Haile Selassie
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Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, qädamawi haylä səllasé[nb 1]; - [ˈhaɪlɜ sɨˈlːase] ( listen)) (23 Julie 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael,[2] wis Ethiopie's regent frae 1916 tae 1930 an Emperor o Ethiopie frae 1930 tae 1974.
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Haile Selassie I | |
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Emperor o Ethiopie (mair...) | |
Ring | 2 Aprile 1930 – 12 September 1974 |
Coronation | 2 November 1930 |
Predecessor | Zewditu |
Successor | Asfaw Wossen (Amha Selassie) as "Keeng o Ethiopie" (Did nae recognise designation as such) |
Prime Meenisters | See leet
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Regent Plenipotentiary o Ethiopie | |
Reing | 27 September 1916 – 2 Aprile 1930 |
Predecessor | Ras Bitwoded Tessema Nadew (Unner Iyasu V) |
Monarch | Zewditu |
Born | Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael 23 Julie 1892(1892-07-23) Ejersa Goro, Ethiopian Empire |
Dee'd | 27 August 1975(1975-08-27) (aged 83) Addis Ababa, Ethiopie |
Buirial | 5 November 2000 Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopie |
Spouse | Menen Asfaw |
Issue | Princess Romanework Princess Tenagnework Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Princess Zenebework Princess Tsehai Prince Makonnen Prince Sahle Selassie |
Hoose | Solomonic dynasty (Sahle Selassie branch) |
Faither | Ras Makonnen Woldemikael |
Mither | Yeshimebet Ali |
Releegion | Ethiopie Orthodox Tewahedo |
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