Mengesha Seyoum
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Mengesha Seyoum GCVO |
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| of Tigray | |
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In office 1960–1974 |
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| Preceded by | Seyum Mangasha |
| of Sidamo | |
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In office 1955–1958 |
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| Preceded by | Seyum Mangasha |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| of Arsi | |
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In office 1952–1955 |
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| Preceded by | Asrate Medhin Kassa |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 December 1927 Dengolat, Enderta, Ethiopia |
| Political party | Ethiopian Democratic Union (1974-1978) |
| Spouse(s) |
Princess Aida Desta (wid. 2013) |
| Children |
Woizero Ribka Mengesha Lij Mikael Sehul Mengesha Lij Yohannes Mengesha Lij Estifanos Mengesha Lij Jalyee Mengesha Lij Seyoum Mengesha Woizero Menen Mengesha |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodoxy |
Le'ul Ras Mengesha Seyoum (Ge'ez: መንገሻ ሰዩም) GCVO (born 7 December 1927) is a member of the imperial family of the Ethiopian Empire. In 1974, the monarchy was abolished by the Derg, a communist military junta.
Mangasha Seyum was born in 1927 in Dengolat, a village in Enderta district, part of Tigray province of Ethiopia. He is the son of Ras Seyum Mangasha, the grandson of Ras Mangasha Yohannes, and the great grandson of Emperor Johannes IV. Yohannes IV was the only Emperor of the Tigrayan cadet branch of the Solomonic dynasty (being descended in female lines from Emperors Yohannes I and Eyasu I). Emperor Menelik II of Shoa came to power after the Battle of Metemma when Yohannes IV was killed and the male line of the Solomonic Dynasty was re-established on the Imperial throne. Mangasha Seyum is the heir to the Tigrean royal line and a rival to the Shoan emperor.Ras Mangasha Seyum's grandfather, Mangasha Yohannes was raised as the nephew of Yohannes IV. However Yohannes IV announced on his deathbed that Mangasha was his "natural" son and designated heir. It is still disputed among Tigrean royal descendants whether Mangasha Yohannes was indeed an actual son of Yohannes IV, or a nephew that Yohannes adopted on his deathbed in order to name him as his successor as his legitimate son Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes had died previously. There was a long-standing rivalry between the descendants of Ras Araya Selassie and Ras Mangasha Yohannes over the rule of Tigray and precedence. Her mother was Princess Adada (second wife of his father).
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