Sara Gizaw

Imperial Family of Ethiopia

HIH The Crown Prince of Ethiopia

  • HIH Princess Lideta Zera Yacob

HIH Princess Ijigayehu

  • HIH Prince Samson Fikre Selassie
  • HIH Prince Bekere Fikre Selassie
    HIH Princess Donna Fikre Selassie
  • HIH Prince Yisehaq Fikre Selassie
  • HIH Princess Rahel Fikre Selassie
  • HIH Princess Aster Fikre Selassie
  • HIH Princess Meheret Fikre Selassie

HIH Princess Maryam Senna
HIH Princess Sehin Azebe
HIH Princess Sifrash Bizu

Princess Sara Gizaw Duchess (Sefanit) of Harrar is the widow of Prince Makonnen,[1] Duke (Mesfin) of Harrar and second son of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is the mother of five sons, Wossen Seged Makonnen, Mikael Makonnen, Tefferi Makonnen, Beede Mariam Makonnen and the late Dawit Makonnen (also known as Makonnen Makonnen). In her day, Princess Sara was renowned as one of the most beautiful women at the Court of the Emperor of Ethiopia. She was widowed in 1957 when her husband, the Duke of Harrar, was killed in a car accident.[2] She often accompanied the Emperor on foreign visits, and acted as one of his official hostesses along with Princess Tenagnework after the death of Empress Menen.

Princess Sara was imprisoned with the other women of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia in 1974, and was released from prison in 1988.[1] She currently resides in Addis Ababa.. Princess Sara's eldest son, Prince Wossen Seged (current titular Duke of Harrar) is second in line to the Ethiopian throne, and is expected eventually to become Heir Presumptive as the current claimant, Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha Selassie has no legitimate son.

References

  1. ^ a b "Ethiopia Frees 7 Relatives of Haile Selassie". New York Times. Reuters. 22 May 1988. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB071EFE3F5F0C718EDDAC0894D0484D81. Retrieved 11 November 2010. 
  2. ^ Paul B. Henze, Layers of Time (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 260