ETHIOPIA
The Solomonic Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1930 - 1974 H.I.M.
Emperor Haile Selassie I, Elect of God, Conquering Lion
of the Tribe of Judah and King of Kings of Ethiopia, KG
(14.10.1954), GCB (c 8.7.1924), GCMG (24.4.1917), GCVO
(30.10.1930), Royal Victorian Chain (30.10.1930). b.
at Ejersa Goro, Harar, 23rd July 1892 as Lij
Tafari Makonnen and baptised as Haile Selassie, son of
H.H. Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael, KCMG, sometime
Governor of Harar and of Tigray, by his first wife, Woizero
Yeshe-immabet, daughter of Dejazmatch 'Ali Aba
Jiffar, of Woreilu, educ. Menelik II Sch., Addis
Ababa. Granted the title of Dejazmatch, 1st
November 1905. Governor of Garra Muleta 1905-1906, Salala
1906-1908, Derasa 1908-1910, and Harar 1910-1915, and of
Kaffa 1915-1916. Raised to the title of Le'ul
(Prince), with the style of His Highness, 11th
February 1917. Appointed as Heir Apparent and Supreme
Regent with the title of Ras, 27th
September 1918. Raised to the title of Negus
(King) with the style of His Majesty and Crowned
by the Empress Zauditu at the Church of the Holy Trinity,
Addis Ababa, 7th October 1928. Proclaimed as King
of Kings on the death of Empress Zauditu, 3rd
April 1930. Crowned at St George's Cathedral, Arada,
Addis Ababa, 2nd November 1930. Deposed in
favour of his eldest son, 12th September 1974.
Field Marshal in the British Army, 1st
February 1965. Field Marshal Imperial Ethiopia Army,
Admiral of the Fleet Imperial Ethiopian Navy, and Marshal
of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force. Sovereign of the
Orders of the Seal of Solomon, Queen of Sheba, Menelik
II, and the Star of Ethiopia. Founded the Orders of
Solomon and the Holy Trinity in 1930. Rcvd: GC of
the Order of Solomon (11.2.1917), and Cdr. of the Order
of the Star of Ethiopia (1909), Knt. of the Orders of the
Annunziata of Italy (1928), Golden Lion of the House of
Nassau of Luxembourg (25.5.1924), Elephant of Denmark
(x.11.1954), Seraphim of Sweden (10.6.1924, collar
15.11.1954), and Maha Chakri of Thailand (1958), the
Riband of the Three Military Orders of Christ, Benedict
of Aviz and St James of the Sword of Portugal, the Grand
Collar of the Orders of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico (1954),
Pahlavi of Iran (14.9.1964), the Liberator San Martin of
Argentina, the Nile of the Republic of Egypt, and Pius IX
of the Vatican (1970), the Collar of the Orders of the
Muhammad 'Ali of Egypt (30.10.1930, GC 3.5.1924), Idris I
of Libya, Chrysanthemum of Japan (19.11.1956, GC
30.10.1930), Independence of Tunisia, Hussein ibn 'Ali of
the Jordan, and Muhammad of Morocco, the Chain of Honour
of the Sudan, the Grand Order of the Hashimites of Iraq,
GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour of France
(16.5.1924, GO 1918), SS Maurice & Lazarus
(18.5.1924), and the Crown of Italy (1917), Leopold of
Belgium (mil. 22.5.1924), Redeemer of Greece (19.8.1924),
the Tower & Sword for Valour, Loyalty and Merit of
Portugal (1925), Willem (3.11.1954) and the Netherlands
Lion (7.10.1930), Polonia Restituta of Poland
(30.10.1930), St Olav of Norway with collar (22.3.1949),
Carlos III of Spain with collar, the White Rose of
Finland with collar, National Merit of Vietnam (1958),
Truth (Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma) of Burma (1958),
Southern Cross of Brazil with collar (4.7.1958), Leopard
of Zaire with collar, Lion of Senegal, Lion of Malawi,
Valour of the Cameroun, the Sun of Peru, the Bust of the
Liberator Simon Bolivar with collar of Venezuela, Condor
of the Andes of Bolivia, Propitious Clouds of China
special grade, Oummaya of Syria, Mono of Togo, Congolese
Merit of the Congo, Leopard of Somalia (1960), Equatorial
Star of Gabon, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the
Source of the Nile of Uganda (1972), Eagle of Zambia, and
of the Orders of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
special class (1954), Republic of Italy with collar
(21.10.1955), of the Lebanon special class, Chile with
collar, Central Africa, and Upper Volta, and of the
National Orders of Chad, Benin, Mali with collar,
Madagascar, Mauritania, Guinea, and the Niger, and of the
National Order of Honour and Merit of Haiti (24.4.1966),
Knt. G Band of the Order of the Pioneers of Liberia, G
Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (1966),
Chief Cdr. of the Legion of Merit of the USA (1945), the
Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Merit of
Austria (1954), the Star of the Republic of Indonesia 1st
class (Adipurna) (1958), Raja of the Order of
Sikatuna of the Philippines (1958), Cdr. of the Order of
the Shield & Spears of Buganda (17.6.1964), and the
Orders of the White Lion 1st class with collar
(mil) of Czechoslovakia, the Yugoslavian Grand Star
(21.7.1954), Pakistan 1st class (Hilal-i-Pakistan)
(1958), State Crown of Malaysia (DMN) (21.5.1968), King
Abdul Aziz 1st class of Saudi Arabia, Star of
Ghana (1970), the Banner of the People's Republic of
Hungary 1st class with diamonds (1964), Military Medal (Médaille
Militaire) of France (28.10.1954), etc. Freemon of
the City of Bath (1954). Dr Hons causa Univs of Oxford
(1954), Cambridge, Athens and Moscow, Hon. Fellow SOAS,
London Univ. m. (first) Woizero Altayech.
m. (second) at Harar, 30th July 1911,
H.I.M. Empress (Itege) Menen [Walatta Giyorgis] (b.
at Egua, Ambassel, Wollo, 25th March 1889; d.
at Addis Ababa, 15th February 1962, bur.
there at the Holy Trinity Cathedral), educ.
privately, raised to the title of Le'ult
(Princess), with the style of Her Highness 11th
February 1917, crowned with her husband at St George's
Cathedral, Arada, Addis Ababa, 2nd November
1930, Patron Assoc. for the Benefit of Ethiopian Women
1935, Ethiopian Women's Assoc., Empress Menen Sch., etc. rcvd.
the Grand Collar and Chain of the Order of Solomon
(30.10.1930), GC of the Order of the Queen of Sheba
(1928), Member of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden
(19.12.1959), former wife of xxx 'Ali, Jantirar
Amade, of Ambassel, and of Ras Bitwoded
Le'ul Seggad Atnaf Seggad, sometime Governor of Kefa, and
daughter of Dejazmatch Asfaw Mikael, Jantirar
of Ambassel, by his wife Woizero Sehin, eldest
daughter of H.H. Negus Mikael, King of Zion. He
was k. in prison at Addis Ababa, 27th
August 1975 (bur. there at the Holy Trinity
Cathedral), having had issue, three sons and four
daughters: - 1) H.I.H. Meridazmatch Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie [Amha Selassie], who succeeded as H.I.M. Amha Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (s/o Empress Menen) - see below.
- 2)
Lieutenant-General H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul)
Makonnen Haile Selassie [Araya Yohannes], Duke of
Harar, GCVO (14.10.1954). b. at Addis
Ababa, 16th October 1923 (s/o
Empress Menen), educ. St Christopher's
Sch., Bath, and Wellington Coll., and
Gordonstoun. Raised to the title of Le'ul
(Prince), with the style of His Imperial
Highness, 3rd April 1930, and
granted the title of Mesfin Harar (Duke of
Harar) 9th May 1933. Governor-General
of Harar 1944-1957. Officer of Honour Ethiopian
Boy Scouts 1934. Rcvd: the Grand Collar
and Chain of the Order of Solomon, GC of the
Orders of the Seal of Solomon, Holy Trinity,
Menelik II, and the Star of Ethiopia, St George
Military Medal of Merit, Haile Selassie
Distinguished Military Medal, Haile Selassie Gold
Medal, the Star of Victory, Exile Medal (with
five clasps), and the Imperial Coronation and
Jubilee medals, Knt. of the Orders of the
Elephant of Denmark (x.11.1954), and Serephim of
Sweden (15.11.1954), GC of the Orders of Vasa of
Sweden (9.1.1935), Merit of the Federal Republic
of Germany (1954), St Olav of Norway (1954),
House of Orange of the Netherlands (3.11.1954),
the Chrysanthemum of Japan (19.11.1956), George I
(x.4.1959) and Phoenix of Greece (1954), the
Grand Decoration of Honour for Merit in Gold with
Sash of Austria (1954), and the Orders of the
Star of Yugoslavia 1st class
(21.7.1954), and Star of Burma (1958). m.
at Addis Ababa, 10th February 1946,
H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Sarah Gizaw,
Duchess of Harar (b. 1928), educ.
Royal Infirmary Nursing Sch., Edinburgh, rcvd:
GC of the Order of the Queen of Sheba, Mbr. of
the Order of the Serephim of Sweden (15.11.1954),
GC of the Order of Beneficience of Greece
(x.4.1959), imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1988,
daughter of Gizaw Abera, sometime Nibure Id
of Aksum, and granddaughter of Dejazmach
Abera Tedlla. He d.v.p. at
Addis Ababa from injuries received in a car
crash, while driving to Nazareth, 13th
May 1957 (bur. Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Addis Ababa), having had issue, five sons:
- a) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Pawlus Wossen Seged Makonnen, Duke of Harar (Mesfin Harar). b. at Addis Ababa, 21st August 1947. Imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1989.
- b) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Mikael Amaha Amde Yesus Makonnen [H.I.H. Prince Michael Makonnn]. b. at Addis Ababa, 30th January 1950. Imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1989. m. H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Asrat Amaha Yesus. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- c)
H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Dawit
Makonnen Makonnen. b. at Addis
Ababa, 30th January 1952,
educ. Schule Schloss Salem, Salem,
Germany; RMA Sandhurst, and Fort Knox,
USA. Cmsnd. 2nd -Lieut.
British Army 1973, transf. as Lieut. 3rd
Armoured Dvsn. Imperial Ethiopian Army
1973, resig. 1975, trained as a
commercial airline pilot after the coup
d'etat. Settled in the USA and employed
for a time at the IMF and UN Economic
Cmsn. for Africa (UNECA). m. at
Addis Ababa, 16th April 1974,
H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult)
Adey-Abeba Makonnen (b. at Addis
Ababa, 11th March 1951), Chief
Civilian Personnel Officer UN Mission in
Bosnia Herzegovina, elder daughter of
H.E. Lij Imru Zelleke, sometime
Ambassador to Germany and Minister of
State for Commerce, by his wife, Woizero
Martha Nasibu (now Marchesa Francesco
Tortora Brayda di Belvedere), daughter of
General H.E. Ras Nasibu Zamanuel,
sometime Minister for War and a hero of
the Italian War. He d. suddenly in
Nyon, Switzerland, 26th August
1989, having had issue, two sons:
- i) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Yokshan Makonnen. b. at Vero Beach, Florida, USA, 8th February 1978. Mbr. Alchemy World Honorary Brd.
- ii) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Joel Makonnen. b. at Rome, Italy, 5th May 1982, educ. Kogod Sch. of Business, Washington DC, USA.
- d) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Fileppos Tafari Makonnen. b. at Addis Ababa 18th March 1954. Imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1989. Grand Master Order of Saint Mary of Zion since 2000. m. (first) … m. (second) H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Aster Abatow. He has issue, two sons by his first wife and a daughter by his second. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- d)
H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Be'eda
Mariam Makonnen. b. at Addis
Ababa, March 1957. Imprisoned by
the Dergue 1974-1989. m. H.I.H.
Princess (Le'ult) Mahelate Be'eda
Mariam. He has issue, one daughter:
- i) H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Blaine Be'eda Mariam.
- The Duke
of Harrar also had further issue, a natural
daughter:
- a) Woizero Meheret Makonnen. b. before 1945. m. …
- 3)
H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Sahle-Selassie Haile
Selassie [Sahle Aba Dina]. b. at the
Menelik Palace, Addis Ababa, 27th
February 1931 (s/o Empress Menen), educ.
Cambridge Univ. Cmsnd. Flight Lieut. IIAF,
Ethiopian Rep. to the Conf. of Independent
African States at Accra 1958, Governor-General of
Gemu Goffa 1959-1960. Rcvd: GC of the
Order of the Seal of Solomon, Knt. of the Order
of the Seraphim of Sweden (19.12.1959), GC of the
Orders of the Chrysanthemum of Japan, House of
Orange of the Netherlands, Merit of the Federal
Republic of Germany, and the Aztec Eagle of
Mexico (1954), the Order of the Star of
Yugoslavia 1st class (21.7.1954), and Knt. G Band
of the Order of the Pioneers of Liberia. m.
at Addis Ababa, 14th June 1959, H.I.H.
Princess (Le'ult) Mahzente (b. at
Nekemt, 9th February 1937), rcvd:
GC of the Order of the Queen of Sheba, Mbr. of
the Order of the Serephim of Sweden (19.12.1959),
daughter of H.E. Dejazmatch Habte Mariam
Gabre-Igziabiher, of Liqa Nekemt and Governor of
Wollega, by his wife, Woizero Shashitu. He
d.v.p. at Addis Ababa, 23rd
April 1962 (bur. Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Addis Ababa), having had issue, an only son:
- a)
H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Ermias
Sahle-Selassie. b. at Addis Ababa,
14th June 1960, educ.
Old Ride Prep. Sch., Haileybury; Univ. of
California at Santa Barbara (BA Econ.
1981); and the Fletcher Sch. of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts Univ., Medford,
Massachusetts, USA. Presdt. Imperial
Crown Council since 15th July
1993 (recognised by Crown Prince Zara
Yakob 16th March 2005),
founder of the Imperial Soc of St George
of Lalibela, Washington DC 1998, Board
Mbr. Tuition Credit Exchange Inc., Chair.
Advisory Brd. Bezant Corp, Patron Haile
Selassie Fund for Ethiopia's Children
Inc., Patron for Africa for the Flying
Hospital charity; Dir. La Roche Coll.
(Pittsburg); Mbr. of the Brd. US National
Slavery Museum; Hon. Mbr. Advisory Cttee.
of the Angel Fndn. Sovereign Grand Master
and Captain-General of the Order of St
Anthony, Grand Master of the Order of the
Ethiopian Lion, Joint Grand Master of the
Orders of the Seal of Solomon, Queen of
Sheba, Holy Trinity, Menelik II, Haile
Selassie, and the Star of Ethiopia, the
Grand Collar and Chain of the Order of
Solomon, GC of the Order of Francis I of
the Two Sicilies, Medal of Merit (South
Carolina, USA). m. 9th
June 1989 (sep. April 2003), Woizero
Gelila Fesseha, Co- Haile Selassie
Fund for Ethiopia's Children Inc. until
2004, styled Princess (Le'ult)
with the style of Her Imperial
Highness until July 2004, daughter of
H.E. Afe-Negus Fesseha
Gabre-Selassie, sometime Lord Chief
Justice of Ethiopia. He has issue, two
sons:
- i) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Christian Sahle-Selassie Ermias. b. 20th February 1992 (twin with his brother Prince Ruffael). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- ii) H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Rufael Fesseha Zion Ermias. b. 20th February 1992 (twin with his brother Sahle).
- a)
H.I.H. Prince (Le'ul) Ermias
Sahle-Selassie. b. at Addis Ababa,
14th June 1960, educ.
Old Ride Prep. Sch., Haileybury; Univ. of
California at Santa Barbara (BA Econ.
1981); and the Fletcher Sch. of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts Univ., Medford,
Massachusetts, USA. Presdt. Imperial
Crown Council since 15th July
1993 (recognised by Crown Prince Zara
Yakob 16th March 2005),
founder of the Imperial Soc of St George
of Lalibela, Washington DC 1998, Board
Mbr. Tuition Credit Exchange Inc., Chair.
Advisory Brd. Bezant Corp, Patron Haile
Selassie Fund for Ethiopia's Children
Inc., Patron for Africa for the Flying
Hospital charity; Dir. La Roche Coll.
(Pittsburg); Mbr. of the Brd. US National
Slavery Museum; Hon. Mbr. Advisory Cttee.
of the Angel Fndn. Sovereign Grand Master
and Captain-General of the Order of St
Anthony, Grand Master of the Order of the
Ethiopian Lion, Joint Grand Master of the
Orders of the Seal of Solomon, Queen of
Sheba, Holy Trinity, Menelik II, Haile
Selassie, and the Star of Ethiopia, the
Grand Collar and Chain of the Order of
Solomon, GC of the Order of Francis I of
the Two Sicilies, Medal of Merit (South
Carolina, USA). m. 9th
June 1989 (sep. April 2003), Woizero
Gelila Fesseha, Co- Haile Selassie
Fund for Ethiopia's Children Inc. until
2004, styled Princess (Le'ult)
with the style of Her Imperial
Highness until July 2004, daughter of
H.E. Afe-Negus Fesseha
Gabre-Selassie, sometime Lord Chief
Justice of Ethiopia. He has issue, two
sons:
- 1)
H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Romana Worq (d/o
Altayech), educ. privately. Raised to the
title of Le'ult (Princess), with the style
of Her Imperial Highness, 3rd
April 1930. Taken to Italy and confined there by
the Italians in 1936. Presdt. Ethiopian Womens
Charitable Works Assoc. Rcvd: GC of the
Order of the Queen of Sheba. m. Major-General
H.E. Dejazmatch Beyene Merid (b.
1897; k-i-a against the Italians, at
Gojetti, 19th February 1937), Governor
of Bale and C-in-C of the Southern Army, son of Dejazmatch
Merid. She d. at the Ospedale
Maggiore, Turin, Italy, 14th October
1940 (bur. Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis
Ababa), having had issue, four sons:
- a) Lij Getachew Beyene. b. 1930. He d. at Turin, Italy, 22nd February 1944.
- b) Dejazmatch Merid Beyene. b. at Addis Ababa, 5th May 1930. Governor of Bale 1958. He d.s.p. at Fulham, London, 31st December 1990. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- c)
Dejazmatch Samson Beyene. b.
at Addis Ababa, 1934, educ. m.
at Addis Ababa, 1959 Woizero
Koremtit (b. 3rd
December 1939), daughter of H.E. Ras
Andargatchew Masai, sometime Viceroy of
Eritrea. He was k. in a car
crash, 10th July 1963, having
had issue, an only son:
- i) Lij Sebistianos [Sebiste] Samson. b. at Addis Ababa, 18th September 1960.
- d) Lij Gideon Beyene. b. 1935. He d. young at Turin, Italy, 194 ...
- 2)
H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Tenagne Worq
[Fikirte Mariam], DBE (c 13.1.1932). b. at
Harar, 30th January 1913 (d/o
Empress Menen). Raised to the title of Le'ult
(Princess), with the style of Her Imperial
Highness 3rd April 1930.
Imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1988. Presdt.
Ethiopian Womens Charitable Works Assoc.
1941-1974, Patron of Sebeta School and Center for
the Blind, etc. Rcvd: the Grand Collar and
Chain of the Order of Solomon (1930), and GC of
the Order of the Queen of Sheba, GC of the Orders
of St Olav of Norway (x.1.1956), and Beneficience
of Greece (x.4.1959), GO of the Order of the
Legion of Honour of France (2.1.1932). m.
(first) at Addis Ababa, 16th November
1924, Lieutenant-General H.H. Ras Desta
Damtew, KBE (c 13.1.1932) (b. 1892; k.
by the Italians, at Egia, 24th
February 1937, bur. Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Addis Ababa), Governor of Gamo, Kaffa
and Jemma 1928-1931, and of Sidamo 1932-1933,
Env. Extr. & Min. Plen. to the USA 1933,
C-in-C Southern Army 1935-1936, raised to the
personal titles of Fitawrari, Dejazmatch
1924, and Ras 1933, rcvd: GC of the
Orders of the Holy Trinity, Menelik II and the
Star of Ethiopia, and GO of the Order of the
Legion of Honour of France (2.1.1932), son
of H.E. Fitawrari Damtew Ketena,
sometime Envoy Ext. & Min. Plen. to Russia. m.
(second) at the Miskea Hazunan Medhane Alem
Church, Addis Ababa, 17th September
1944, as his second wife, H.E. Ras
Andargatchew Masai (b. at Addis Ababa, 25th
March 1902; d. at London, 16th
August 1981, bur. Kensal Green Cemetary), educ.
Ste Barbe, Paris, Consul at Djibouti
1935-1936, Liaison Ofcr. between the Emperor and
the Italian forces 1936-1941, Vice-Governor of
Harar 1941-1942, Governor of Beghemidir and
Simien 1946-1952, and Sidamo 1961-1964, Minister
for Justice 1943-1946, and the Interior
1958-1961, and Viceroy of Eritrea 1952-1959,
Senator of the Empire and Crown Councellor,
raised to the personal title of Ras 1965, Rcvd:
GC of the Royal Order of Sahametrei of Cambodia
(4.5.1968), etc. She d. in Ethiopia, 6th
April 2003 (bur. Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Addis Ababa), having had issue, two sons and five
daughters, by her first husband and one daughter
by her second husband:
- a) Lij Amha Desta. b. 21st August 1928 (s/o Ras Desta). He d. from tuberculosis, at Bath, Somerset, 3rd November 1944.
- b)
Rear-Admiral H.H. Prince (Le'ul)
Iskander Desta. b. 6th
August 1934 (s/o Ras
Desta), educ. C-in-C Ethiopian
Navy 1958-1974. Rcvd: GC of the
Orders of St Olav of Norway (20.10.1958),
and Merit of the Republic of Italy
(6.11.1970). m. H.H. Princess (Le'ult)
Sofia, daughter of H.E. Ato
Amanuel Abraham, GCVO, sometime Minister
for Education. He was k. at Akaki
Prison, Addis Ababa, 23rd
November 1974, having had issue, an only
daughter:
- i) Immabet Naomi Iskander. b. 1969. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- a) H.H. Princess (Le'ult) Aida Desta. b. 8th April 1927 (d/o Ras Desta), educ. the Bolitho Sch., Penzance, Cornwall, Clarendon Sch., Abergale, North Wales, and Newnham Coll., Oxford Univ. (BA 1948, MA 1970). Imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1988. Hon. Chair. The African Services Committee (New York). Rcvd: GC of the Orders of the Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia, Beneficience of Greece (x.4.1959), and the Southern Cross of Brazil (13.12.1960). m. at Addis Ababa, 1946, H.H. Le'ul Ras Mangasha Seyum, Prince of Tigray, GCVO (b. at Kabenna, Addis Ababa, 7th December 1927), second son of Field Marshal H.H. Le'ul Ras Seyum Mangasha, Prince of Tigray, KBE, by his second wife, H.H. Princess Atsede, only daughter of Dejazmatch Asfa Darge, Governor of Salala. She had issue, five sons and two daughters - see Ethiopia (Tigray).
- b) H.H. Princess (Immabet) Hiruta Mariam [H.H. Princess Ruth Desta]. b. 20th April 1930 (d/o Ras Desta). Imprisoned by the Dergue 1974-1988. Chair. Cttee. for the Restoration of the Churches of Lalibela. Rcvd: GC of the Order of the Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia. m. at Addis Ababa, 1968, Major-General H.E. Nega Tegagne (b. 23rd July 1930; d. at London, May 2002), educ. Imperial Bodyguard Coll., Addis Ababa; Wellington Staff Coll., India; and Royal Coll. of Defence Studies, UK, served in UN force in Korea 1951-1953 and OAU force Congo 1961-1963, prom. Col. 1963, Chief Adstr. South Ogaden 1963, UN observer in Angola and Biafra, prom. Maj-Gen. 1971, cdr. third dvsn. 1971-1974, Governor of Gondar 1974, Founder Mbr. Ethiopian Democratic Union 1975, rcvd: Orders of Menelik II and the Holy Trinity.
- c)
H.H. Princess (Immabet)
Sabla-Wangel [Princess Sybil Desta], DCVO
(1.2.1965). b. 29th
August 1931 (d/o Ras
Desta). Imprisoned by the Dergue
1974-1988. Rcvd: GC of the Order
of the Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia. m.
at Addis Ababa, 31st
January 1959 (in a double wedding with
her sister Sofia), H.E. Dejazmatch
Kassa Wolde Mariam (b. 1932),
sometime Vice-Chancellor of Haile
Selassie I Univ. and Minister for
Agriculture, son of Wolde Mariam Jote,
heir of the Oromo ruling family of Liqa
Quellem, in Wollega. She had issue, one
son and four daughters:
- i) Lij Amha Kassa. b. 14th November 1960. Escaped from confinement 1977.
- i) Immabet Jote Kassa. b. 14th November 1960 (twin with her brother Lij Amha), educ. New York Univ., USA. Escaped from confinement 1977. Advocate. m. …
- ii) Woizerit Yashimmabet Kassa. b. 1962. Escaped from confinement 1977.
- iii) Woizerit Debritu Kassa. b. 1963. Escaped from confinement 1977.
- iv) Woizerit Kokeb Kassa. b. 1967. Escaped from confinement 1977.
- d)
H.H. Princess (Immabet) Sofia. b.
1st January 1933 (d/o Ras
Desta). Imprisoned by the Dergue
1974-1988. Rcvd: GC of the Orders
of the Queen of Sheba, and Queen Kossomak
of Cambodia (4.5.1968). m. at
Addis Ababa, 31st January 1959
(in a double wedding with her sister
Sebla-Wangel), Captain Dereje Haile
Mariam (b. 1937; k. at
Addis Ababa, 16th December
1960), son of Haile Mariam, of Shoa. She
had issue, one daughter:
- i) Woizero
Hannah Mehreta Selassie. b.
at Addis Ababa, 1961. m. Ato
Aklok Desta, son of Ato
Desta Aklok. She has issue, one
son:
- (1) Lij Desta Aklok. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- i) Woizero
Hannah Mehreta Selassie. b.
at Addis Ababa, 1961. m. Ato
Aklok Desta, son of Ato
Desta Aklok. She has issue, one
son:
- e) Woizerit Mentewab Andargatchew (d/o Ras Andargatchew). She d. young.
- H.I.H.
Princess Tenagne Worq also had issue, by H.E. Ato
Abebe Retta (b. 1908; k. at Addis
Ababa, 23rd November 1974), sometime
Ambassador at the Court of St James's, and
Minister for Health 1964 (Vice-Minister 1946), a
daughter:
- f)
Immabet-Hoy Tsige Mariam Abebe. b.
at Bath, Somerset, April 1940. m.
1963, H.E. Ato Seyum Haragot (b.
in Eritrea, 27th October 1932;
d. by suicide, at Addis
Ababa, 9th March 1975),
sometime Dir-Gen., Assist. Minister and
Vice-Minister in the Prime Minister's
Office, Actg. Minister for Information
1964-1965, and Minister in the Prime
Minister's Office 1969-1974. She d.
by suicide, at Addis Ababa, 9th
March 1975, having had issue, four
children, including three sons:
- i) Lij Yonatan Seyum. b. 1965.
- ii) Lij Thomas Seyum. b. 1967.
- iii) Lij Abbai Seyum. b. 1968. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- iv) A still-born child, October 1974.
- f)
Immabet-Hoy Tsige Mariam Abebe. b.
at Bath, Somerset, April 1940. m.
1963, H.E. Ato Seyum Haragot (b.
in Eritrea, 27th October 1932;
d. by suicide, at Addis
Ababa, 9th March 1975),
sometime Dir-Gen., Assist. Minister and
Vice-Minister in the Prime Minister's
Office, Actg. Minister for Information
1964-1965, and Minister in the Prime
Minister's Office 1969-1974. She d.
by suicide, at Addis Ababa, 9th
March 1975, having had issue, four
children, including three sons:
- 3) H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Zannaba Worq [Hirute Selassie]. b. at Addis Ababa, 25th July 1917 (d/o Empress Menen). Raised to the title of Le'ult (Princess), with the style of Her Imperial Highness, 3rd April 1930. Rcvd: GC of the Order of the Queen of Sheba. m. at Addis Ababa, 15th June 1932, H.H. Prince (Le'ul) Haile Selassie Gugsa, CBE (b. 1907; d. at Ambo, 1985), sometime Governor of Eastern Tigray, son of H.H. Le'ul Ras Gugsa Araya, Prince of Tigray, by his first wife. She d. in childbirth at Makalle, 24th March 1933 (bur. Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa) - see Ethiopia (Tigray).
- 4) H.I.H. Princess (Le'ult) Tsahai Worq [Walatta Birhane]. b. at Addis Ababa, 13th October 1919 (d/o Empress Menen), educ. Switzerland. Raised to the title of Le'ult (Princess) with the style of Her Imperial Highness 3rd April 1930. Trained as a nurse at the Great Ormond Street Children's and Guy's Hospitals in London, and later worked at Dessie Hospital in Ethiopia. Hon. Presdt. Assoc. for the Benefit of Ethiopian Women 1935-1942. Rcvd: GC of the Order of the Queen of Sheba. m. at Addis Ababa, 26th April 1942, Lieutenant-General H.E. Lij Abiye Abebe, KBE (c 13.11.1958) (b. 1918; m. second, 1946, Woizero Amarech Nasibu, and k. at Addis Ababa, 23rd November 1974), prom. Brig-Gen. 26/4/1942, Governor General of Wollega 1942-1943, Minister for War 1949-1955 (Actg. 1943-1947), Justice 1958-1961, and the Interior 1961-1974, Ambassador to France 1955-1958, Viceroy of Eritrea 1959-1961, Presdt. of the Senate 1964-1974, Minister for Defence and COS 28th Feb-22nd Jul 1974, rcvd: GC of the Orders of Menelik II, St Olav of Norway (x.1.1956), Legion of Honour of France, Sahametrei of Cambodia (4.5.1968), etc. Haile Selassie gold medal 1st class, Patriot medal & three palms, St George's medal, Exile medal, and British 39/45 & Africa stars, and War medal, son of Liqa Makas Abebe Atnaf Seggad. She d.s.p. at Lekempti, 17th August 1942 (bur: at The Taeka Negest, Ba'eta Le Mariam Monastery Church, Addis Ababa).
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