Sahle Selassie

Sahle Selassie ሣህለ ሥላሴ
Merid Azmach
Negus of Shewa
Reign	12 June 1813 – 22 October 1847
Predecessor	Ras Wossen Seged
Successor	Haile Melekot
Born	1795 Ankober, Ethiopian Empire
Died	22 October 1847(1847-10-22) (aged 51–52) Debre Berhan, Ethiopian Empire
Issue	Haile Melekot Seyfe Sahle Selassie Darge Tenagnework Sahle Selassie Ayahilush Wossenyelesh Birkinesh Tinfelesh
Father	Wossen Seged
Mother	Zenebework
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Sahle Selassie (Amharic: ሣህለ ሥላሴ, 1795 – 22 October 1847) was the King of Shewa from 1813 to 1847. An important Amhara noble of Ethiopia, he was a younger son of Wossen Seged. Sahle Selassie was the father of numerous sons, among them Haile Melekot, Haile Mikael, Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Amarkegne and Darge Sahle Selassie; his daughters included Tenagnework, Ayahilush, Wossenyelesh, Birkinesh, and Tinfelesh. He was the great grandfather of Haile Selassie, the last Emperor of Ethiopia