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Zewditu (also spelled Zeoditu or Zawditu or Zauditu or Zäwditu; Ge'ez: ዘውዲቱ; born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930. The first female head of an internationally recognized country in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the first empress regnant of the Ethiopian Empire, her reign was noted for the reforms of her Regent and designated heir Ras Tafari Makonnen (who succeeded her as Emperor Haile Selassie I), about which she was at best ambivalent and often stridently opposed, due to her staunch conservatism and strong religious devotion. As of 2020 she is the most recent empress regnant in history.

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Born	29 April 1876 Ejersa Goro, Harar
Died	2 April 1930 (aged 53)
Zodiac	Taurus
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Menelik II of Ethiopia · Father · 1844-1913 · Ruler of Shewa edit info

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Aida Desta · Goddaughter · 1927-2013 · Ethiopian prince; eldest granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie edit info

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