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| 1852 births | |
| 1906 deaths | |
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He married a woman of mixed Oromo and Gurage ethnicity, Yeshimebet Ali . Following her death, he was briefly married to a niece of Empress Taitu Betul , Woizero Mentewab, but the marriage was never consummated, and was later annulled. He was given the governorship of Harar after it was incorporated into the Ethiopian Empire by his cousin, the Emperor. Other posts Ras Makonnen served included temporary governor of Tigray after the removal of the rebellious Ras Mengesha Yohannes , as a general during various military campaigns including during the First Italo-Abyssinian War , and as a diplomat and ''de facto'' foreign minister. Ras Makonnen also had a son previous to his marriage to Wayzero Yeshimabet, Dejazmach Yilma Makonnen, who succeeded him as governor of Harar in 1906 , and who was in turn succeeded by the future Emperor, Haile Selassie I. In '' (Third Republic), Star of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Star of the Ottoman Order of Osmania. |