According to Paul Henze, Ras Wolde Selassie was the first ruler of this period to have close contact with Europeans, hosting three British diplomats, George Annesley, Viscount Valentia, his secretary Henry Salt, and Pearce.
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He was born in 1831 to Mercha, Shum (or "governor") of Tembien, and his wife Woizero (or "Dame") Silass Dimtsu (Amata Selassie), who was the daughter of Dejazmach (roughly equivalent to "Duke") Dimtsu Debbab of Enderta the nephew of the powerful Ras Wolde Selassie of Enderta.
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Enderta is bordered on the west by Tembien, on the southeast by Wag, the south by Raya and Azebo, on the east by Aseb awraja of Afar (Ethiopia's former port), and on the north by Kilete Awla'elo, Agame and Adwa.
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According to the 16th century Gadl (or Vita) of his pupil, Ananya, Ewostatewos was born in the Tsira` north east of Mekelle, part of Enderta province, now located with in Enderta wereda, near where he would later found the monastery of Debre Tserabi.
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Around 1280, while still young, he was sent to live with his uncle Abba Daniel (monastically known as Zekaryas), the abbot of Debre Maryam on mount Qorqor in Gar'alta a district of Enderta province .
(Leul) (Ras) Mangasha Seyum was born in 1926 in Dengolat, a village in Enderta county, part of Tigray province of Ethiopia .