Haile Melekot

His Highness Negus Haile Malakot (1824–9 November 1855) was the king of Shoa between 1847 and 1855. His father was Negus Sahle Selassie I, king of Shoa, his mother Woizero Bezabesh Wolde. He was known as Lij Besho Warad before his accession to the throne of Shoa. He succeeded on the death of his father on 12th October 1847 as King of Shoa. He maried 2 wives. His first wife was Woizero Ijigayehu (whom he maried 1844 and divorced her 1845) of uncertain origin of Manz or a former Gurage slave. In May 1845 he maried his second wife, Woizero Tedeneqialesh (survived her husband by a year or so), who was a former wife of a court official. His death took place on 9th November 1855 in the city of Atakelt. He is buried in Debre Gage in Tara. He was succeeded by his eldest son Menelik II of Ethiopia as king of Shoa.