# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sahle-selassie
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:39:14.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sahle-selassie"
name: "Sahle Selassie"
slug: "sahle-selassie"
description: "Sahle Selassie was the King of Shewa from 1813 to 1847. An important Amhara noble of Ethiopia, he was a younger son of Wossen Seged. Sahle Selassie was the father of numerous sons, among them Haile Melekot, Haile Mikael, Seyfe Sahle Selassie, Amarkegne and Darge Sahle Selassie; his daughters included Tenagnework, Ayahilush, Wossenyelesh, Birkinesh, and Tinfelesh. He was the great-grandfather of Haile Selassie, the last Emperor of Ethiopia."
tagline: "Ruler of Shewa (1795-1847)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Sahla_Sellase_colour.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1795"
deathDate: "1847-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.582725333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahle_Sellassie"
    title: "Sahle Sellassie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%A3%E1%88%85%E1%88%88_%E1%88%A5%E1%88%8B%E1%88%B4"
    title: "ሣህለ ሥላሴ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahle_Selassie"
    title: "Sahle Selassie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahle_Selassie"
    title: "Sahle Selassie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahle_Selassi%C3%A9"
    title: "Sahle Selassié"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%99"
    title: "סהלה סלאסי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahle_Syllasje"
    title: "Sahle Syllasje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346835"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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