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Gudit

950 - 1010

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Gudit (Ge'ez: ጉዲት) is the Classical Ethiopic name for a personage also known as Yodit in Tigrinya, and Amharic, but also Isato in Amharic, and Ga'wa in Ţilţal. Her story is found in folklore across the Horn of Africa —such as in the stories of Queen Arawelo in Somali folklore and Queen Furra in Sidama folklore. The person behind these various alternative names is portrayed as a powerful female ruler, probably identical to Māsobā Wārq, the daughter of the last Aksumite king, Dil Na'ad, mentioned in an early Arabic source. She is said to have been responsible for laying waste the Kingdom of Aksum and its countryside, and the destruction of its churches and monuments in the 10th century AD. If she is the same as the Tirda' Gābāz in other Ethiopian sources, she is also said to have attempted to exterminate the members of the ruling dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Gudit is the 11,966th most popular politician (down from 11,184th in 2024), the 41st most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 28th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gudit ranks 11,966 out of 19,576. Before her are Sitt al-Mulk, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Fernando Tambroni, Puzur-Inshushinak, Bebiankh, and Cornelis Lely. After her are Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, Cristóbal Mendoza, Len Blavatnik, Francesco Molin, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, and Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Gudit ranks 30. Before her are Michael Krešimir II of Croatia, Egbert, Trdat, Burchard of Worms, Thankmar, and Joseph Bringas. After her are Koppány, Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Reginar IV, Count of Mons, Urraca Fernández, and Krešimir III of Croatia. Among people deceased in 1010, Gudit ranks 4. Before her are Bertha of Burgundy, Muhammad II of Córdoba, and Ermengol I, Count of Urgell.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Gudit ranks 41 out of 105. Before her are Zara Yaqob (1399), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Mamo Wolde (1932), Miruts Yifter (1944), Mulatu Astatke (1943), and Wilfred Thesiger (1910). After her are Sahle Dengel (1778), Bogaletch Gebre (1960), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Liya Kebede (1978), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), and Tafari Benti (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Gudit ranks 29. Before her are Mulatu Teshome (1955), Tekle Giyorgis II (1836), Kaleb of Axum (500), Taytu Betul (1851), Negasso Gidada (1943), and Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953). After her are Sahle Dengel (1778), Tafari Benti (1921), Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), and Pnina Tamano-Shata (1981).

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