| LC control no. | n 2005032464 |
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| Personal name heading | Manan Asfāw, Empress of Ethiopia, 1889-1962 |
| Variant(s) | Manan ʼAsfāw, ʼEtégé, 1889-1962 Manan ʼAsfāw, ʼEtégé, 1891-1962 Menen, Itʻekē, 1889-1962 Walatta Giyorgis, 1889-1962 |
| Associated country | Ethiopia |
| Located | London (England) Bath (England) Jerusalem |
| Birth date | 1889-03-25 |
| Death date | 1962-02-15 |
| Place of death | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
| Profession or occupation | Heads of state Empresses |
| Found in | Poladian, Terenig. Hangist Itʻekē Menen Kaysruhiin, 1962: t.p. (Itʻekē Menen) p. 5, etc. (b. 1891; d. Feb. 15, 1962) YaʼAṡé H̲āylaśelāsé tārik, 2000: p. 152 (Manan ʼAsfāw) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 2007: vol. 3, p. 720-721 (Manan Asfāw; born 25 March 1889 in Egwā, died 15 February 1962 in Addis Ababa; Empress from 1930-1962; married to three prominent noblemen in Wallo and Šawā before wedding the future Emperor Ḫāyla Śellāsē in August 1911, with whom she had six children; crowned Empress alongside her husband in 1930, and went into exile with him in England during the Italian occupation; died in 1962 and was buried in Qeddest Śellāsē Cathedral; baptismal name Walatta Giyorgis; lived in Addis Ababa, London, Bath, Jerusalem) |
| Associated language | amh |
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