Sahle Selassie ሣህለ ሥላሴ | |
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Merid Azmach | |
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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 Debre Berhan, Ethiopian Empire | (aged 51–52)
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
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