 :"queen omega" redirects here. for the singer, see queen omega (singer)   empress menen asfaw (baptismal name walatta giyorgis)royal ark (25 magabit 1883 ethiopian calendar, 3 april 1891 gregorian calendarseattlereggae.com&nbsp;â 15 february 1962) was the wife and consort of emperor haile selassie i of ethiopia. ==family== empress menen was the daughter of asfaw, jantirar of ambassel. she was a direct descendant of emperor lebna dengel, through emperor gelawdewos and his daughter princess enkulal gelawdewos and this genealogy was deleted from the official history of etege menen. the title of jantirar has traditionally belonged to the head of the family holding the mountain fortress of ambassel, and jantirar asfaw was one of them. her mother was woizero sehin mikael, half-sister of lij iyasu (iyasu v), and daughter of negus mikael of wollo. woizero sehin's mother, woizero fantaye gebru, was a direct descendant of emperor susenyos i in the "seyfe melekot" line. according to both published and unpublished reports, the then woizero menen asfaw was given in marriage by her family, to the prominent wollo nobleman, dejazmach ali of cherecha, and bore him a daughter, woizero belay
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