other children by his numerous concubines, among them his half-brothers Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie and Darge Sahle Selassie. During William Cornwallis...

Seged. Sahle Selassie was the father of numerous sons, among them Haile Melekot, Haile Mikael, Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Amarkegne and Darge Sahle Selassie;...

death of Sahle Selassie in 1847, Shewa fell under the rule of his son, Haile Melekot. Shewa soon attracted the attention of Emperor Tewodros II, who mobilized...

with a large army. Chief of the notables opposing him was its king Haile Melekot, a descendant of Meridazmach Asfa Wossen. Dissensions broke out among...

Empress Zewditu. Menelik was the son of the Shewan Amhara king, Negus Haile Melekot, and probably of the palace servant girl Ejigayehu Lemma Adyamo. He...

of the Emperor of Ethiopia Imperial Standard of Haile Selassie (obverse) Imperial Standard of Haile Selassie (reverse) Kebra Nagast Fetha Negest History...

1870s) was the wife of Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa, mother of King Haile Melekot of Shewa, and grandmother of Emperor Menelik II. She held the districts...

mistress of his father. He was half-brother to Negus Haile Melekot, Sayfu Sahle Selassie and Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie, and had at least five other half...

after 1839 Negus Haile Melekot 22 October 1847 – 9 November 1855 Negus Sahle Mariam 9 November 1855 – 1856 First reign as Negus Haile Mikael 1856 to 1859...

Regent and designated heir Ras Tafari Makonnen (who succeeded her as Emperor Haile Selassie I), about which she was at best ambivalent and often stridently...

Shewa by the newly crowned Emperor Tewodros II and the death of Negus Haile Melekot in 1855, the dowager queens retired to Sela Dingay, where Bezabish died...

symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot (Amharic: ራስ መኮንን ወልደ ሚካኤል ወልደ መለኮት; 8 May 1852 – 21 March 1906), or simply...

Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed in a coup d'état. Earlier kings of the Dʿmt, Axum...

the persons of the Holy Trinity. Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie was a son of Negus Sahle Selassie, brother to Haile Melekot, Menelik's father. Thus he was...

establish the country as a regional power. In 1856, he defeated Negus Haile Melekot, who ruled over the semi-autonomous Shewa region, and started military...

Sahle Selassie, the first Negus of Shewa; the grandmother of Negus Haile Melekot of Shewa; and the great-grandmother of Emperor Menelik II. Woizero Zenebework...

provincial governor and royal counsellor serving under Negus Sahle Selassie, Haile Melekot and Emperor Menelik II. He held the title of Dejazmach. Garmame is remembered...

the son of the previous king. Taye's list ignores the rulers after Haile Melekot. Taye Gabra Mariam ended his regnal list with the then current dynasty...

Bashchi of Shakki 1815–1819, deposed through the annexation by Russia. Haile Melekot, Prince of Shewa, deposed 1859. Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Prince of Shewa...

the Governor of Harar, Ras Mekonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot, father of future emperor Haile Selassie. He maintained friendly relations with the official...