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Father
  
Desta Damtew

Mother
  
Princess Tenagnework


Name
  
Seble Desta

House
  
Solomonic dynasty

Seble Desta

Born
  
29 August 1931 (age 92) Ethiopian Empire (
1931-08-29
)

Spouse
  
Dejazmach Kassa Wolde Mariam

Issue
  
Lij Amha KassaImmabet Jote KassaWoizerit Yashimmabet KassaWoizerit Debritu KassaWoizerit Kokeb Kassa

Religion
  
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Children
  
Lij Amha Kassa, Woizerit Yashimmabet Kassa, Immabet Jote Kassa, Woizerit Debritu Kassa, Woizerit Kokeb Kassa

Parents
  
Princess Tenagnework, Desta Damtew

Grandparents
  
Haile Selassie, Menen Asfaw

Great-grandparents
  
Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Yeshimebet Ali

Similar People
  
Princess Tenagnework, Desta Damtew, Aida Desta, Menen Asfaw, Haile Selassie

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.They married at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister, Princess Sophia Desta).

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Princess Seble and Dejazmach Kassa were the parents of five children:

  • 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.
  • Lij Amha Kassa (born 14 November 1972). Escaped from confinement in 1977.

    • Seble Desta


    Other

    Princess Seble was imprisoned by the Dergue from 1974 until 1988.

    National honours

  • 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).

    • References

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