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.

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Label Occurrences
Haile Selassie I canonical 60
Haile Selassie 8
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia 3

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 ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
surface form: His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I

King of Kings ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
surface form: Lij Tafari Makonnen

Haile Selassie I ⓘ
surface form: Ras Tafari Makonnen
awarded Order of Pius IX ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Garter ⓘ
birthDate 1892-07-23 ⓘ
birthName Haile Selassie I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: 1974 Ethiopian revolution
deathDate 1975-08-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Addis Ababa ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
dynasty Solomonic dynasty ⓘ
exileLocation Bath ⓘ
surface form: Bath, England
father Makonnen Wolde Mikael ⓘ
languageSpoken Amharic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
monarchOf Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
mother Yeshimebet Ali ⓘ
name Haile Selassie I self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Haile Selassie I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King of Kings of Ethiopia

Negusa Nagast ⓘ
viewedAs divine figure in Rastafari ⓘ
messianic figure in Rastafari ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rastafari movement → hasMainDeity → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Rastafari movement → venerates → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Second Italo-Ethiopian War → commander → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Haile Selassie I
Second Italo-Ethiopian War → combatantLeader → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
State funeral of John F. Kennedy → attendedBy → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I → name → Haile Selassie I self-link ⓘ
Haile Selassie I → birthName → Haile Selassie I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tafari Makonnen
Haile Selassie I → alsoKnownAs → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ras Tafari Makonnen
Haile Selassie I → alsoKnownAs → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lij Tafari Makonnen
Haile Selassie I → alsoKnownAs → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I
Haile Selassie I → title → Haile Selassie I self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I is divine → refersTo → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"
Haile Selassie I is divine → implies → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
subject surface form: "Haile Selassie I is divine"
this entity surface form: Haile Selassie I fulfills messianic prophecies
Nyabinghi order → venerates → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Bobo Ashanti → hasKeyFigure → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Ethiopian Civil War → significantPerson → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haile Selassie
Pan-Africanism → hasNotableProponent → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Empire → lastRuler → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations → givenBy → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations → speaker → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Ethiopian Air Force → foundedBy → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haile Selassie
Tenagnework Haile Selassie → father → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Tenagnework Haile Selassie → relative → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Tenagnework Haile Selassie → familyName → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haile Selassie
Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah → associatedWith → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah → titleOf → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Elect of God → usedFor → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Elect of God → appliedTo → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Zewditu I → successor → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Zewditu I → regent → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ras Tafari Makonnen
Zewditu I → regent → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Zewditu I → relative → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Aman Andom → predecessor → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → lastRuler → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → hasRuler → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Makonnen Wolde Mikael → fatherOf → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Makonnen Wolde Mikael → child → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Ejersa Goro → birthplaceOf → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Derg → overthrew → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa → burialSiteOf → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Jah → identifiedWith → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Rastafari holy days → commemorate → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Grounation Day → associatedPerson → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Coronation of Haile Selassie I → hasSubject → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Coronation of Haile Selassie I → coronatedPerson → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Coronation of Haile Selassie I → coronatedNameAtBirth → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tafari Makonnen
Coronation of Haile Selassie I → coronatedRegnalName → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Coronation of Haile Selassie I → coronatedPreviousTitle → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ras Tafari Makonnen
EABIC → honors → Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Holy Trinity Cathedral → burialPlaceOf → Haile Selassie I ⓘ