Ras Mekonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot (Geʽez: ራስ መኮንን ወልደሚካኤል ወልደመለኮት) (May 8, 1852 – March 21, 1906), or simply Ras Makonnen, was a Shewan royal from Menz, grandson of the Shewan king Sahle Selassie of Shoa, a military leader, the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Mäkonnen (later known as Emperor Haile Selassie I). His father was Fitawrari Makonnen was a grandson of Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa through his mother, Leult Tenagnework Sahle Selassie. As such, he was a first cousin of the Ethiopian Emperor, Menelik II.
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8 May 1852 Derefo Maryam, Shewa Ethiopian Empire
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Died |
21 March 1906 (aged 53) Ethiopian Empire
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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