Everything about Prince Alemayehu totally explained
HRH
Prince Alemayehu or
Alamayou of
Ethiopia (1861 –
14 November 1879) was the son of Emperor
Tewodros II of Ethiopia. Emperor Tewodros II committed suicide after his defeat by the British, led by
Sir Robert Napier, at the
Battle of Magdala in
1868.
The young prince was taken to
Britain for safekeeping, under the care of Captain
Tristram Speedy. While staying at Speedy's home on the
Isle of Wight he was introduced to
Queen Victoria at her home at
Osborne House. She took a great interest in his life and education. Alamayehu spent some time in India with Speedy and his wife, but the government decided he should be educated in England and he was sent to
Cheltenham to be educated under the care of Thomas Jex-Blake, principal of
Cheltenham College. He moved to
Rugby School with Jex-Blake in 1875, where one of his tutors was Cyril Ransome (the future father of
Arthur Ransome). In 1878 he joined the officers' training school at
Sandhurst, but wasn't happy there and the following year he went to
Far Headingley,
Leeds,
West Yorkshire to stay with his old tutor Cyril Ransome. Within a week he contracted
pleurisy, and he died after six weeks of illness, despite the attentions of Dr Clifford Allbutt of Leeds and other respected consultants.
Quenn Victoria arranged for Alamaheyu to be buried at
Windsor Castle. The funeral took place on
21 November 1879, in the presence of Cyril Ransome, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Stafford Northcote,
General Napier, and
Captain Speedy. A brass plaque in the nave of
St George's chapel commemorates him and bears the words "I was a stranger and ye took me in", but Alamayehu's body is buried in a brick vault outside the chapel.
In popular culture
The story of Alemayehu's life is told in the radio play
I was a stranger by Peter Spafford, which was broadcast on
BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. The role of Alemayehu was played by
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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