Editing Lij Iyasu (section)

==Family==
His younger sister Zenebe Worq was married off at a young age to ''Ras'' Bezabih of Gojjam, but died in childbirth. Iyasu also had an elder half-sister, ''Woizero'' Sehin Mikael, married to ''Jantirar'' Asfaw, Lord of [[Ambassel]], whose daughter would eventually become Empress [[Menen Asfaw]], wife of Emperor [[Haile Selassie]].  Another half sister of ''Lij'' Iyasu was ''Woizero'' Tewabech Mikael, second wife of Ras [[Seyoum Mangasha]] of Tigray.  While through his Imperial mother, Iyasu could claim to be descended from [[King Solomon]] and the [[Queen of Sheba]], through his father, he claimed descent from [[Muhammad]].{{efn|This genealogy is published in {{cite book|last= Wallis Budge|first=E.A.|title=A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia|orig-year=1928|year=1970|publisher=Anthropological Publications|location=Oosterhout, the Netherlands|pages=546f}}}} Iyasu seems to have had at least thirteen secondary wives and an uncertain number of natural children, several of whom have been Iyasuist claimants to the Imperial throne, as well as grandchildren like Girma Yohannes. ''Lij'' Iyasu's only legitimate child was a daughter born in 1916 to him and [[Sabla Wangel Hailu|Seble Wengel Hailu]], [[Alem Tsahai Iyasu]], who was granted the title of '''Emebet-hoy{{what?|date=October 2023}}''' by Emperor Haile Selassie.