Gugsa Araya Selassie was an army commander and a member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.

Ras Mengesha Yohannes was governor of Tigray and a son of Emperor Yohannes IV. His mother was Welette Tekle Haymanot wife of dejazmach kassa Mercha. Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes was his younger half br