Sophia Desta
| Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Desta | |||||
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| Princess of Ethiopia | |||||
| Born | 1 January 1934 Ethiopian Empire | ||||
| Spouse | Captain Dereje Haile Mariam | ||||
| Issue | Emebet Hannah Mariam Meherete Selassie Dereje | ||||
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| House | House of Solomon | ||||
| Father | Ras Desta Damtew | ||||
| Mother | Princess Tenagnework | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo | ||||
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Princess Sophia Desta is the youngest daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.[citation needed] She is also the widow of Captain Dereje Haile Mariam, graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the U.K. [1] 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 born in 1937 and he was killed at Addis Ababa, at the Genuete Luel Palace while defending the Emperor against a palace coup d'etat carried out by General Mengistu Newaye, head of the Imperial bodyguard on 16 December 1960. They had an only daughter:
- Emebet Hannah Mariam Meherete Sellasie Dereje (born on February 1961, Addis Ababa). She married Lij Aklog Asfaw, son of Woizero Daremelesh and Colonel Asfaw Habte Mariam [[]] They had issue, one son:
- Lij Desta Aklog born on October 4, 1994.
Princess Sophia Desta was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated with other princesses of the Imperial Family from 1974 to 1988.
Title, style and honours
Title
- 1 January 1934 - Present: Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Desta of Ethiopia
Honours
National dynastic honours
House of Solomon: Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba[citation needed]- House of Solomon: Recipient of the Refugee Medal
- House of Solomon: Recipient of the Silver Anniversary Medal of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen
- House of Solomon: Recipient of the Emperor Haile Selassie I Ruby Jubilee and 75th Birthday Medal
Foreign honours
Cambodia: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Kossomak
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[2]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ "Emperor Haile Selassie I, Part 3". Institute for African Alternatives. Archived from the original on November 20, 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
External links
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