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Tewodros II (Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868.
He was born Kassa Hailu and took the throne name Tewodros II at his coronation in 1855. He took his own life at Maqdala, his hilltop fortress, after defeat by the British forces led by Lord Napier in 1868.
Tewodros, a visionary imbued with an almost Messianic faith in his destiny, was a brilliant warrior whose ambition was to unify, reform and modernise his ancient country which had been suffering from over a century of weak government and
Tewodros II's origins were of course the time, the Era of Princes. But, having a humble origin, his aspirations were not as that of the regional nobility. He came to fight for the throne with a...
Aug 11, 2017 · The man who represented the first effective response to both the internal and the external challenge - to the squabbling princes as well as to the ‘Turk’ - was Kasa Haylu, who, on his coronation in 1855 as Emperor Tewodros II, inaugurated the modern history of Ethiopia.
- Bahru Zewde
- 2001
Tewodros II ( Ge'ez: ዳግማዊ ቴዎድሮስ, once referred to by the English cognate Theodore; baptized as Kassa, c. 1818 – 13 April 1868) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death in 1868. His rule is often placed as the beginning of modern Ethiopia and brought an end to the decentralized Zemene Mesafint (Era of the Princes).
onates as remarkably ironic. Tewodros II viewed himself as a living rein-carnation of Tewodros I of medieval times and was inclined to model himself on that pious monarch, for which reason he had taken the same coronation name. Similarly, throughout his career Muhammad Abdullah delighted in
