style="margin-left: inherit;" | Emperor Haile Selassie I

Reign:	April 2, 1930 – September 12, 1974
Predecessor:	Zauditu
Successor:	Amha Selassie I
Birth:	July 23, 1892
Place of Birth:	Ejersa Goro, Harar
Death:	August 27, 1975
Spouse:	Menen Asfaw
Children	Seven
Religion:	Ethiopian Orthodox

Emperor Haile Selassie I (Amharic: ኃይለ፡ሥላሴ, "Power of the Trinity") (born Lij Tafari Makonnen, July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was de jure Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and de facto from 1916 to 1936 and 1941 to 1974 and is the religious symbol for God incarnate among the Rastafari movement.

Biography

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Early life

Haile Selassie I was born Tafari Makonnen on July 23, 1892, in the village of Ejersa Goro, in the Harar province of Ethiopia, as Lij (literally "child", usually bestowed upon nobility). His father was Ras Makonnen Woldemikael Gudessa, the governor of Harar, and his mother was Woyzero (Lady) Yeshimebet Ali Abajifar. He inherited his imperial blood through his paternal grandmother, Princess Tenagnework Sahle Selassie, who was an aunt of Emperor Menelik II, and he believed himself to be a direct descendant of Makeda, the queen of Sheba, and King Solomon of ancient Israel. Emperor Haile Selassie I had an elder half-brother, Dejazmach Yilma Makonnen, who preceded him as governor of Harar, but died not long after taking office.

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