Sahle Selassie [SEP] mother
Biete kept Sahle Selassie's older brother Bakure from promptly marching to their father's capital at Qundi to claim the succession. Although still a teenager, Sahle Selassie seized this chance at rule by rushing from the monastery at Sela Dingay where he was a student "and probably with the support of his mother Zenebework's Menzian kinsmen was proclaimed the "Ras" and Meridazmach of Shewa." Bakure belatedly arrived at Qundi only to be imprisoned in the state prison at Gonchu with his other brothers and some of his supporters.
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Makonnen Wolde Mikael
"Ras" Mekonnen Woldemikael Gudissa (May 8, 1852 – March 21, 1906), or simply Ras Makonnen, was a Shoan Amhara royal from Menz, grandson of the Shoan Amhara king Sahle Selassie of Shoa, a military leader, the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Mäkonnen (later known as Emperor Haile Selassie I). His father was "Fitawrari" Makonnen was a grandson of "Negus" Sahle Selassie of Shewa through his mother, "Leult" Tenagnework