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Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore, imprisoned several missionaries and two representatives of the British government in an attempt to force the British government to comply with his requests for military assistance. The punitive expedition launched by the British in response required the ...
Tewodros II's much loved daughter, Woizero Alitash Tewodros, was the first wife of Menelik of Shewa who eventually became Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia. Woizero Alitash was abandoned by her husband when Menelik escaped from Magdala to return and reclaim his Shewan throne. She was subsequently remarried to Dejazmatch Bariaw Paulos of Adwa.
Lady Valerie Meux's collection of Ethiopian manuscripts were bequeathed in 1902 to Emperor Menelik II in her will; however, shortly following her death in 1910, this was overturned. One of the two looted crowns of Tewodros was returned to Empress Zawditu in 1924, but the more valuable gold crown was retained by the Victoria and Albert Museum .
Reunification of Ethiopia. Tewodros II becomes Emperor; Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts (1832–1848) Ethiopia Egypt: Victory. Ethiopia retains territorial integrity and independence; Ottoman-Egyptians expand south into the Great Lakes region; Leads to the Egyptian-Ethiopian war; British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) Ethiopia ...
Emperor Tewodros (or Theodore) II was born Lij Kassa in Qwara, in 1818. His father was a small local chief, and his relative (possibly uncle) Dejazmach Kinfu was governor of the provinces of Dembiya, Qwara and Chelga between Lake Tana and the northwestern frontier. Kassa lost his inheritance upon the death of Kinfu while he was still a young boy.
Theodore II Palaiologos (c.1396–1448), Despot of the Morea from 1407 to 1443; Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat (died 1418), also of the Palaiologos dynasty; Tewodros II of Ethiopia, Theodore II, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1855–1868; Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (born 1954), current (since 2004) Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
King of Italy, proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia after Italian victory in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War; the title was contested by Haile Selassie in exile. Italian defeat in the East African campaign of World War II , and later Italian capitulation , ended Italian pretensions of rulership over Ethiopia.
However, after continued Ethiopian deliberations and pressure from the United States, this policy was abandoned. [8] [9] [10] The process of reversing the effects of World War II on Ethiopia did not completely end until 1955, when Ethiopia was restored to its internationally recognised borders of 1935, from before the Italian invasion.