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Emyat Bafana

Queen Consort of Shoa · Historical Figures · Lived 1834 to 1887 · aged 53

Bafena Wolde Mikael or better known as just Bafena (1834-1887) was the second wife of Menelik II then the King of Shewa. She was described as ‘‘attractive, vivacious and ambitious’’ and is remembered for her failed conspiracy against her husband, in an attempted coup plot in 1877.

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Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
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Deceased
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Lived 1834 to 1887 · aged 53