8 September 1918(1918-09-08) (aged 67–68) Holeta, Shewa Province, Ethiopian Empire
Children
Lij Iyasu, Woizero Sihin of Wollo, Ras Gebrehiwot
Occupation
Military officer
diplomat
court official
Military service
Allegiance
Ethiopian Empire
Battles/wars
First Italo-Ethiopian War
Battle of Adwa (1896)
Battle of Segale (1916)
NegusMikael of Wollo (born Mohammed Ali, 1850 – 8 September 1918), was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was the father of the "uncrowned" Emperor Lij Iyasu, and the grandfather of Empress Menen, wife of Emperor Haile Selassie. He changed his name to Mikael upon converting to Christianity.
Ras Mikael had a strong relationship with both Yohannes IV (who became his godfather) and Menelik II (who became his father-in-law).
Ras Mikael had played a pivotal role in Ethiopian history. His Wollo army was one of the most powerful in Northern Ethiopia, and the Wollo cavalry was renowned throughout the empire. Ras Michael fought with Emperor Yohannes in the Battle of Gallabat against the Mahdist Sudanese. Loyal to the end, he held the dying Yohannes in his arms. Ras Mikael also led the Wollo Oromo cavalry during the Battle of Adwa fighting together with Menelik II, Ras Mekonnen, Ras Mengesha and Negus Tekle Haimanot.[1]
Negus MikaelofWollo (born Mohammed Ali, 1850 – 8 September 1918), was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was...
monasteries of Debre Libanos and Zequala ... [should] come with their crosses to request Negus Mikael to go back to Wollo without making war." Negus Mikael is...
during the Battle of Segale in which Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis's army decisively defeated Lij Iyasu's father Negus MikaelofWollo. However, he grew to...
shifted allegiance to him instead of Bafena, and took command of the strategic fortress. Meanwhile the Wollo governor Mikael declared that he would no longer...
early period of Zewditu's reign was marked by a war against Lij Iyasu, who had escaped captivity. Backed by his father, Negus MikaelofWollo, a powerful...
Empress. Iyasu's father, MikaelofWollo, then invaded Shewa Province with an army to restore Iyasu. Mikael was defeated in the Battle of Segale. With Iyasu...
forty-two-year-old Ras MikaelofWollo. They had two children, namely a daughter, Woizero Zenebework Mikael, who would be married at the age of twelve to the much...
the Ogaden Desert and his father, Negus MikaelofWollo, had time to come to his aid. On 27 October, Negus Mikael and his army met an army under Fitawrari...
when he was denied the title of Negus of Zion (his descendants would be outraged decades later when Ras MikaelofWollo was crowned with this title by...
Christian name (later Negus) MikaelofWollo, the Emperor stood as his godfather at his baptism. The new convert was given Menelik of Shewa's other daughter...
dynasty See: Rulers of Welayta Kingdom of Zion (consisting of Tigray, Gondar, Gojjam, and Semien) under King (Negus) MikaelofWollo 1914 - 1916 The following...
of Zion" by his son Lij Iyasu, MikaelofWollo, in consideration of the hostile feelings this provoked among much of the nobility in northern Ethiopia...
education, but most of them were killed. Many more were imprisoned, even collaborators such as Ras Gebre Haywot, the son of Ras MikaelofWollo, Brehane Markos...
daughter of Negus MikaelofWollo and the sister of Lij Iyasu. Mikael was later honoured with the title of Negus and Iyasu was the uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia...
sanction of the Solomonic emperors. The last such Muslim noble to join the ranks of Ethiopian society was MikaelofWollo who converted, was made Negus of Wollo...
Wore-Illu and Amhara Sayint. Notable rulers such as Ras MikaelofWollo and the uncrowned emperor of Ethiopia, Lij Iyasu (1913–1916), descend from this ruling...
Dinagde and MikaelofWollo. Early its founding, foreigners had an interest to complement as metropolitan, by expanding buildings. Much of its settlement...
The Battle of Gallabat (also called the Battle of Metemma) was an armed conflict fought on 9–10 March 1889 between the Mahdist Sudanese and Ethiopian forces...
nobles of Ethiopia, including Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, Ras Makonnen, Ras Mengesha Yohannes, MikaelofWollo, and Menelik II struck a powerful blow against...
were from the House of Yejju, a dynasty that included Ali I of Yejju, Aligaz, Gugsa and Ali II based in Yejju, a region in Wollo. Other regional lords...
teacher (d. 1905) MikaelofWollo, Ethiopian army commander and Ras ofWollo (d. 1918) January 17 – Elizabeth Simcoe, English-born wife of John Graves Simcoe...
Ras Mikael. In 1892, Ras Mikael married the daughter of Menelik in the town, thus further integrating Wollo and Shewa. The strategic importance of Dessie...
venerable (b. 1848) MikaelofWollo, Ethiopian army commander and Ras ofWollo (b. 1850) September 12 – Sir George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b....
Minister-President of Austria. October 27 – Battle of Segale: Negus MikaelofWollo, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu...
Emperor Menelik II. Iyasu's father was Ras Mikael, Governor ofWollo and longstanding friend of Menelik. Mikael had been born Mohammed Ali and was a Muslim...