Ras (Duke) Tafari Makonnen, born in 1892 near Harar, was selected to be regent and heir to Empress Zauditu by Ethiopia's Tases (feudal lords) in 1916. He ascended the throne of Shoa in 1928 and was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia upon Zauditu's death in November 1930. One among a dwindling number of absolute monarchs in the twentieth century, "the Lion" gained wide recognition for his impassioned ... [MORE] Rastafarian Views@ (5) 1. Wikipedia - Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article provides his biography. 2. Emperor Haile Selassie I - History and pictures of the emperor. 3. Haile Selassie - Haile Sellassie's brief biography, activities before kingship, modernization work, involvement with League of Nations, Italo-Ethiopian War, new constitution, attempted coup of 1960, conditions leading to coup of 1974, and end of his reign leading to his death. 4. Haile Sellassie Family Web - Site about the royal family maintained by the late emperor's great-granddaughter. Ethiopian history, present and the past, documents, art, photos, and links.

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