Ruler · 1844 – 1913

Menelik II

Lived 1844 – 1913; politician. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1889 – 1913.

Wikidata's English label: Menilek II.

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Lived: 1844 – 1913; 69 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 75th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

71 before

Sahle Dengel1851 – 1855

Tewodros II1855 – 1868

Yohannes IV1871 – 1889

Menelik II1889 – 1913

Lij Iyasu1913 – 1916

Zewditu I of Ethiopia1916 – 1930

Haile Selassie1930 – 1974

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1889 – 1913 · 24 years · came to it aged 45

Came to it: seized power
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; stroke

On 25 March, upon hearing of the death of Yohannes, Menelik immediately proclaimed himself emperor.

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