Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie | |
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Prince of Ethiopia | |
Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie in 2012.
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Born |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire |
14 June 1960
Spouse |
(m. 1989 - div. 2004) Saba Kebede (m. 2011) |
Issue |
Sahle-Selassie Ermias Fesseha Zion Ermias |
House | House of Solomon |
Father | Sahle Selassie |
Mother | Mahisente Habte Mariam |
Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
HIH Princess Maryam Senna Extended family
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Extended family
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HIH Princess Maryam Senna
HIH Princess Sehin Azebe
HIH Princess Sifrash Bizu
Descendants of Prince Makonnen:
HIH The Dowager Duchess of Harar
Descendants of Prince Sahle Selassie:
HIH Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam
Descendants of Princess Tenagnework:
Descendants of Emperor Yohannes IV:
Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie (born on 14 June 1960 in Addis Ababa) is the only son of Prince Sahle Selassie of Ethiopia and Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam. He is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and furthermore of Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher, the heir to the former Welega kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of Welega province. Currently the prince is ninth in the line of succession to the vacant imperial throne.
Prince Ermias was educated in Ethiopia, Great Britain, and the United States. In England, he received his education at Old Ride Preparatory School, and then at the Haileybury College. He obtained a BA degree in the social studies, with an emphasis in economics, from the University of California, in Santa Barbara. He continued his education at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy between 1983 and 1985.