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Menelik II

1844 - 1913

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Menelik II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ dagmawi mənilək; horse name Aba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was largely completed by 1898. The Ethiopian Empire was transformed under Menelik: the major signposts of modernisation were put in place, with the assistance of key ministerial advisors. Externally, Menelik led Ethiopian troops against Italian invaders in the First Italo-Ethiopian War; following a decisive victory at the Battle of Adwa, recognition of Ethiopia's independence by external powers was expressed in terms of diplomatic representation at his court and delineation of Ethiopia's boundaries with the adjacent kingdoms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menelik II is the 705th most popular politician (up from 1,656th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Menelik II is most famous for being the first emperor of Ethiopia. He was also the son of King Solomon and Queen Makeda, and the father of Emperor Haile Selassie.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Menelik II ranks 705 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Wales, Theodosius III, Haakon the Good, Mobutu Sese Seko, Charles the Fat, and Charles the Simple. After him are Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Giuseppe Mazzini, Christian VI of Denmark, Gorm the Old, Afonso I of Portugal, and Prince Louis of Battenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Menelik II ranks 12. Before him are Paul Verlaine, Bernadette Soubirous, Mehmed V, Ilya Repin, Henri Rousseau, and Ludwig Boltzmann. After him are Umberto I of Italy, Alexandra of Denmark, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Peter I of Serbia, Friedrich Ratzel, and Mary Cassatt. Among people deceased in 1913, Menelik II ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, and Rudolf Diesel. After him are Alfred Russel Wallace, George I of Greece, J. P. Morgan, Harriet Tubman, Tobias Asser, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Lesya Ukrainka, Blanche Monnier, and Alfred von Schlieffen.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Menelik II ranks 2 out of 105. Before him are Haile Selassie (1892). After him are Zewditu (1876), Abebe Bikila (1932), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Menelik I (-954), Yohannes IV (1837), Abraha (600), Tewodros II (1818), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Menelik II ranks 2. Before him are Haile Selassie (1892). After him are Zewditu (1876), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Menelik I (-954), Yohannes IV (1837), Tewodros II (1818), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), and Abiy Ahmed (1976).

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