Yeshimebet Ali


Woizero Jemila Ali, daughter of Woizero Wolete Giyorgis and Dejazmatch Ali Gamacoo, who was a Muslim chief of the Warra Illu clan of Jimma Oromo tribe, and a former trader from Gondar. Yeshimebet 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 miscarriages before giving birth to Haile Selassie.