Mahisente Habte Mariam

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Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam
Spouse	Prince Sahle Selassie
Issue
Ermias Sahle Selassie
Full name
Mahzente
House	House of Solomon (by marriage)
Father	Dejazmach Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher
Mother	Woizero Shashitu
Born	(1937-02-09) 9 February 1937 Nekemte, Ethiopian Empire
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Imperial Family of Ethiopia

HIH The Crown Prince 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 Extended family Descendants of Prince Makonnen: HIH The Dowager Duchess of Harrar HIH The Duke of Harrar HIH Prince Mikael Amde Yesus Makonnen HIH Princess Asrat Amaha Yesus HIH Princess Adey-Abeba Makonnen HIH Prince Yokshan Dawit Makonnen HIH Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen HIH Prince Philip Tafari Makonnen HIH Princess Aster Abatow HIH Prince David Tafari Makonnen HIH Prince Isaiah Tafari Makonnen HIH Princess ... Makonnen HIH Prince Baeda Maryam Makonnen HIH Princess Mahelate Baeda Mariam HIH Princess Blaine Baeda Mariam Descendants of Prince Sahle Selassie: HIH Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam HIH Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie HIH Prince Christian Sahle Selassie HIH Prince Rufael Fiseha Tsieon Ermias Descendants of Princess Tenagnework: HH Princess Hirut Desta HH Princess Seble Desta HH Princess Sophia Desta
Extended family Descendants of Emperor Yohannes IV: HH The Prince of Tigray Lij Mikael Sehul Lij Yohannes Mengesha Seyoum Lij Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum Lij Jalye Mengesha Seyoum Lij Seyun Mengesha Seyoum Imebet Menen Mengesha Seyoum
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Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam^[1](born at Nekemte on 9 February 1937) is the widow of Prince Sahle Selassie, youngest son of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is the daughter of Dejazmach Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher, heir to the former Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of Welega province. Her mother was Woizero Shashitu. She is also the mother of Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, the current President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia.^[2]

Princess Mahisente worked for many years with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) before her retirement. The princess currently lives in the suburbs of Washington D.C.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Mahisente Habte Mariam.
Her Imperial Highness Princess Mahisente, Princess Consort of Ethiopia.

Honours

National honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Queen of Sheba.
Jubilee Medal (1966).

Foreign honours

Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (Kingdom of Sweden, 19 December 1959).^[3]

References

↑ Royal Ark
↑ "Advisory Board Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie Foundation Director". TRFTRA - The Royal Foundation To Rebuild Africa. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
↑ Per Nordenvall, Kungliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998 (1998). See List of Knights of the Order

Persondata
Name	Mariam, Mahisente Habte
Alternative names
Short description	Ethiopian princess
Date of birth	9 February 1937
Place of birth	Nekemte, Ethiopian Empire
Date of death
Place of death

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