Crispi, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Richard Jordan Gatling, Maria Mitchell, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Heinrich Göbel, and Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1868, Tewodros II ranks 20. Before him are Franz Berwald, James Mayer de Rothschild, Kondō Isami, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, James Brooke, and Christian Friedrich Schönbein. After him are François-Édouard Picot, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Carlo Matteucci, Rasoherina, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tewodros II ranks 15 out of 105. Before him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), and Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924). After him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Taytu Betul (1851).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Tewodros II ranks 11. Before him are Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), and Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924). After him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Taytu Betul (1851).

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