[Portraits of Empress Taitu and Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia]. ca.1895.

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[Portraits of Empress Taitu and Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia]. ca.1895.

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Portrait photos of the regents of Ethiopia.

1 photographic print : albumen ; 20 x 26 cm. (2 oval portrait images on one sheet)

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Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, 1844-1913

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Naretti, Luigi, d. 1922.

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Menelik II (1844-1913) acceded to the imperial throne of Ethiopia (Abyssinia) with Italian support in 1889, succeeding John IV. He defeated an Italian invasion in 1896, effectively securing Ethiopian independence. Having proved himself a competent and bellicose ruler, he greatly expanded and modernized his empire, establishing a capital at Addis Ababa, increasing imperial power and constructing a railroad. Menelik descended from Asfa Nassen (d. 1807) and claimed to be a direct descendant of Solo...

Taitu, Empress, consort of Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, -1918

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