Le'ul Ras Mengesha Seyoum is a member of the imperial family of the Ethiopian Empire. In 1974, the monarchy was abolished by the Derg, a communist military junta.
A photograph of Seyum Mangasha, second from left, taken on 18 April 1959 in Bonn, West Germany.
Bridge over Giba river, built by order of Mengesha Seyoum in the 1960s
Leul Ras Mengesha and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in February 2019.
Wolete Israel Seyoum was the daughter of Leul Ras Seyoum Mengesha, Prince of Tigray, KBE, and great-granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia.
Mengesha Seyoum
…Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum - Son Wolete Israel Seyum - Sister Berhanu G Negash - Twice Removed…
Empress Menen Asfaw is in the centre and her daughter-in-law, Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum, is on the far right. The other standing women from left to right are Princess Tsehai, Princess Tenagnework and Princess Zenebework, daughters of Emperor Haile Selassie.