Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen. Haile Selassie, born Tafari Makonnen in 1892, ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, and his full title was "By the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Lord of Lords, Elect of God; His name Haile Selassie was given to him at his infant baptism and adopted again as part of his regnal name in 1930. On 11 February 1917, he was crowned Le'ul-Ras and became known as Ras Tafari M