Relative of Emperor Menelik II and Darge Sahle Selassie of Ethiopia
Tesseme Darge was the daughter of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie, prince of Selale.[1] She was a cousin to Emperor Menelik II. She married Wagshum Hailu, chief of Lasta, in 1868.[2] They had a son in 1881, Kassa Haile Darge. She later divorced and married Welde Tsadiq.[3]
^Sereke-Brhan, Heran (2005). ""Like Adding Water to Milk": Marriage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Ethiopia". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 38 (1): 49–77. ISSN 0361-7882.
^Prouty, Chris (1986). Empress Taytu and Menilek II: Ethiopia, 1883-1910. Red Sea Press. pp. 221–222. ISBN 0-947895-01-9.
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