Hailemelekot Sahle Selassie (1824 – 9 November 1855) was Negus of Shewa, a historical region of Ethiopia, from 12 October 1847 until his death. He was the oldest son of Negus Sahle Selassie an important Amhara noblemen and his wife Woizero Bezabish Wolde.
other children by his numerous concubines, among them his half-brothers Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie and Darge Sahle Selassie. During William Cornwallis...
Empress Zewditu. Menelik was the son of the Shewan Amhara king, Negus HaileMelekot, and probably of the palace servant girl Ejigayehu Lemma Adyamo. He...
Seged. Sahle Selassie was the father of numerous sons, among them HaileMelekot, Haile Mikael, Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Amarkegne and Darge Sahle Selassie;...
of the Emperor of Ethiopia Imperial Standard of Haile Selassie (obverse) Imperial Standard of Haile Selassie (reverse) Kebra Nagast Fetha Negest History...
with a large army. Chief of the notables opposing him was its king HaileMelekot, a descendant of Meridazmach Asfa Wossen. Dissensions broke out among...
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...
mistress of his father. He was half-brother to Negus HaileMelekot, Sayfu Sahle Selassie and Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie, and had at least five other half...
death of Sahle Selassie in 1847, Shewa fell under the rule of his son, HaileMelekot. Shewa soon attracted the attention of Emperor Tewodros II, who mobilized...
1870s) was the wife of Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa, mother of King HaileMelekot of Shewa, and grandmother of Emperor Menelik II. She held the districts...
Sahle Selassie, the first Negus of Shewa; the grandmother of Negus HaileMelekot of Shewa; and the great-grandmother of Emperor Menelik II. Woizero Zenebework...
provincial governor and royal counsellor serving under Negus Sahle Selassie, HaileMelekot and Emperor Menelik II. He held the title of Dejazmach. Garmame is remembered...
after 1839 Negus HaileMelekot 22 October 1847 – 9 November 1855 Negus Sahle Mariam 9 November 1855 – 1856 First reign as Negus Haile Mikael 1856 to 1859...
the persons of the Holy Trinity. Haile Mikael Sahle Selassie was a son of Negus Sahle Selassie, brother to HaileMelekot, Menelik's father. Thus he was...
Yassou". [1] Ruled under the regency of Ras Tafari Makonnen (future Emperor Haile Selassie). Died in the immediate aftermath of the Gugsa Wale's rebellion...
Shewa by the newly crowned Emperor Tewodros II and the death of Negus HaileMelekot in 1855, the dowager queens retired to Sela Dingay, where Bezabish died...
establish the country as a regional power. In 1856, he defeated Negus HaileMelekot, who ruled over the semi-autonomous Shewa region, and started military...
Bashchi of Shakki 1815–1819, deposed through the annexation by Russia. HaileMelekot, 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 relationships with the...
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