Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
| Zera Yacob Amha Selassie | |
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| Crown Prince of Ethiopia | |
| Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia | |
| Time | 17 February 1997 – Present |
| Predecessor | Amha Selassie |
| Heir-Presumptive | Prince Wossen Seged, Duke of Harar |
| Born |
17 August 1953 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Spouse | Nunu Getaneh (divorced) |
| Issue | Princess Lideta |
| Dynasty | Solomonic dynasty |
| Father | Amha Selassie |
| Mother | Medferiashwork Abebe |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
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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:
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ; born 17 August 1953) 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.
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 named heir apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, when the Crown Prince assumed the title of Emperor-in-Exile in April 1989.
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