When his country was invaded by a European power, he made his headquarters at Desse, but after losing a battle at Maychew he was forced to flee.
He took his first important post after his older half-brother Yilma died. He was named heir to the throne after a man named Iyasu converted to Islam, after which Iyasu's aunt was named Empress Zauditu. When his country was invaded by a European power, he made his headquarters at Desse, but after losing a battle at Maychew he was forced to flee. He was restored to power by the British in 1941, and would later be temporarily ousted by a 1960 coup before finally being deposed in 1974 led by the Dergue. FTPE, name this cousin of Menelik II who in 1930 became emperor of Ethiopia.
He took his first important post after his older half-brother Yilma died.
Haile Selassie I (accept Lij Tafari Makonnen)