Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953-) (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ), styled the Crown Prince of Ethiopia is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. After the revolution of 1974, he lived in exile in Great Britain where he had been attending school, and briefly in the United States. He is currently living in Addis Ababa. He is recognized as the Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia at the present time.
| Crown Prince Zera Yacob of Ethiopia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Head of the Imperial Family) | ||
| If monarchy were to be restored, He would be Zera Yacob II, Emperor of Ethiopia | ||
| Born | 1953 | |
| Addis Ababa | ||
| Died | Still living | |
| Predecessor | Amha Selassie I, Emperor in Exile | |
| Heir-Presumptive | Prince Wossen Seged, Duke of Harrar | |
| Consort | Divorced | |
| Issue | Princess Lideta | |
| Royal House | House of Solomon | |
| Royal anthem | Ityopia Hoy Des Yibelish | |
| Father | Emperor Amha Selassie I | |
| Mother | Empress Medferiashwork | |
[edit] Biography
He attended and graduated from Eton College and Cambridge University. 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. He was named Heir Apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, when the Crown Prince assumed the title of Emperor Amha Selassie in exile in April of 1989.
Following the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Prince Zera Yacob completed his studies at Cambridge in the mid-seventies and went on to briefly work 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 Emperor Amha Selassie when he moved to Virginia in 1989, but later returned to England and resided for a time in Manchester. He has since returned to Ethiopia permanently.
Prince Zera Yacob has been regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia since the death of his father in February 1997.
[edit] Charity
Prince Zera Yacob is the Soveriegn of the Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion and bestows awards to individuals for their outstanding service for their personal work to assist the people of Ethiopia.
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| Preceded by Amha Selassie |
Head of the Solomonic dynasty | Succeeded by current incumbent |
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