Haile Selassie I

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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian emperor head of state human monarch politician

Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and a central figure in modern Ethiopian history, widely revered in the Rastafari movement as a messianic and divine figure.

Aliases (8)

Haile Selassie ×3
Emperor Haile Selassie I ×1
Haile Selassie I fulfills messianic prophecies ×1
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I ×1
King of Kings of Ethiopia ×1
Lij Tafari Makonnen ×1
Ras Tafari Makonnen ×1
Tafari Makonnen ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ethiopian Orthodox Christian → emperor → head of state → human → monarch → politician →
alsoKnownAs	Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah → Elect of God → His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I → King of Kings → Lij Tafari Makonnen → Ras Tafari Makonnen →
awarded	Order of Pius IX → Order of the Bath → Order of the Garter →
birthDate	1892-07-23 →
birthName	Tafari Makonnen →
birthPlace	Ejersa Goro → Ethiopian Empire → Harar Province →
burialPlace	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa →
causeOfDeath	uncertain circumstances →
centralFigureIn	Rastafari movement →
child	Asfaw Wossen Haile Selassie → Makonnen Haile Selassie → Sahle Selassie Haile Selassie → Tenagnework Haile Selassie →
countryOfCitizenship	Ethiopia →
coupDEtat	1974 Ethiopian revolution →
deathDate	1975-08-27 →
deathPlace	Addis Ababa → Ethiopia →
dynasty	Solomonic dynasty →
exileLocation	Bath, England →
father	Makonnen Wolde Mikael →
languageSpoken	Amharic → English → French →
monarchOf	Ethiopian Empire →
mother	Yeshimebet Ali →
name	Haile Selassie I →
notableFor	appeal to the League of Nations in 1936 → influence on Pan-Africanism → modernization of Ethiopia → resistance to Italian invasion → role in founding the Organization of African Unity →
overthrownBy	Derg →
participatedIn	Second Italo-Ethiopian War →
positionHeld	Emperor of Ethiopia → Governor of Harar → Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia →
predecessor	Zewditu I →
reignEnd	1974-09-12 →
reignStart	1930-11-02 →
religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
returnedToPower	1941 →
spouse	Empress Menen Asfaw → Menan Asfaw →
successor	Aman Andom →
title	Emperor of Ethiopia → King of Kings of Ethiopia → Negusa Nagast →
viewedAs	divine figure in Rastafari → messianic figure in Rastafari →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Haile Selassie I ("Ras Tafari Makonnen") → Haile Selassie I ("Lij Tafari Makonnen") → Haile Selassie I ("His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I") →	alsoKnownAs
Nyabinghi order → Rastafari movement →	venerates
State funeral of John F. Kennedy ("Haile Selassie") →	attendedBy
Haile Selassie I ("Tafari Makonnen") →	birthName
Second Italo-Ethiopian War →	combatantLeader
Second Italo-Ethiopian War ("Emperor Haile Selassie I") →	commander
Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations →	givenBy
Bobo Ashanti →	hasKeyFigure
Rastafari movement →	hasMainDeity
Pan-Africanism ("Haile Selassie") →	hasNotableProponent
"Haile Selassie I is divine" ("Haile Selassie I fulfills messianic prophecies") →	implies
Ethiopian Empire →	lastRuler
Haile Selassie I →	name
"Haile Selassie I is divine" →	refersTo
Ethiopian Civil War ("Haile Selassie") →	significantPerson
Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations →	speaker
Haile Selassie I ("King of Kings of Ethiopia") →	title