Back ጣይቱ ብጡል Amharic تايتو بيتول ARZ Таіту Бетул Byelorussian Taitu Betul Czech Taytu Betul German Taitu Betul Spanish Taytu Betul FF Taytu Betul Finnish Taytu Betul French טאיתו בטול HE
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| Taytu Betul ጣይቱ ብጡል | |
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| Itege | |
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| Empress of Ethiopia | |
| Tenure | 10 May 1889 – 12 December 1913 |
| Coronation | 4 November 1889 |
| Queen consort of Shewa | |
| Tenure | 1883 – 9 March 1889 |
| Born | 1851 Semien, North Gondar, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | 11 February 1918 (aged 66–67) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire |
| Burial | Ba'eta le-Mariam Monastery |
| Spouse | Menelik II |
| Father | Betul Haile Maryam |
Taytu Betul (Amharic: ጣይቱ ብጡል Ṭaytu Bəṭul ; baptised as Wälättä Mikael; 1851 – 11 February 1918) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and the third wife of Emperor Menelik II. An influential figure in the anti-colonial resistance during the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, she, along with her husband, founded the modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1886.[1]
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