Sophia Desta

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. 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.
Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Desta
Princess of Ethiopia
Born (1934-01-01) 1 January 1934
Ethiopian Empire
SpouseCaptain Dereje Haile Mariam
IssueEmebet Hannah Mariam Meherete Selassie Dereje
Full name
Immabet Sophia
HouseHouse of Solomon
FatherRas Desta Damtew
MotherPrincess Tenagnework
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

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

Foreign honours

Ancestry

References

  1. "Emperor Haile Selassie I, Part 3". Institute for African Alternatives. Archived from the original on November 20, 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  2. Boletín Oficial del Estado
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