Ethiopian Royal Family

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: Menen Asfaw, Haile Selassie Gugsa, Seyum Mangasha, Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Mangasha Seyum, Princess Tenagnework, Mikael of Wollo, Imru Haile Selassie, Girma Yohannis Iyasu, Gugsa Araya Selassie, Medferiashwork Abebe, Araya Selassie Yohannes, Darge Sahle Selassie, Ras Mengesha Yohannes, Princess Zenebework, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia, Line of succession to the Ethiopian throne, Wondosson Kassa, Aberra Kassa, Yeshashework Yilma, Prince Makonnen, Wolete Israel Seyoum, Prince Sahle Selassie, Ermias Sahle Selassie, Asfawossen Kassa, Princess Ijigayehu Amha Selassie, Princess Tsehai, Romanework Haile Selassie, Seble Desta, Tisseme Darge, Tsehaiwork Darge, Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum, Mahisente Habte Mariam, Sophia Desta, Yeshimebet Ali, Aida Desta, Hirut Desta, Princess Sifrash Bizu, Bezabish. Excerpt: Empress Menen Asfaw (Baptismal name Wolete Giyorgis) (25 March 1889 - 15 February 1962) was the wife and consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. Empress Menen was the daughter of Asfaw, Jantirar of Ambassel. He was a direct descendant of Emperor Lebna Dengel, through Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia and his daughter Princess Enkulal Gelawdewos and this genealogy was deleted from the official history of Etege Menen. The title of Jantirar has traditionally belonged to the head of the family holding the mountain fortress of Ambassel, and Jantirar Asfaw was one of them. Her mother was Woizero Sehin Mikael, half-sister of Lij Iyasu (Iyasu V), and daughter of Negus Mikael of Wollo. Woizero Sehin's mother, Woizero Fantaye Gebru, was a direct descendant of Emperor Susenyos in the "Seyfe Melekot" line. Empress Menen and Emperor Haile Selassie were the parents of six children: Princess Tenagnework, Prince Asfaw Wossen (Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie I), Princess Tsehai, Princess Zenebework, Prince Makonnen Duke of Harrar, and Prince Sahle Selassie. According to both published and unpublished reports, the then Woizero Menen Asfaw was given in marriage by her family, to the prominent Wollo nobleman, Dejazmach Ali of Cherecha, and bore him a daughter, Woizero Belaynesh Ali, and a son, Jantirar Asfaw Ali. This first marriage ended in divorce, and Woizero Menen then married Dejazmach Amede Ali Aba-Deyas, another very prominent nobleman of Wollo. She bore her second husband two children as well, a daughter Woizero Desta Amede, and a son Jantirar Gebregziabiher Amede." Following the sudden death of her second husband, Woizero Menen's grandfather, Negus Mikael arranged her marriage to Ras Leul Seged Atnaf Seged, a prominent Shewan nobleman, who was considerably older than Woizero Menen, sometime in late 1909 or early 1910. Woizero Menen probably met Dejazmach Tafari Makonnen (later Emperor Haile Selassie) at the home of her uncle, Lij Iyasu. The rapport between the two may hav