Tekle Giyorgis II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the E
Portrait of Tekle Giyorgis II by Théophile Lefebvre [fr] early 1850s
Castle of Emperor Fasilides at Gondar. Tekle Giyorgis II invested greatly in the restoration of Gondar city and its monuments.
Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1975, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Mesafint, the hereditary royal nobility, formed the upper echelon of the ruling clas
Negusa Nagast Haile Selassie with other Ethiopian nobles and retainers.
Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael surrounded by retainers.
Emperor Haile Selassie of the Solomonic dynasty