| Issue Ermias Sahle Selassie Name Mahisente Mariam | Children Ermias Sahle Selassie | |
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| Born 9 February 1937 (age 78)
Nekemte, Ethiopian Empire (1937-02-09) House House of Solomon (by marriage) Father Dejazmach Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher Mother Woizero Yeshimebet Guma Religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Spouse Prince Sahle Selassie (m. ?–1962) Parents Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher Similar People Prince Sahle Selassie, Ermias Sahle Selassie, Menen Asfaw, Haile Selassie, Yekuno Amlak | ||
Mahisente Habte Mariam
Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam(born at Nekemte on 9 February 1937) is the widow of Prince Sahle Selassie, youngest son of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is the daughter of Dejazmach Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher, heir to the former Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of Welega province. Her mother was Woizero Yeshimebet Guma, a prominent Welega Oromo noblewoman who was later married to Ras Mesfin Selashi, a leading Ethiopian aristocrat and close associate of Emperor Haile Selassie. Princess Mahisente is also the mother of Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, the current President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia.
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Princess Mahisente worked for many years with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) before her retirement. The princess currently lives in the suburbs of Washington D.C.
