Ethiopia. A number of attempts were made to displace him, but they were all unsuccessful. In 1930, Zewditu's husband Ras Gugsa Welle led a rebellion against Negus Tafari in Begemder, hoping to end the regency in spite of his wife's repeated pleas and orders to desist, but was defeated and killed in battle by the modernised Ethiopian army at the Battle of Anchem on 31 March 1930. Death and succession On 2 April 1930, two days after Ras Gugsa Welle was killed in battle, Empress Zewditu died. According to some popular histories, Zewditu died of shock and grief at hearing of her husband's death, but other accounts contradict this, claiming that Zewditu was not informed of the battle's outcome before her sudden death. Some diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa reported at the time that the fever-stricken Empress was immersed in a large container of frigidly cold holy water to cure her of her illness, but that her body went into shock and she died shortly thereafter. Zewditu was succeeded on the throne by Negus Tafari, who took the name of Emperor Haile Selassie. Family tree Patrilineal descent Dil Na'od (Last king of Axum) Mkhbara Widam (Mahbere-Widam) Agba Seyun (Yakob) Sinfa Ar'ad Negus Zaré Asfiha Yakob Bahr Seggad Adam Asgad (Widma Asgad) Tasfa Iyasus Yekuno Amlak, emperor of Ethiopia, 12??–1285 Prince Qidma Seggada Amda Seyon I, emperor of Ethiopia Newaya Krestos, emperor of Ethiopia Dawit I, emperor of Ethiopia Zara Yaqob, emperor of Ethiopia, 1399–1468 Baeda Maryam I, emperor of Ethiopia, 1448-1478 Na'od, emperor of Ethiopia, 14??–1508 Dawit II, emperor of Ethiopia, c. 1496–1540 Prince Segwa Qal Warada Qal Lesba Qal Negasi Krestos, ruler of Shewa Sebestyanos, ruler of Shewa Kidane Kale, ruler of Shewa Amha Iyasus, ruler of Shewa Asfaw Wossen, ruler of Shewa Wossen Seged, 1808–1813, ruler of Shewa Sahle Selassie, king of Shewa, 1795–1847 Haile Melekot, king of Shewa, 1824–1855 Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia, 1844–1913 Empress Zewditu, 1876–1930 Notes External links Biography Ethiopian Treasures – Empress Zawditu, Addis Ababa – Ethiopia 1876 births 1930 deaths 20th-century emperors of Ethiopia 20th-century women rulers 19th-century Ethiopian women 20th-century Ethiopian women 20th-century rulers in Africa Women rulers in Africa Empresses regnant Empresses and imperial consorts of Ethiopia Solomonic dynasty Daughters of emperors People from Oromia Region 1910s in Ethiopia 1920s in Ethiopia 1930 in Ethiopia