It was Emperor (King of Kings) Tewodros II who came to the picture at this critical juncture in the country's history. Tewodros II's origins were of course the time, the Era of Princes.

LONDON — In April 1868, Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia killed himself with a pistol that had been given to him by Queen Victoria, so that he didn’t have to surrender to an invading British ...

It was cut from the head of Emperor Tewodros II, who killed himself rather than be taken prisoner by the British during their 1868 invasion of Ethiopia.

The hair was cut from Emperor Tewodros II's head after he shot himself rather than be taken prisoner by invading British forces. The forces attacked his fortress at Maqdala during Easter in 1868.

A favourite of Queen Victoria, Prince Alamayu had been brought to Britain after his father, Emperor Tewodros II, killed himself as British forces stormed his palace in Ethiopia in 1868.

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Object Details Author Pankhurst, Richard Gérard, Denis 1945- Contents Introduction: Images of the Country and its History -- The Coming of Photography -- I. Historic Personalities: from Tewodros to ...

A lock of hair from an Ethiopian prince who died in 1879 and artefacts looted by the British army during a 19th-century battle against Ethiopia's Emperor Tewodros II have been returned to the East ...

It was cut from the head of Emperor Tewodros II, who killed himself rather than be taken prisoner by the British during their 1868 invasion of Ethiopia.

It was cut from the head of Emperor Tewodros II, who killed himself rather than be taken prisoner by the British during their 1868 invasion of Ethiopia.