Sahle Selassie

Sahle Selassie
ሣህለ ሥላሴ
Merid Azmach
Negus of Shewa
Reign12 June 1813 – 22 October 1847
PredecessorRas Wossen Seged
SuccessorHaile Melekot
Born1795
Ankober, Ethiopian Empire
Died22 October 1847(1847-10-22) (aged 51–52)
Debre Berhan, Ethiopian Empire
IssueHaile Melekot
Seyfe Sahle Selassie
Darge
Tenagnework Sahle Selassie
Ayahilush
Wossenyelesh
Birkinesh
Tinfelesh
FatherWossen Seged
MotherZenebework
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Sahle Selassie (Amharic: ሣህለ ሥላሴ, 1795 – 22 October 1847) was the King of Shewa from 1813 to 1847. An important Amhara noble of Ethiopia, he was a younger son of Wossen Seged. Sahle Selassie was the father of numerous sons, among them Haile Melekot, Haile Mikael, Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Amarkegne and Darge Sahle Selassie; his daughters included Tenagnework, Ayahilush, Wossenyelesh, Birkinesh, and Tinfelesh. He was the great-grandfather of Haile Selassie, the last Emperor of Ethiopia