Hirut Desta
| Princess Hirut Desta | |||||
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| Princess of Ethiopia | |||||
| Born | 20 April 1930 Ethiopian Empire | ||||
| Spouse | General Nega Tegegn | ||||
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| House | House of Solomon | ||||
| Father | Desta Damtew | ||||
| Mother | Princess Tenagnework | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo | ||||
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Princess Hirut Desta (also Princess Ruth Desta)[1][2] is the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.[3] She is the widow of General Nega Tegegn, who was governor of the provinces of Begemder and Semien. She has been described by Nathaniel T. Kenney as a "trim, most democratic of princesses," who "was not above grabbing a tool from a workman, I suspect, and showing him how to use it."[4]
Princess Hirut was educated at the Bolitho School of St Clare, Penzance, Cornwall, and Clarendon School, Abergale, North Wales.
She was imprisoned by the Dergue from 1974 until 1988.Princess Hirut Desta died in London aged 84 and her funeral was conducted at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa,[5]
Patronages
- President of the Committee for the Restoration of the Churches of Lalibela.
Honours
National honours
- Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba.
- Coronation Medal (1930).
- Jubilee Medal (1955).
- Jubilee Medal (1966).
[6]Hirut Desta, Arefaynie. "Ethiopia's Princess Hirut Desta dies". http://www.ethiopiaobservet.com. Ethiopia Observer. Retrieved July 14, 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website=
- ^ "Princess Tenagneworq" (obituary), in The Telegraph, London, 16 April 2003.
- ^ Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia: 1971-1975 Guests in the Ethiopian Highlands and Children of Zemecha, AuthorHouse, 2011, p. 350.
- ^ Royal Ark
- ^ Kenney, "Ethiopian Adventure", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 127 (April 1965), p. 560.
- ^ "Ethiopia Observer". http://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/ethiopias-princess-hirut-dies-aged-84/.
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