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ETHIOPIA

The Solomonic Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1847 - 1855 H.H. Negus Haile Malakot, King of Shoa. b. 1824, as Lij Besho Warad, eldest son of H.H. Negus Sahle Selassie I, King of Shoa, by his wife, Woizero Bezabesh Wolde, educ privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 12^th October 1847. m. (first) 1844 (div. 1845) Woizero Ijigayehu (d. at Sella Dengai, 27^th August 1877), from Manz or a former Gurage slave. m. (second) May 1845, Woizero Tedeneqialesh (d.s.p. at Jerusalem after 1856), former wife of a court official. He d.at Atakelt, 9^th November 1855 (bur. Debre Gage, Tara), having had issue:

1) Prince (Abeto) Sahle Mariam Haile Malakot, who succeeded as H.I.M. Emperor Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia (s/o Ijigayehu) - see below.

1855 - 1913 H.M. Emperor Menelik II, Elect of God, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah and King of Kings of Ethiopia, GCB (m 20.8.1902), GCMG (25.10.1897). b. in Ankobar, Shoa, 17^th August 1844, as Sahle Mariam Haile Malakot, only son of H.M. Haile Malakot, King of Shoa, by his first wife, Woizero Ijigayehu. educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father on 9^th November 1855 but was taken hostage by Emperor Tewodros II and placed in confinement 1856-1865. He escaped 30^th June 1865 and made his way back to Shoa where he was crowned as Negus at Gadillo, 22^nd August 1865. Crowned by Emperor Yohannes IV, 26^th March 1878. Crowned as Emperor of Ethiopia, at the Church of St Mary, Entotto, by Abuna Matewos, 3^rd November 1889. Founded the Order of the Star of Ethiopia: in 1879. Rcvd: Knt. of the Order of Alexander Nevski of Russia (1895), GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour of France (1892), Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen (1904), SS Maurice and Lazarus of Italy, and the Holy Sepulcre of the Vatican (19.7.1907), the Imperial Orders of the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) 1^st class, and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidi) 1^st class of Turkey. m. (first) at Magdala, January 1864 (div. 1865), Woizero Altash (m. second, Ras Baryau Pawlos, and d. ca. October 1890), eldest daughter of Emperor Tewodros II, by a secondary wife. m. (second) 1865 (div. 1882) Woizero Emyat Bafana (b. ca. 1834; d. at Debre Libanos, 1887, bur. there), former wife of Afa-Negus Abboye, Afa-Negus of Shoa, and of Afa-Negus Bedane, sister of Kniazmatch Zekagatchew. m. (third) at Medhane Alem Church, Ankobar, 29^th April 1883, as her fifth husband, H.I.M. Empress (Itege) Taitu (b. at Gondar, 1851; d. at Entotto, 11^th February 1918, bur: Menelik II Mausoleum, Ba’eta Le Mariam Monastery Church, Addis Ababa), née Walatta Mikael, crowned by her husband as Itege under the name of Berhaneze Ethiopia (Light of Ethiopia) at the Church of St Mary, Entotto, 5^th November 1889, founder of the Order of the Red Cross in 1902, exiled to Entotto in 1913, former wife of Dejazmatch Wolde Gabriel, Dejazmatch Takla Giyorgis, and of Kniazmatch Zekagatchew, brother of Woizero Emyat Bafena, and elder daughter of Dejazmatch Betul Haile Mariam, Governor of Semien. He also had recognised issue by several secondary wives m. (a) Woizero Desseta, a Galla from Wollo. m. (b) Woizero Getie, a Galla from Gurage. m. (c) Woizero Wallatta Selassie, sister of Chief Toro, a Gurage. m. (d) Woizero Abetchew Bayan, sister of Dejazmatch Shebashi Bayan, of Wollo. He d. at Addis Ababa, 12^th December 1913 (bur: Menelik II Mausoleum, Ba’eta Le Mariam Monastery Church, Addis Ababa), having had issue, five children, including two sons and two daughters:

1) Dejazmatch Asfa Wosen Menelik. b. 1873 (s/o Woizero Getie). He d. at Addis Ababa, 18^th August 1888.
2) Lij ... Menelik. (s/o Woizero Walatta Selassie). He d. aged nine years.
1) Woizero Shoa Reggad. b. 1867 (d/o Woizero Desseta). m. (first) (div.) Dejazmatch Wadijo Gobena (k. 26^th May 1905), son of Ras Gobena Dachi, Prince of Falle, Chief of the Abitchu Galla, by his wife, Woizero Ayeletch Abarasa daughter of Wolde Selassie, Chief of Menz. m. (second) January 1892, as his third wife, H.H. Negus Mikael, King of Zion (b. in Wollo, ca.1850; d. in confinement at Holeta Palace, 8^th September 1918), alias Imam Muhammad ‘Ali, Governor of Wollo 1886, Crowned at Desse as Negus of Zion (i.e. Tigray, Gondar, Gojjam and of Semien) 31^st May 1914, deposed after the battle of Tora Mesk on 17^th October 1916, son of Imam ‘Ali Abba Bula, of Warrahimano, by his wife, Woizero Getie, a lady of the Worehimenu. She d. 20^th July 1897, having had issue, one son by her first husband and two sons and one daughter by her second:
- a) Dejazmatch Wosen Segad Wadijo. b. at Dessie, February 1885 (s/o Dejazmatch Wadijo Gobena), educ. Menelik II Sch., Addis Ababa. Heir Apparent to his grandfather, Emperor Menelik II. He d.v.p. at Addis Ababa, 29^th March 1908 (bur. there at the Old Trinity Church).
- b) Abeto-Hoy Lij Iyasu Menelik Mikael, who succeeded as H.I.M. Iyasu V, Emperor of Ethiopia (s/o Negus Mikael) - see below.
- c) Lij … Mikael (s/o Negus Mikael). He d. in his early teens, ca. 1905 (bur. Chacha, Wollo).
- a) Woizero Zenabe Worq. b. at Dessie, December 1892 (d/o Negus Mikael). m. at Addis Ababa, December 1901, H.E. Ras Bezibeh Takla Haymanot (d. in confinement, at Afqara, 19^th August 1905), Vice-Governor of Gojjam, eldest son of H.H. Negus Takla Haymanot, King of Gojjam, by Woizero Guddaye, daughter of Dejazmatch Wolde Gabre. She d. in childbirth, at Debre Markos, April 1904 - see Ethiopia (Gojjam).
2) Immabet Askala Mariam, who succeeded as H.I.M. Zawditu, Empress of Ethiopia (d/o Woizero Abetchew) - see below.

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SHOA 6	SHOA 7	SOLOMON	BEGAMEDER
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