20th-century emperors of Ethiopia

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

King of Italy from 1900 to 1946

Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913)

Zewditu (, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. She officially adopted the regnal name "Zewditu" at the beginning of her reign, which was triggered by the dethroning of Lij Iyasu in 1916. Her coronation was held on February 11, 1917, in the Cathedral of St. George in Addis Ababa—a capital founded by her father. Forty years old and childless when crowned, she is the first and only empress regnant of the Ethiopian Empire. Described as the first modern female head of a nation in Africa, she was the last female Ethiopian head

Emperor of Abyssinia (1895-1935) and temporary loyalist of Garad Diiriye Guure