Yeshimebet Ali, daughter of Woizero (later Ima-hoi) Wolete Giyorgis, and Ali Abba Jifar of Oromo, was the wife of Ras Makonnen and mother of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She died during the Emperor's infancy. Her mother and her sister Woizero Mammit helped care for her young son as he grew to adulthood. She had eight previous miscarriages before giving birth to Haile Selassie.
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| Name | Ali, Yeshimebet |
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| Short description | Mother of Emperor Haile Selassie |
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Famous quotes containing the word ali:
“That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer—he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)