Taytu Betul (ca. 1851 – 1918) was a ruler of the Ethiopian Empire – or Abyssinia – and the founder of the city of Addis Ababa. Wife of a Negus - or king -, she reigns by his side. The wife of the Negus Daughter of Weyzero Yewobdar, from an Ethiopian noble family, and Ras Bitul Hayle Mariam, from a