Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie | |
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Emperor of Ethiopia | |
Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia | |
Tenure | 17 February 1997 – Present |
Predecessor | Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia |
Heir-Presumptive | Prince Pawlus Wossen Seged, Duke of Harar |
Born | Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire | 17 August 1953
Spouse | Nunu Getaneh (divorced) |
Issue | Princess Lideta |
Dynasty | Solomonic |
Father | Amha Selassie |
Mother | Medferiashwork Abebe |
Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
Imperial family of Ethiopia |
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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (/ˈzɪərə jæˈkoʊb/; Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ) (born 17 August 1953) is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. He has been head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia since 17 February 1997 as recognized by the Crown Council of Ethiopia.
He was designated as "acting crown prince" and heir presumptive in 1974 by the Emperor Haile Selassie I close to the end of his reign.
Biography
Zera Yacob attended Eton College and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford and Sandhurst.[1] He was named Acting Crown Prince and heir presumptive to the Imperial throne of Ethiopia in 1974 by his grandfather, Emperor Haile Selassie, following his father's stroke a year earlier.
After the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Zera Yacob completed his studies at Oxford in the 1970s and worked briefly as a banker in the United States. He then moved to London and was married to Princess Nunu (née Getaneh), and subsequently divorced. The marriage produced a daughter, Princess Lideta. In 1992 he accompanied his father Amha Selassie to Virginia, United States, where his father had a medical check-up. However, when his father suffered a stroke and Zera Yacob stayed for two years. When he then applied for a visa following his father's death in 1997 this was used as the reason to deny it him. He had returned to London, England, where he had settled in a modest dwelling on the Isle of Dogs.[1]
He had previously been named heir apparent by his father, who assumed the title of Emperor-in-Exile at that time in April 1989 in London.
Crown Prince Zera Yacob is regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia and currently lives in Addis Ababa.
Patronages
- Executive Director of the Ethiopian Peace Foundation (EPF) since 2002.
Charity
Prince Zera Yacob is the sovereign of the Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion and bestows awards to individuals for their outstanding service to the people of Ethiopia.
Honours
National dynastic honours
Sovereign Knight Grand Collar of the Imperial Order of Solomon (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Seal of Solomon (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial Order of the Queen of Sheba (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Holy Trinity (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial Order of Emperor Haile Selassie I (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Lion (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign Knight Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of Saint Anthony (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign and Recipient of the Silver Anniversary Medal of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign and Recipient of the Emperor Haile Selassie I Ruby Jubilee and 75th Birthday Medal (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Sovereign and Recipient of the 100th Anniversary Medal of the Victory of Adwa (House of Solomon)[citation needed]
Foreign orders
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Lazarus (Orléans-French Royal Family)[2]
Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Imperial Order of St. Andrew (Russian Imperial Family)[3]
Knight Grand Collar of the Royal Order of the Drum (Rwandan Royal Family)[4]
Ancestry
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Patrilineal descent
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See also
References
- ^ a b Cusick, James; Carlin, John (1997). "Lost: one Lion Emperor, last seen in the Isle of Dogs". No. 26 January 1997. Independent on Sunday.
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(help) - ^ "Connaissance des Religions > Sommaires - 1985-1994". Cdr.religion.info. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Imperial House
- ^ Guidance for Honours in the De Jure Kingdom of Rwanda
External links
- 1951 births
- Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
- Ethiopian Royal Family
- Ethiopian princes
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- Living people
- People from Addis Ababa
- People educated at Eton College
- Pretenders to the Ethiopian throne
- Solomonic dynasty
- Haile Selassie
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)