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Asfaw Wossen
Asfaw Wossen, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
Pronunciation
āsfāwɔsːən
Gender
Male
Language(s)
Amharic, Tigrinya, Gurage
Origin
Language(s)
Ge'ez
Meaning
"Expand the boundaries"
Other names
Variant form(s)
Asfawessen, Asfa Wossen, Asfawosen
Asfaw Wossen (Amharic: አስፋ ወሰን, āsfā wossen) is an Ethiopic male given name.
AsfawWossen (Amharic: አስፋ ወሰን, āsfā wossen) is an Ethiopic male given name. AsfawWossen Amha Iyasus, ruler of Shewa in the later 18th century. Asfa-Wossen...
Amha Selassie (Amharic: አምሃ ሥላሴ; Āmiha Šilasē; born AsfawWossen Tafari; 27 July 1916 – 17 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile...
were the parents of six children: Princess Tenagnework, Crown Prince AsfawWossen, Princess Tsehai, Princess Zenebework, Prince Makonnen, and Prince Sahle...
Asfaw (Amharic: አስፋው) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: AsfawWossen Taffari, birth name of Amha Selassie (1916–1997), the last reigning...
the Imperial funerals held for her brother-in-law, the Crown Prince AsfawWossen (also known as Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie I), the Emperor Haile Selassie...
committed suicide by slitting her throat. Her niece Princess Ijigayehu AsfawWossen also died in that year under imprisonment due to untreated illness. Princess...
September 1936 – 23 January 1976) was the eldest child of Crown Prince AsfawWossen of Ethiopia by his first wife, Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum and was...
of her son. She then married Crown Prince AsfawWossen in 1931. The marriage of Crown Prince AsfawWossen and Crown Princess Wolete Israel was part of...
capacity as the military regime had officially proclaimed Crown Prince AsfawWossen as "King-designate" (an act that would later be rescinded by the Derg...
Menelik had three acknowledged children: Zewditu herself; a son, Asfa Wossen, who died before adulthood; and another daughter Shewa Regga, the mother...
September 1974 until March 1975, the Derg considered the crown prince AsfawWossen (later regnal name Amha Selassie) as the king (not emperor) and the nominal...
the title of Negus. Later revived in 1930 in Wollo for Crown Prince AsfawWossen. Mesfina Harar (መስፍነ ሐረር mäsfinä ḥarar) – Duke of Harar. Hereditary title...
He conspired with his longtime friend and ally Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Asfaw to round up Tafari and other Derg members suspected of conspiring with the...
Emperor Haile Selassie. Medferiashwork Abebe Damtew married Crown Prince AsfawWossen Haile Selassie in 1945, and they had three daughters (Princess Maryam...
government under the rule of Haile Selassie's eldest son, Crown Prince AsfawWossen, that would address the numerous economic and social problems Ethiopia...
Prince Phillip Makonnen, Prince Beedemariam Makonnen, Princess Mary AsfawWossen, Johnnetta Cole, Sharon Pratt, and Brandon Todd. The wedding festivities...
alliance that also included the marriage of her brother, Crown Prince AsfawWossen to Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum, the daughter of Ras Seyoum Mengesha...
On 3 August 1911, Tafari married Menen Asfaw of Ambassel, niece of the heir to the throne Lij Iyasu. Menen Asfaw was 22 years old while Tafari was 19 years...
marriage of Haile Selassie Gugsa to Zenebework Haile Selassie, Crown Prince AsfawWossen married Leult Wolete Israel Seyum, the daughter of Ras Seyum Mangasha...
Selassie and institute a progressive government under his son, Crown Prince AsfawWossen, to solve Ethiopia's economic and political problems. However, the coup...
Amha Iyasus (Amhayes) c. 1744 – c. 1775 Merid Azmach AsfawWossen c. 1775 – c. 1808 Merid Azmach Wossen Seged c. 1808 – June 1813 Merid Azmach and Ras Sahle...
that the Emperor and his government were deposed, that Crown Prince AsfawWossen (Amha Selassie) would serve as a constitutional monarch, and that reforms...
be acting head of state. This was pending the return of Crown Prince AsfawWossen from medical treatment in Europe when he would assume the throne as a...
he had LeultWolete Israel Seyum who herself married the Crown Prince, AsfawWossen. By a previous marriage he had Woizero-Hoy Kebbedech Seyum. By a subsequent...
began an unsuccessful coup and briefly proclaimed Selassie's eldest son AsfawWossen Taffari emperor. Fighting took place in the heart of Addis Ababa, shells...
and acting head-of-state. This was pending the return of Crown Prince AsfawWossen from medical treatment in Europe when he would assume the throne as a...
(even in the face of government hostility to this event), Crown Prince AsfawWossen in 1997, and Princess Tenagnework in 2004. He also presided over the...