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Gugsa Araya Selassie
Gugsa Araya Selassie (1885 – 28 April 1932) was an army commander and a member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.
Biography.
"Leul" Gugsa Araya Selassie was the legitimate son of "Ras" Araya Selassie Yohannes. Araya Selassie Yohannes was the legitimate son of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia.
In 1917, Gugsa Araya Selassie married "Leult" Yeshashework Yilma, the niece of "Ras" Tafari Makonnen. On 2 November 1930, Tafari Makonnen was crowned as Emperor
and Ras Mengesha's son "Ras" Seyoum would for a time divide Tigray between them, with "Ras" Gugsa Araya ruling the eastern half and "Ras" Seyoum the western half.
Eventually Mengesha's son "Ras" Seyoum was made "Leul" of all Tigray in succession to his father after the death of his cousin "Ras" Gugsa Araya and after the treason of Gugsa Araya's son, "Dejazmatch" Haile Selassie Gugsa. In 1935, Haile Selassie Gugsa joined forces with the Italian invaders when