| Menen Asfaw | |||||
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| Empress consort of Ethiopia | |||||
| Tenure | 2 November 1930 – 15 February 1962 | ||||
| Coronation | 2 November 1930 | ||||
| Born | 25 March 1889[1][2] Ambassel, Bete Amhara, Ethiopian Empire (now South Wollo, Amhara Region, Ethiopia) | ||||
| Died | 15 February 1962 (aged 72) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire | ||||
| Burial | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Tenagnework Asfaw Wossen Princess Zenebework Princess Tsehai Prince Makonnen Prince Sahle Selassie | ||||
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| Dynasty | House of Solomon | ||||
| Father | Asfaw, Jantirar of Ambassel | ||||
| Mother | Woizero Sehin Mikael | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo | ||||
Menen Asfaw (baptismal name: Walatta Giyorgis; 25 March 1889 – 15 February 1962)[3] was Empress of Ethiopia as the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie.
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- ^ "ed. Anjahli Parnell | Empress Menen Asfaw, The Mother of the Ethiopian Nation". Roots-publishing. 2011. p. 3.