Tewodros II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, 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).
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Tewodros II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, 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).
Learn about Tewodros II, the emperor of Ethiopia who unified the country and modernized its economy and culture. Find out how he faced challenges from the church and other enemies, and how he died in battle.
Learn about Tewodros II, the last emperor of the Aksumite Empire who ruled from 1861 to 1862 and tried to reform his country and confront the British. Find out how he faced challenges from the peasantry, the clergy, and the aristocrats, and how he died in a foreign war.
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Tewodros II (1820-1868), also called Theodore II, was a visionary emperor of Ethiopia who tried unsuccessfully to reconstitute and modernize traditional institutions by emulating European technological achievements.
Tewodros II Tewodros II Tewodros II was born Kassa Hailu sometime around 1818. His father, Hailu Welde Giyorigis, was the ruler of Qwara district, located on the Ethiopian-Sudanese border. His military experience started when he served in his half brother’s army (Prouty and Rosenfeld 1982, 71).
The British Expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire (also known at the time as Abyssinia). Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore, imprisoned several missionaries and two ...
Tewodros II ( Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, 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).
Emperor Tewodros II. In 1868, Tewodros II of Ethiopia prepared to make a last stand against the British army in Magdala, his mountain top fortress. Show more.
“Tewodros II, English Theodore II, original name Kassa, (born c. 1818—died April 13, 1868, Magdela, Ethiopia), emperor of Ethiopia (1855–68) who has been called Ethiopia’s first modern ruler.