Ruler · 1818 – 1868

Tewodros II

Lived 1818 – 1868; politician, military personnel. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1855 – 1868.

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Lived: 1818 – 1868; 50 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ethiopian Empire
Left it: died by suicide; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 73rd of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

69 before

Sahle Dengel1845 – 1850

Yohannes III1850 – 1851

Sahle Dengel1851 – 1855

Tewodros II1855 – 1868

Yohannes IV1871 – 1889

Menelik II1889 – 1913

Lij Iyasu1913 – 1916

3 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 1855 – 1868 · 13 years · came to it aged 37

Left it: died by suicideWikidata's manner of death: suicide; gunshot wound

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