Issue Princess Lideta | Name Zera Amha | |
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Time 17 February 1997 – Present Spouse Nunu Getaneh (divorced) Children Princess Lideta Zera Yacob Similar People Amha Selassie, Menen Asfaw, Haile Selassie, Yekuno Amlak Dynasty House of Solomon Religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo | ||
Zera yacob amha selassie crown prince of ethiopia
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ; born 17 August 1951) 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.
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- Zera yacob amha selassie crown prince of ethiopia
- Biography
- Patronages
- Charity
- National dynastic honours
- Foreign orders
- References
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 designated as the heir apparent by his father, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, upon the latter's assumption of the title 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
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.