# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mekonnen-welde-mikael
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:43:32.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mekonnen-welde-mikael"
name: "Mekonnen Welde Mikael"
slug: "mekonnen-welde-mikael"
description: "Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot, or simply  Ras Makonnen, Horse name: Abba Qagnew, was an Ethiopian royal from Shewa, a military leader, the governor of Harar, and the father of future Emperor Haile Selassie. Described by Nikolai Gumilev as \"one of the greatest leaders of Abyssinia\", he served in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, playing a key role at the Battle of Adwa."
tagline: "Ethiopian prince (1852–1906)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ras_M%C3%A4konnen_(W%C3%A4ld%C3%A4-Mika'%C3%A9l)_(1852-1906).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1852-05-08"
deathDate: "1906-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.972404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Меконнін Уольде-Мікаель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ራስ መኮንን"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميكونين ويلدي ميكائيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميكونين ويلد ميكايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makonnen_Wolde_Mikael"
    title: "Makonnen Wolde Mikael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makonnen_Wolde_Mikael"
    title: "Makonnen Wolde Mikael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekonnen_Welde_Mika%C3%A9l"
    title: "Mekonnen Welde Mikaél"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%94"
    title: "מקונן וולדה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Makonnen Wolde Mikael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maconn%C3%A8n_Uoldemica%C3%A8l"
    title: "Maconnèn Uoldemicaèl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makonnen_Woldemikael_Gudessa"
    title: "Makonnen Woldemikael Gudessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekonnyn"
    title: "Mekonnyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%8D-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Мэконнын Уольдэ-Микаэль"
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    title: "Ras Makonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump