Talk:Zewditu

Picture Info May Be Wrong

The picture says it is of the Empress and one of her favorite priests. Following the picture link, however, reveals that the man with her is the future "Haile Salassie." So, one or the other is incorrect: Either it is the Priest or the furture Emperor.Mwidunn (talk) 16:23, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

That is not her 174.251.64.221 (talk) 23:53, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

The pic is wrong thats not what she looks like 174.251.64.221 (talk) 23:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Biography assessment rating comment

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

Needs references, but otherwise a B.

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 02:01, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

This page was created as Empress Zaudito of Ethiopia in error, and a redirect page exists at Zaudito of Ethiopia requiring administrative assistance to correct. Whig 11:25, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. violet/riga (t) 09:51, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Askala Maryam?

Are you sure she was baptised as Askala Maryam? Maryam is muslim name (arabised form of Mary). 87.250.113.199 17:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, it's also the Ethiopian rendering of the name. My understanding is that Maryam is rare or non-existent as a given name among Ethiopians (at least among Christians), but perhaps royalty is an exception. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 18:03, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Maryam is not particularly common by itself, but it is an Ethiopian name. The name being considered here is Askale Maryam (can be spelled Askala or Mariam, too; my mother's name, coincidentally), though. "Askal" is a type of Ethiopian flower, so the name means "Askal of Mary." It's not by any means limited to royalty. — ዮም | (Yom) | Talk • contribs • Ethiopia 21:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Speaking of spelling issues, I went ahead and normalized the various transliterations of Zewditu throughout the article (the variants are mentioned in the first para). --babbage (talk) 20:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

obscure

"The first woman head of Ethiopia from the AD 1900s to AD 1800s" What does this mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.223.187.105 (talk) 09:25, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't know, I have reverted that portion to the way it read before 1 April 2010. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Name

I have never seen a regnal number for her or seen the name "Kedemawit Zewditu" (that is, Zewditu the First) used to refer to her. Hence I have moved the page--Varavour (talk) 18:32, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Issue

Family tree suggests that Haile Selassie was the son of Zewditu; reference article suggests she was his aunt.

—- Correction to the above—Emperor Haile Selassie’s paternal grandmother Tenagnework Sahle Selassie and Empress Zewditu’s paternal grandfather Negus Haile Melekot Sahle Selassie, were siblings. Thus both Zewditu and Haile Selassie were great-grandchildren of Negus Sahle Selassie, and second cousins to each other. Lij Iyasu was Zewditu’s nephew and Haile Selassie’s second cousin once removed.

Marriage

This article suggests Zewditu married at age 10 (~1886) while the article on Araya Selassie Yohannes suggests the wedding took place in 1882, when she was 6.