Tisseme Darge Explained

Tesseme Darge was the daughter of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie, prince of Selale.[1] She was a cousin to Emperor Menelik II. She married Wagshum Hailu, chief of Lasta, in 1868.[2] They had a son in 1881, Kassa Haile Darge. She later divorced and married Welde Tsadiq.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interwar, Middle East, CASSA, 1936 . 2024-01-19 . collectionswa.net.au . en.
  2. Sereke-Brhan . Heran . 2005 . "Like Adding Water to Milk": Marriage and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Ethiopia . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 38 . 1 . 49–77 . 40036463 . 0361-7882.
  3. Book: Prouty, Chris . Empress Taytu and Menilek II: Ethiopia, 1883-1910 . . 1986 . 0-947895-01-9 . 221–222.

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