Tesseme Darge was the daughter of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie, prince of Selale.[1] She was a cousin to Emperor Menelik II. She married Wagshum Hailu, chief of Lasta, in 1868.[2] They had a son in 1881, Kassa Haile Darge. She later divorced and married Welde Tsadiq.[3]