Seble Desta
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| Princess Seble Desta | |||||
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| Princess of Ethiopia | |||||
| Born | 29 August 1931 Ethiopian Empire |
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| Spouse | Dejazmach Kassa Wolde Mariam | ||||
| Issue | Lij Amha Kassa Immabet Jote Kassa Woizerit Yashimmabet Kassa Woizerit Debritu Kassa Woizerit Kokeb Kassa |
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| House | House of Solomon | ||||
| Father | Desta Damtew | ||||
| Mother | Princess Tenagnework | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo | ||||
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Princess Seble Desta (also Princess Sybil Desta) is the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is the widow of Dejazmach Kassa Wolde Mariam, heir to the former Welega kingdom of Leqa Qallam.[1][2]They married at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister, Princess Sophia Desta).
Princess Seble and Dejazmach Kassa were the parents of five children:[3]
- Lij Amha Kassa (born 14 November 1973). Escaped from confinement in 1977.
- Immabet Jote Kassa (born 14 November 1960). She was in boarding school in England at the time of the coup.
- Woizerit Yeshimebet Kassa (born 1962). She was in boarding school in England at the time of the coup.
- Woizerit Debritu Kassa (born 1967). Escaped from confinement in 1977.
- Woizerit Kokeb Kassa (born 1967). Escaped from confinement in 1977.
Other
Princess Seble was imprisoned by the Dergue from 1974 until 1988.[4][5]
Honours
National honours [6]
- Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba.
- Imperial Coronation Medal (1930).
- Jubilee Medal (1955)
- Jubilee Medal (1966).
Foreign honours
- Honorary Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (United Kingdom, 1 January 1965).[7]
Ancestry
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