Princess Ijigayehu Amha Selassie
| Princess Ijigayehu Amha Selassie | |
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| Princess of Ethiopia | |
| Born | 4 September 1934 Dessie |
| Died | 23 January 1976 (aged 41) Akaki Prison, Addis Ababa |
| Spouse | Dejazmatch Fikre-Selassie Hapte Mariam |
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Lij Samson Fikre Selassie Woizero Rahel Fikre Selassie Woizero Meheret Fikre Selassie Woizero Aster Fikre Selassie Leul Bekere Fikre Selassie Lij Yishaq Fikre Selassie |
| House | Solomonic dynasty |
| Father | Amha Selassie |
| Mother | Wolete Israel Seyoum |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
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HIH Princess Ijigayehu
HIH Princess Maryam Senna Extended family
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Extended family
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HIH Princess Ijigayehu
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 (Leult) Ijigayehu Amha Selassie (known during her life as Her Imperial Highness Princess Ijigayehu Asfaw Wossen; 1934-1976) was the eldest child of Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia by his first wife, Princess Wolete Israel Seyoum and was the granddaughter to Emperor Haile Selassie.
Through her mother's family she was a great-great granddaughter of Emperor Yohannes IV. Princess Ijigayehu was married to Fikre Selassie Hapte Mariam, the heir to the old Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and brother to Woizero Atsede Habte- Mariam (wife of General Mulugeta Bulli) and Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam (wife of Prince Sahle Selassie). Dejazmach Fikre Selassie and Princess Ijigayehu were the parents of six children (all created Princes and Princesses by their grandfather Emperor Amha Selassie while in exile):
Princess Ijigayehu notably accompanied her grandfather Emperor Haile Selassie on his state visit to Italy and also on his state visits to South Korea, Australia, and Malaysia.
Princess Ijigayehu was imprisoned with the rest of the Imperial family on September 11, 1974, the day before Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the Derg. She died in early 1977 after medical neglect while still in prison. She was buried at the Ketchene Medhan Alem Church in Addis Ababa by her children and her mother who were under surveillance but not imprisoned. Early the following year, all her children, along with other children of the Imperial family, escaped from Ethiopia. Her husband remained imprisoned for 8 years and died in August 1996.
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