Negus Mikael of Wollo, was an army commander and a member of the ethnic Amhara nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was the father of the "uncrowned" Emperor Lij Iyasu, and the grandfather of Empress
Negus Mikael and some of his family members was buried in this mausoleum.
Inscription on the death and burial of Negus Mikael of Wollo
Negus Mikael Tomb Inscription of all buried family members
Zewditu was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. She officially adopted the regnal name "Zewditu" at the beginning of her reign, which was triggered by the dethroning of Lij Iyasu in