The Ethiopian Empire in exile was a

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formed when

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Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

fled the country after Italy invaded

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in 1935. Haile Selassie, recognized by Allied world powers as ''de jure'' legitimate ruler of Ethiopia, went to

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

via

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by boarding British ship in 1936. He then went to a villa Fairfield House in Bath,

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accompanied by his children, grandchildren and servants, and spent the reminder time until the liberation of Ethiopia during East African Campaign in 1941, where he returned to the throne after leaving for five years. Haile Selassie also went to

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to address

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about the Ethiopian sovereignty and denouncing

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's actions toward his army on 30 June 1936.

Initial journey

The government of Ethiopia in-exile was occurred when

fled to Bath (145km west of

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) in 1935 as Benito Mussolini declared the invasion of

Ethiopian Empire The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that histori ...

on 9 May 1936. On 1 May 1936, Haile Selassie took train to

and then boarded a British ship.

In Jerusalem

Jerusalem was a sanctuary to the emperor and the Royal family in his exile during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. This was the second visit of the city in the twentieth century, one in 1924 grand tour of Europe. While at Jerusalem, Haile Selassie spend majority times with Ethiopian monks, praying with them at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

In England

Emperor Haile Selassie fled to Bath (145km west of

) where he granted by British authority to live as asylum. However, they do not want to stay in London as long as possible due to perceived "politically embarrassing". Upon arrival, he stayed at a hotel. Shortly afterward, he bought Fairfield House to spend the remainder of his time. He was accompanied by his children, grandchildren, servants and others. In Bath, Haile Selassie accustomed to the "army of servants" and living in single house as financially restricted. He was seen getting rid of jewelry on a couple of occasions. Upon leaving England, he left the house for the elderly. In 1954, Haile Selassie visited Bath again. An estimated 90,000 people of Ethiopian descent lived Britain, among them were Abiyot Desta, who visited the residence of the emperor for the first time.

In Geneva

On 30 June 1936, Haile Selassie traveled once to

to plead with the

not Ethiopia officially recognized as part of

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. He had also European allies who traveled to Ethiopia to report the news about Ethiopian army struggling with Italy. Vg n13x18 12173

The report helped the British to enter Ethiopia with the emperor in the later years. As Italy declared war on England in 1940, the British accompanied Haile Selassie to Sudan and helped him organizing his army within seven months, and finally accomplished it by liberating Ethiopia and return to the throne on 5 May 1941.

References

{{Reflist Haile Selassie 20th century in Ethiopia Second Italo-Ethiopian War Italian East Africa Ethiopian Empire History of Ethiopia