Empress Menen married Emperor Haile Selassie on July 30th 1910, while he was still Dejazmatch Tefferi Makonnen of Harrar. Unlike her previous marriages, this one was a church wedding with a communion service, thus the only one of her marriages recognized by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church.
Quick Fact: H.I.M. and Empress Menen’s Marriage
