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Female members of the Solomonid Dynasty of Ethiopia by birth and marriage, who bore or bear the title of Leult (Princess) and Emebethoy (Emebet Hoy) Pages in category "Ethiopian princesses" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Name Spouse Notes Sofya: Ella Amida (r. early 320s to late 340s) Mother of Ezana and ruled as regent during his minority. The 1922 regnal list of Ethiopia includes Sofya as a reigning monarch in her own right under the name "Ahywa Sofya", with regnal dates of 299 to 306 (c. 306–313 on the Gregorian calendar). [1] Admas Ella Gabaz (r. mid-6th ...
She was the widow of Captain Dereje Haile Mariam, graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the U.K. [4] She married him at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister Princess Seble-Wengel Desta). Captain Dereje Haile Mariam was born in 1936 and he was killed at Addis Ababa, at the Genuete Luel Palace while ...
Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba (1930). [citation needed]Imperial Coronation Medal (1930). [citation needed]Empress Menen Asfaw is seated in the centre, and standing women from left to right are Princess Tsehai, Princess Tenagnework, and Princess Zenebework, her daughters, and on the far right is Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum, her daughter-in-law.
Princess Seble's father, Ras Desta, remained in Ethiopia fighting the Italians. In 1937, his location was betrayed and he was captured and killed, against all prisoner of war norms. Princess Seble completed all of her education in England, initially at Clarendon School for Girls and attended Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford University.
These are recognized members of the Ethiopian Royal Family, including the cadet branches that descend from Emperor Yohannis IV, Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa, and Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam. This list does not include Emperors of Ethiopia.
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Princess Hirut Desta (also Princess Ruth Desta; 20 April 1930 - 2015) [1] [2] was the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. [citation needed] She was the widow of General Nega Tegegn, who was governor of the provinces of Begemder and Semien. She was ...