Word: empresse
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sublime and Imperial Majesty the Empress Zaudita, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. conferred last week upon her cousin Ras Tafari, the trusted Regent of her Empire, a potent title; "King of Kings of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of Judah and the Elect...
...occasion of your Imperial Highness's coronation. I have great pleasure in offering you most cordial congratulations on the signal honor which her Majesty the Empress has been pleased to bestow upon you." "George...
...Queen-Empress Mary, imperturbable, replied: "Tell matron the Queen has called...
This tale Doctor Garabedian tells. Six years ago he came to Abyssinia to practice the quieter forms of medicine. He became a favorite of Ras Taffari. But Ras Taffari wanted to become Emperor. Two persons were in his way. One was the Empress, Zauditu, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. The other was his mother-in-law, sister of the deposed (1916) Emperor Yasu...
Later, said Doctor Garabedian, Ras Taffari came to him, said the Empress, only remaining obstacle to the throne, needed medical attention. Doctor Garabedian would not undertake the case. Thereafter, claimed Doctor Garabedian, life was a series of subtle plots against his life, falsified political charges, unjust sentences. Last fortnight, he escaped from Abyssinia and Ras Taffari's evil eye, all the way to Geneva, Switzerland. Immediately he went to the International Labor Bureau, sued for $120,000 for persecution, broken health...