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List of royal consorts of Ethiopia

The royal consorts of Ethiopia were spouses of the monarchs of Ethiopia. In ancient times the territory of modern day Ethiopia included the Kingdom of Axum. In medieval times, a kingdom ruled by the Zagwe dynasty developed but was later deposed by the Solomonic dynasty, who would establish the Ethiopian Empire. The following list includes known consorts from the Axumite period to the abolition of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1975.

Axumite period (c. 100 – c. 960)

Zagwe dynasty (c. 960 or 1137 – 1270)

The following table is incomplete.

Solomonic dynasty

Pre-Gondarine period (1270 – 1682)

The following table is incomplete.

Gondarine period (1682 – 1769)

The following table is incomplete.

Era of the Princes (1769 – 1855)

The following table is incomplete.

Modern Ethiopia (1855 – 1975)

Italian occupation of Ethiopia (1936 – 1943)

Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy, was declared Emperor of Ethiopia in 1936 after the Italian victory in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Italy was later defeated in the East African campaign and lost control of its Ethiopian territories in April 1941, but Victor Emmanuel did not formally renounce his title until November 1943.

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