Zera Yacob Amha Selassie

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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Crown Prince of Ethiopia
Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia
Time17 February 1997 – Present
PredecessorAmha Selassie
Heir-PresumptivePrince Wossen Seged, Duke of Harar
Born (1953-08-17) 17 August 1953 (age 70)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
SpouseNunu Getaneh (divorced)
IssuePrincess Lideta
DynastySolomonic dynasty
FatherAmha Selassie
MotherMedferiashwork Abebe
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ; born 17 August 1953) is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. He has been Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia since 17 February 1997 and is currently recognized as such by the self-styled Crown Council of Ethiopia.

Biography

He attended Eton College and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford. 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 severe stroke a year earlier.

Following the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Prince Zera Yacob completed his studies at Oxford in the mid-seventies and went on to work briefly as a banker in the United States. He then returned to London to be closer to his parents. He was married and had a daughter, Princess Lideta Zera Yacob, but was subsequently divorced from his wife. He briefly accompanied his father Amha Selassie when he moved to Virginia in the US in 1989, but later returned to England and resided for a time in Manchester. He was named heir apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, when the Crown Prince assumed the title of Emperor-in-Exile in April 1989.

Crown Prince Zera Yacob has been regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia since the death of his father on 17 February 1997. He is currently living in Addis Abeba.

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 of assistance to the people of Ethiopia.

Honours

National dynastic honours

Foreign orders

Ancestry

Family of Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
16. Dejazmach Wolde Mikael Gudessa
8. Ras Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika'él Guddisa
17. Immabet Tenagnework Sahle Selassie
4. Emperor Haile Selassie I
18. Dejazmach Ali Abba Jifar of Woreilu
9. Woizero Yeshimebet Ali Abba Jifar
19. Immabet-Hoy Walatta Ihata Giyorgis Yimeru
2. Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
10. Dejazmach Asfaw Mikael, Jantirar of Ambassel
5. Itege Menen Asfaw
22. Negus Mikael of Zion
11. Woizero Sehin Mikael
23. Woizero Fantaye
1. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia[5]
24. Balambaras Ketena Abebe
12. Fitawrari Damtew Ketena
6. Major-General Dejazmatch Abebe Damtew
3. Woizero Medferiashwork Abebe
14. Ras Bitwodad Mangasha Atikam, Viceroy of Gojjam
7. Woizero Wosen Falesh
15. Woizero Sifrash Bizu Yifru

Patrilineal descent

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l , Ethiopian imperial family page information
  2. ^ "Connaissance des Religions > Sommaires - 1985-1994". Cdr.religion.info. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. ^ Imperial House
  4. ^ Guidance for Honours in the De Jure Kingdom of Rwanda
  5. ^ Royal Ark

See also

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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Born: 17 August 1953
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Emperor of Ethiopia
17 February 1997 – Present
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1975
Incumbent
Heir:
Prince Paul Wossen, Duke of Harar