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Menen Asfaw (baptismal name: Walatta Giyorgis; 25 March 1889 – 15 February 1962) was Empress of Ethiopia as the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie.
Menen Asfaw (Walatta Giyorgis; Wolo, 3 de abril de 1891-Adís Abeba 15 de febrero de 1962) [1] fue la emperatriz consorte de Etiopía entre 1930 y 1962, por su matrimonio con el emperador Haile Selassie.
Menen Asfaw – Empress consort of Ethiopia and wife of Haile Selassie. Menen Asfaw born on March 25, 1889, in Ambassel, Ethiopia, was the daughter of Asfaw, the Jantirar of Ambassel, and Woizero Sehin Michael. Her mother was the daughter of King Mikael of Wollo, and her uncle was Lij Iyasu.
On 3 August 1911, Tafari married Menen Asfaw of Ambassel, niece of the heir to the throne Lij Iyasu. Menen Asfaw was 22 years old while Tafari was 19 years of age. Menen had already married two previous noblemen, while Tafari had one previous wife and one child.
In 1911, Ras Tafari, who would later be known as Haile Selassie I, married Menen Asfaw, niece of Lij Iyasu, king of Ethiopia. It was a union fraught with political significance. In 1916, Haile Selassie deposed Lij Iyasu in a coup.
Menen Asfaw fue la emperatriz consorte de Etiopía entre 1930 y 1962, por su matrimonio con el emperador Haile Selassie.
Empress Menen Asfaw: is a pioneer of women's rights in Ethiopia and the world.They say that behind every great man is an even greater woman. And, when you lo...
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