Dejazmatch Elfeyos Hellawe, son of
Dejazmatch Hellawe Arzu Sebentu, an alleged descendant of
Emperor Sayfa Arad I, of the Solomonic line. He had a son
1) H.E.
Dejazmatch Wolde Giyorgis Elfeyos. Governor of
Qwara and
Dembiya, in
Begameder (Gondar). m. Woizero Nachit, daughter of Woizero Walatta Selassie, daughter of Dilamo. He had issue, a son:
a) H.E.
Dejazmatch Hailu Wolde Giyorgis.
Governor of Qwara. m. (first) (div.) Woizero Walatta Takla (m. second, Dejazmatch Andawa Libo, of
Amhara), daughter of
Hailu Niblu, by his wife, Woizero Altash, sister of Dejazmatch Maru, of Dembiya. m. (second) Woizero Attitigeb (b. at Lijambra, Talya, in Damot; d. after 1840), daughter of Dejazmatch Wand Bawosen, of Damot, by his wife, Woizero Tessal, a lady of Royal descent. He d. ca. 1820, having had issue, four sons:
i) H.E. Dejazmatch Kinfu Hailu. b. ca. 1800 (s/o Walatta Takla). Governor of Qwara, Dembiya, and Tchelga 1831-1839. m. a niece of H.H. Ras Mariye, Viceroy of the Empire and Governor of Begameder. He was k. at the Battle of Qunzla, 4th October 1839 (bur. Fanja), having had issue:
(1) Lij Yilma Kinfu. b. ca. 1821. He d. young, from a fall from a horse, at Quoratsa, 1840.
(2)
Lij Makonnen Kinfu. He was k. in battle, 1856.
(3)
Lij Yohannes Kinfu. He was k. before 1860.
(4)
Lij Garrad Kinfu. Rebelled against his uncle and killed the British Consul, Walter Chichele Plowden, in February 1860. He was k. (executed on the orders of Emperor Tewodros II), at Waldebba, September 1860, having had issue, a son:
(a) 'Abdu'l Rahman. Fl. 1889
(1) Woizero Wishan*. m. Dejazmatch Yilma Asfaw, a noble of Begameder. She had issue, two daughters:
(a) Woizero Warqenas [Worqenesh Yilma]. m. John Bell [Lika Makwas Yohannes] (k. by Garrad Kinfu, while defending the Emperor, September 1860), entered the service of Ras 'Ali and appointed to the rank of Basha (Captain) by him, Lika Makwas and Court Chamberlain to Emperor Tewodoros II. She had issue, one son and two daughters
iii)
Ras Kassa Hailu, who ascended the throne as H.M. Tewodoros II, Elect of God and King of Kings of Ethiopia (s/o Woizero Attitigeb) - see below.
iv) Dejazmatch Andawa Hailu (s/o Walatta Takla). He was k. at the Battle of Qunzla, 4th October 1839.
i) Woizero Walatta Worq. b. ca. 1824. m. …(d. before 2nd March 1866). She was affianced by Emperor Tewodros to Mons. M.G. Lejean, the French Envoy Ext. & Min. Plen. to Ethiopia, who had been kept by him as an open prisoner, but who fled to France, his only means of escaping the marriage.
ii) Woizero Yosefa. m. ca. 1856, Ras Sabagadis (b. 1842; k. on the orders of his brother-in-law, ca. 1859), youngest son of H.E. Ras Wube Haile Mariam, Prince of Tigray - see Ethiopia (Tigray).
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* The connecion given here is based on the articles in the Encyclopaedia Aethiopia, but are evidently based on the family traditions of the claimed European descendants. However, several problems exist with the chronology of events, the age differences between supposed relatives, and the political differences between supposed close family members. I give the genealogy here as a matter of general interest.
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1855 - 1868 H.M. Emperor Tewodoros II [Abba Tataq], Elect of God and King of Kings of Ethiopia. b. at Sharghe, Qwara, ca. 1818, as Lij Kassa Hailu, youngest son of Dejazmatch Hailu Wolde-Giyorgis, sometime Governor of Qwara, by his second wife Woizero Attitigeb, educ. at a Monastery. Baptised as Selassie Barea. Appointed as Governor of Qwara by Empress Menen in 1839, he rebelled against her in 1845, invaded and pillaged Dembiya in October 1846, conquered Gondar in January 1847, defeated and captured the Empress 18th June 1847 but was promoted and granted the personal title of Dejazmatch on releasing her in August that year. Recognised as his heir by his father-in-law, Ras 'Ali Alula, January 1848. Assumed the title of Ras immediately after his victory at Gur Amba, 27th November 1852. Pursued, fought and finally defeated Ras 'Ali Alula Tekku at Ayshal, 29th June 1853. Proclaimed as Negus at Amba Chera, 19th September 1854. Defeated Ras Wube at the battle of Dirasge, captured and deposed Emperor Sahle Dengal, and proclaimed himself Emperor, 8th February 1855. Crowned as Emperor Tewodoros II, at the Church of the Virgin Mary at Dirasge, 9th February 1855. m. (first) (div.) (Woizero Engeda Worq?), a daughter of Dejazmatch Birru Goshu, sometime Governor of Qwara, Dembiya, and Tchelga, by his wife, Woizero Yawubdar, daughter of Dejazmatch Sahlu. m. (second) January 1848 (civil) and at Amba Chera, 18th September 1854 (relig.) H.M. Empress (Itege) Tewabech (b. 1830; d. at Magdala, 19th August 1858), daughter of H.H. Ras 'Ali Alula Tekku, sometime Viceroy of Ethiopia, Governor of Gojjam and Begameder. m. (third) February 1860 (div. 1861), H.M. Empress (Itege) Terunish [Turan Worq] (d. at Aikullet, during the withrawal of British forces from Magdala, 15th May 1868; bur. Selassie Monastery, Cheliqot, Tigray), daughter of Ras Wube Haile Mariam, Governor of Tigray and Semien, by his fourth wife, Woizero Lekiyaye. m. (a) after 1861, Iqubat Yetemagnu [Tamano], a widow from Yajju. m. (b) Woizero Averash, widow of Tasfa Seyun, and daughter of Kassa. m. (c) either Woizero Laketch or Woizero Taitu, one of the elder daughters of H.E. Ras Adilu, of Wollo-Wagessa, He k. himself at Magdala, 13th April 1868 (bur. ther at the Medhane Alem Church, reinturred at the Mahbere Selassie Convent, Qwara), having had issue, six sons and three daughters:
1) H.H. Ras Engeda. b. 1841 (s/o Engeda Worq, or Tewabech), educ. privately. He was k. at Magdala, 13th April 1868, having had issue, three sons:
a) …b. 1854. Taken prisoner by the British in 1868.
b) …b. 1855. Taken prisoner by the British in 1868.
c) …b. 1856. Taken prisoner by the British in 1868. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
2) H.H. Ras Mashasha Tewodoros. b. ca. 1848 (s/o Tewabech), educ. privately. Instrumental in engineering the escape of Emperor Menelik II from confinement at Magdala, 30th June 1865. Governor of Qwara, and Dembiya 1861-1868, and 1889. Granted the personal title of Dejazmatch by his father 1861, and prom. to Ras by Emperor Menelik II. He had issue, a son:
a) H.E. Dejazmatch Kassa Mashasha. Governor of Gondar.
3) H.H. Prince Alamayu Simyen Tewodoros. b. at Magdala, 23rd April 1861 (s/o Empress Terunesh), educ. Rugby and RMC, Sandhurst. Granted the personal title of Dejazmatch by his father at birth. He d. unm. at Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, 14th November 1879 (bur. St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berks.).
4) Lij Haile Mariam [Hailu] Tewodoros (s/o a secondary wife).
5) Lij Yimam Tewodoros (s/o Laketch or Taitu).
6) Lij Tesemma Dengat Tewodoros (s/o a secondary wife).
1) Woizero Altash (d/o a secondary wife). m. (first) at Magdala, January 1864 (div. 1865), H.I.M. Emperor Menelik II, By the grace of God, King of Kings of Ethiopia, GCB, GCMG (b. at Ankobar, Shoa, 17th August 1844; d. at the Menelik Palace, Addis Ababa, 12th December 1913, bur. at the Kidane Meheret Church, and later transferred to The Taeka Negest, Ba'eta Le Mariam Monastery Church, Addis Ababa, in 1917), only son of H.M. Negus Haile Malakot, King of Shoa, by Ejigayehu, daughter of Tarreqe, from Motatit, in Manz. m. (second) H.E. Ras Bariaw Pawlos, Prince (Mesfin) of Tigray. She d. ca. October 1890 - see Ethiopia (Shoa) and Ethiopia (Tigray).
2) Woizero … (d/o a secondary wife).
3) Woizero … (d/o a secondary wife). m. Lij Alama Gwalu.
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