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		The city has as many as 80 nationalities speaking 80 languages, and Christian and Muslim communities.
		The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik II, and now has a population of around four million, and an eight per cent annual growth rate.
		The city lies at the foot of Mount Entoto, and is home to Addis Ababa University.
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	Taytu Betul Information
		Taytu Betul (or Taitu) was born in or around 1851, the third of four children in an aristocratic Ethiopian family that was related to the Solomonid dynasty.
		Taytu is acknowledged to have wielded considerable political power as the wife of Menelik, both before and after they were crowned Emperor and Empress in 1889.
		Taytu is believed to have been somewhat active in the plot that eventually removed Emperor Iyasu V from the throne in 1916, and replaced him with her step-daughter, Empress Zauditu.
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	Taytu Betul - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Taytu Betul (or Taitu) was born in or around 1851, the third of four children in an aristocratic Ethiopian family that was related to the Solomonid dynasty.
		Taytu was banished to the old Palace at Entoto, next to the St. Mary's church she had founded years before, and where her husband had been crowned Emperor.
		Taytu is believed to have been active in the plot that eventually removed Emperor Iyasu V from the throne in 1916, and replaced him with her step-daughter, Empress Zauditu.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/t/a/i/Taitu_Bitul_a320.html (543 words)

	Wanted
		Taytu Betul, I should remind our readers, is best known as the wife of Emperor Menilek, and as such one of the most famous Queens in Ethiopian history.
		The name Taytu meaning "Sun", she was officially addressed as the "Light of Ethiopia" - and that was the designation - in Amharic - proudly engraved on her seals.
		Taytu, it may be recalled, will for ever be remembered for her participation in the Ethio-Italian talks which preceded the Battle of Adwa in 1896.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2004/03/12-03-04/Wanted.htm (974 words)

	Ethiopian Women
		One of these successors, Taytu Betul, married King Menelik II and was crowned Queen of Shewa in 1883, little more than a century after Mentewab's death.
		It was Taytu who encouraged the Emperor to move the capital from the storm-swept heights of Entoto to the lower altitude and more pleasant climate around the hot springs of Finfine.
		Taytu was a great businesswoman, generous to her friends but ruthless to her enemies.
	www.wildfiyah.com /ethwomen.html (3588 words)

	Zauditu of Ethiopia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Negus Menelek later married Taytu Betul, but had no children by this wife.
		Zewditu's stepmother and the aunt of her husband, Dowager Empress Taytu, had withdrawn from the capital after Menelik's death, but was still distrusted somewhat due to her well known nepotism she had practiced during the reign of her late husband Menelik II.
		Zewditu also suffered guilt for taking the throne from Lij Iyasu, who her father had wanted to succeed him - while she believed that Iyasu's overthrow was necessary, she had admired her father greatly, and was unhappy at having to disobey his wishes.
	en.encyclopediahome.com /wiki/Zauditu_of_Ethiopia (1576 words)

	Zauditu of Ethiopia - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Menelek later married Taytu Betul, but had no children by his Empress.
		Zauditu's stepmother and the aunt of her husband, Dowager Empress Taytu, had withdrawn from the capital after Menelik's death, but was still distrusted somewhat due to her well known nepotism she had practiced during the reign of her late husband Menelik II.
		In an attempt to limit her influence, the aristocracy arranged for her nephew (Zauditu's husband Ras Gugsa Welle) to be appointed to a remote governorship, removing him from court.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Zauditu (1403 words)

	Trips and tourism in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
		The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik II, and now has a population of around four million, and an eight per cent annual growth rate.
		Menelik, as King of Shewa, had found Mount Entoto a useful base for military operations in the south of his realm, and in 1879 visited the reputed ruins of a medieval town, and an unfinished rock church that showed proof of an Ethiopian presence there prior to the campaigns of Ahmad Gragn.
		Initially, Taytu built a house for herself near the "Filwoha" hot mineral springs, known to the local Oromo people as Finfinne, where she and members of the Showan Royal Court liked to take mineral baths.
	www.tripstw.com /city/Addis_Ababa-104.htm (540 words)

	Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia :: by Nazret.com.
		In 1883, King Menelik married Taytu Betul, a noblewoman of Imperial blood, and a member of the leading families of the regions of Simien, Gojjam and Begemder.
		In May 1909 the emperor.s grandson Lij Iyasu (or Lij Yasu) by his late daughter Shoaregga, then a lad of thirteen, was married to Romanework Mangasha (b.
		1902), granddaughter of the Emperor Johannes IV by his natural son Ras Mangasha, and was also the niece of Empress Taytu.
	www.nazret.com /history/menelik.php (1183 words)

	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
		The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik II, and now has a has a population of around four million, and an eight per cent annual growth rate.
		Menelik, as King of Shewa, had found Mount Entoto a useful base for military operations in the south of his realm, and in 1879 visited the reputed ruins of a medieval town, and an unfinished rock church that showed proof of an Ethiopian presence there prior to the campaigns of Ahmad Gragn.
		Initially, Taytu built a house for herself near the "Filwoha" hot mineral springs, known to the local Oromo people as Finfinne, where she and members of the Showan Royal Court liked to take mineral baths.
	www.creekin.net /c3388-n63-addis-ababa-ethiopia.html (865 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Menelik II
		In 1883, Negus Menelik married Taytu Betul, a noblewoman of Imperial blood, and a member of the leading families of the regions of Semien, Yejju in modern Wollo, and Begemder.
		Her paternal uncle Dejazmatch Wube Haile Maryam of Semien had been the ruler of Tigray and much of northern Ethiopia.
		In May 1909 the emperorâs grandson Lij Iyasu (later Iyasu V) by his late daughter Shoaregga, then a lad of thirteen, was married to Romanework Mangasha (b.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Menelik_II (1659 words)

	Taytu Betul \| THG Lexikon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Taytu Betul wurde um 1851 als drittes von vier Kindern einer einflussreichen äthiopischen Familie geboren.
		Nach vier gescheiterten Ehen heiratete sie 1883 König Menelik von Shewa, den späteren Kaiser Menelik II.
		Taytu Betul wird ein erheblicher politischer Einfluss als Frau von Menelik II.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Taytu_Betul (157 words)

	Addis Ababa - addis ababa
		The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik putas en addis ababa II, and now has a population of around four million, and an eight per cent annual growth rate.
		His interest in the area grew when his wife Taytu began work on a church on Entoto, and addis ababa fistula hospital Menelik endowed a second church in the area.
		However the immediate area did not encourage the founding of a town due to the lack of firewood and water, so settlement addis ababa population actually began in the valley south of the mountain in 1886.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-Africa-A---D/Addis-Ababa.html (1592 words)

	EthiopianHistory.Com :: Menelik
		Menelik promised to pay annual tribute, to cease trade routes to European ruled territories, and to be faithful to the emperor.
		However, the most powerful person in Ethiopia at the time was Taytu, Menelik's wife.
		Her opponents, includeing the regent, used the imperial army, the church, and other political means to bring Taytu down.
	www.ethiopianhistory.com /modern/menelik (1539 words)

	Ethiopia Times
		In 1883, King Menelik married Taytu Betul, a noblewoman of Imperial blood, and a member of the leading families of the regions of Simien, Gojjam and Begemder.
		In May 1909 the Emperor's grandson Lij Iyasu (or Lij Yasu) by his late daughter Shoaregga, then a lad of thirteen, was married to Romanework Mangasha (b.
		1902), granddaughter of the Emperor Johannes IV by his natural son Ras Mangasha, and was also the niece of Empress Taytu.
	www.angelfire.com /electronic/negroworld/ethiopia5.html (1137 words)

	Debre Hayq Ethiopian Art Gallery - Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It will be a major tool for several church-trained and self-taught artists to achieve representation of space and to model form by gradations of light and dark, and to establish a sense of proportion and relationship between various parts of the body.
		Afewerk Gebre Yesus, the western-educated artist, has a disagreement with Empress Taytu Betul, who is dissatisfied with the portrait he has painted of her and with the panel and mural he has painted at Entoto, St. Maryam and St. Raguel churches.
		He is later forced to flee to Switzerland and Italy, swearing not to return until the empress is dead.
	www.ethiopianart.org /chronology/chronology.php?less=1899 (188 words)

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		Another thing that has always intrigued me is the battle of Segele, what was this battle about, who was involved, where did it happen and when?
		Etege Tayitu's (1856-1918) father was Dejazmach Betul Haylu Maryam of Semen, and her mother was Wayzero Hirut Gugsa of Y!jju aristocratic family.
		She had married a few times before Menelik took her for his wife in 1883.
	www.ethiopians.com /tse7.html (1084 words)

	H-Net Review: Sylviane A. Diouf on African Princess: The Amazing Lives of Africa's Royal Women
		Hansen covers the entire continent and rounds up the usual figures: Hatshepsut of Egypt; Taytu Betul of Ethiopia; Njinga of Angola; and Amina of Zaria.
		The Dahomean Amazon Tata Ajaché and the Ugandan Elizabeth Nyabongo of Toro have not been mentioned in books on African monarchy and it is to Ms.
		The fact that she served Idi Amin Dada (Hansen calls him just "Idi Amin") does little to posit her as a courageous risk-taker and a role model.
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		Queen Candace of Meroe (in modern-day Sudan) defended Nubia from Alexander the Great's armies in 332 BC.
		Taytu Betul, empress of Ethiopia and wife of Emperor Menelik II, was suspicious of European intentions toward her country during the end of the 19th century.
		She refused a treaty that would have given Italy the upper hand in relations with Ethiopia, and even led troops to defeat the Italians at the historic Battle of Adwa (1895-1896).
	www.niaonline.com /CDS_Templates/print_template/1,1018,2961,00.html (491 words)

	Addis Ababa Classic:bernos.org™ \| African Themed T-Shirts
		The site was chosen by Empress Taytu Betul and the city was founded in 1886 by her husband, Emperor Menelik II.
		Addis Ababa motif is written the Coca Cola logo.
		Addis Ababa Classic; on red American Apparel Shirt.
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	Online Travel Guide to Ethiopia-The Battle of Adua/Adowa:13 Suns Tours
		This was observed by the Ethiopian commander Ras Makonnen (father of Emperor Haile Selassie), who ordered his troops to attack.
		By morning, troops belonging to Emperor Menelik II and Empress Taytu Betul joined the forces.
		The Italians were heavily outnumbered by the Ethiopians by 14,527 to as much as 120,000, and the Italian army was encircled and routed.
	www.13suns.com /bofadwa.htm (377 words)

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