Haile Malakot
king of Shewa
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Haile Malakot was the father of Menilek II and the negus (king) of Shewa, a historic kingdom in central Ethiopia. He died during an invasion of Shewa by Emperor Tewodros II in 1855, after which his son, Sahle Mariam (later Menilek II), was captured and held for nearly 10 years. Haile Malakot's lineage traced back to rulers of Menz, the heartland of Shewa, and potentially to the Solomonid line of Ethiopian emperors.12
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