COMMANDER // 1851–1918
Taytu Betul
Emperor of EthiopiaEthiopia1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1851 – 1918
Active service 1896 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 45.
Profile
Taytu Betul was Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913 and the third wife of Emperor Menelik II. An influential figure in the anti-colonial resistance during the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, she, along with her husband, founded the modern Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1886.
Battles (1)
1896
Battle of AdwaFirst Italo-Ethiopian War · Ethiopian Empire