Alämayyähu Tewodros
1860–79
Eldest son of Ethiopian King Tewodros II and Tawabach. Considered heir to throne when his father died in 1868. Placed under guardianship of Tristram Charles Sawyer Speedy. Moved to Oudh, India with Speedy. When Speedy moved to Penang in 1871, the British government ordered that Alämayyähu be returned to England, where he was educated at Cheltenham College, Rugby School, and the military academy at Sandhurst. By 1879 plans to replace existing Ethiopian king with Prince Alämayyähu had receded due to deteriorating relations between Ethiopia and Britain.
Sources
Dictionary of African biography
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica
ODNB s.v. Speedy, Tristram Charles Sawyer
Bibliography
Dictionary of African biography. Editor-in-chief, L. H. Ofusu-Appiah. 6 vols. New York: Reference Publications. 1977–2012.
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Editor-in-chief, Siegbert Uhlig. 2 vols to date. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. 2003–.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
