Haile (Makonnen) Selassie I
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Tafari (Makonnen) Selassie I (1892 - 1975)

Tafari (Haile) "ኃይለ, ተፈሪ" Selassie I formerly Makonnen aka ሥላሴ, መኮንን
Born in Ejersa Goro, Ethiopian Empiremap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1911 (to 15 Feb 1962) in Harar, Hārergē Province, Ethiopiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 83 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopiamap
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Biography

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Haile (Makonnen) Selassie I was born in Ethiopia.

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

Led modernization of Ethiopia; dethroned in 1973.[1] Revered as the god incarnate by Rastafarians.[2]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Haile Selassie
  2. "Rastafarian beliefs"; BBC; 9 Oct 2009.

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George Washington, 1st President of the United States is Emperor Haile Mekonnen Selassie, I's second cousin 20 times removed's husband's 20th great grandson.

Emperor Haile Mekonnen Selassie, I → Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael his father → Woizero Tenagne Warq Sahle Selassie his mother → King Sahle Selassie her father → Meridazmach Wossen Seged his father → Merid Azmach Asfa Wossen Wossen Seged his father → Merid Azmach Asfa Seged his father → Merid Azmach Amha Yesus his father → Merid Azmach Abuye his father → Sibiste his father → Nebto Neggasie his father → Abto Lebsi qal his father → Abeto Yaqob Lubena his father → Dawit II Lebna Dengel his father → Negus Naod his father → Negus Baeda Maryam his father → Negus Zariea yaqob his father → Negus Dawit I his father → Negus Newaya Kerstos his father → Negus Amda Teseyon his father → Negus Wedem Ared his father → Yekuno Amlak, King of Ethiopia his father → Tasfa Iyasus his father → Masoba Warq, Princess of Aksum his sister → Jan Seyum, Negus of Ethiopia (Zagwe Dynasty) her son → Qirwerne Kastamonitissa, Princess of Ethiopia his daughter → Andronikos Doukas Kamateros, Duke of the Byzantine Empire her husband → Euphrosyne Doukaina Komnenos Angelos his daughter → Anna Komnene Angelina Lascarina her daughter → Maria Princess of Byzantium Lascarina, Queen Consort of Hungary her daughter → Steven V, King of Hungary and Croatia her son → Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples his daughter → Marguerite d'Anjou, comtesse d'Anjou et du Maine her daughter → Jeanne de Valois, Countess of Hainault her daughter → Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of England her daughter → John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 1st Earl of Richmond her son → Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland his daughter → Eleanor Neville, Countess of Northumberland her daughter → Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland her son → Lady Margaret Gascoigne his daughter → Elizabeth Tailboys her daughter → Lady Anne Dymoke her daughter → Frances Windebank her daughter → Mildred Reade her daughter → Col. George Reade, Esq., Acting Gov. her son → Mildred Warner his daughter → Mildred Gale her daughter → Captain Augustine Washington her son → George Washington, 1st President of the United States his son

https://www.geni.com/people/George-Washington-1st-President-of-the-United-States/6000000008211776777

posted by Erik Granstrom
Sorry, Erik, true or not, Geni is user-generated, so not a reliable source. You are welcome to try building their trees out until they meet, by adding sourced profiles to one or both. Bon chance!
https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Washington-11&person2_name=Trimbee-2
posted by Sunny (Trimbee) Clark