Hirut Desta
| Princess Hirut Desta | |||||
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| Princess of Ethiopia | |||||
| Born |
20 April 1930 Ethiopian Empire |
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| Died | 2014 (aged 83-84) London |
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| Spouse | General Nega Tegegn | ||||
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| House | House of Solomon | ||||
| Father | Desta Damtew | ||||
| Mother | Princess Tenagnework | ||||
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo | ||||
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| Hiruta Mariam |
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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:
Princess Hirut Desta (also Princess Ruth Desta) was the daughter of Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She was the widow of General Nega Tegegn, who was governor of the provinces of Begemder and Semien. She was described by Nathaniel T. Kenney as a "trim, most democratic of princesses," who "was not above grabbing a tool from a workman, I suspect, and showing him how to use it."
Princess Hirut was educated at the School of St Clare (renamed Bolitho School), Penzance, Cornwall, and Clarendon School, Abergele, North Wales.
She was imprisoned by the Dergue from 1974 until 1988. Princess Hirut Desta died in London aged 84 in 2014, and her funeral was conducted at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa.
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