Yeshimebet Ali, daughter of Woizero (later Ima-hoi) Wolete Giyorgis, and Ali Abba Jifar of Oromo, was the wife of Ras Makonnen and mother of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She died during the Emperor's infancy. Her mother and her sister Woizero Mammit helped care for her young son as he grew to adulthood. She had eight previous miscarriages before giving birth to Haile Selassie.