KING TEWDROS

One of the best kings that Ethiopia or even Africa seen King Tewdros. He is well known for braveness that he showed toward the England troops. His actual place of birth was in the small village of Dawa, located few miles away from the city of Gondar (which is located on north side of Ethiopia), in 1818. At a young age, king tewdros was sent to study at a monastery as most other young boys of his era. The monastery where he was studying was pillaged and burned as a result of the civil war, because much of the Empire was ruled by regional prince lings and warlords. Since he can’t learn in the monastery he join the army and within a few years he claimed to the top and become a general, because he was one of the top warriors; moreover, he under control many small land lords and force them to pay tax for his king.
Tewdros decided that it was time to unite the fractious empire once more under a strong central monarchy. He swept into Wollo(south side of Ethiopia) and led a brutal campaign to bring that province under the direct rule of the crown. He decided against establishing a permanent capital, choosing to travel around the Empire, collecting his tributes, putting down rebellions and directly administering law.
After several wars Tewdros become the emperor of Ethiopia. He married to the one of his colonies ruler daughter and she becomes queen Bethlehem. Tewdros become favorable king all round the country, yet world changed her faith on him, he lost his dearly wife. Since then he become very unhappy and he become very bruttle toward his people. Then his loyal colony rulers start to rebel on him.
Emperor Tewdros had sent a letter to Queen Victoria requesting armaments and artisans and military advisors. The officials at the foreign office had rather contemptuously tossed the letter aside without ever showing it to the queen as some African monarch, in their view, could hardly be taken seriously. Tewdros however was eagerly awaiting her reply. When the British Consul, traveled back to Ethiopia and returned without a reply, the Emperor was furious. He declared that the Consul would not be freed until he received an answer to his letter. To emphasize his seriousness, Tewdros arrested all the Europeans in Ethiopia at the time and held them hostage demanding a response from Queen Victoria. Diplomats sent messenger to king Tewdros with a message that he has to release the Europeans but Tewdros even arrest the messengers. London had had enough. After a lengthy parliamentary debate, it was decided that something forceful had to be done to rectify this insult against Queen and realm, so an expeditionary force was authorized to crush Tewdros and free the hostages. General Sir Robert Napier led 32,000 British troops landed at on the Red Sea coast, and marched into the Ethiopian highlands. The Ethiopian battle line fought for two days but the British troops were well organized and well trained, they defeat the Ethiopian troops and marched to the palace but when they face another war with his loyal solders but the Ethiopian troops can’t still resist the British troops.
Finally the British troops break in to the palace and try to arrest the king yet king tewdros did something that any king ever did, on his last words he said “I rather take my own life instead of giving my hand to my enemy and may god be with me” then he took out his pistol and shot himself before the British troop arrested him.