Mahisente Habte Mariam

Imperial family of Ethiopia
The Crown Prince Princess Lideta Zera Yacob Descendants of Princess Ijigayehu: Prince Samson Fikre Selassie Prince Bekere Fikre Selassie Princess Donna Fikre Selassie Prince Yisehaq Fikre Selassie Princess Rahel Fikre Selassie Princess Aster Fikre Selassie Princess Meheret Fikre Selassie Princess Maryam Senna Princess Sehin Azebe Princess Sifrash Bizu
Extended family Descendants of Prince Makonnen: The Dowager Duchess of Harar The Duke of Harar The Duchess of Harar Princess Adey-Abeba Makonnen Prince Yokshan Dawit Makonnen Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen Prince Philip Tafari Makonnen Princess Aster Abatow Prince David Tafari Makonnen Prince Isaiah Tafari Makonnen Princess Ayla Tafari Makonnen Prince Baeda Maryam Makonnen Princess Mahelate Baeda Mariam Princess Blaine Baeda Mariam Descendants of Prince Sahle Selassie: Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie Prince Christian Sahle Selassie Prince Rufael Fiseha Tsieon Ermias
Extended family Descendants of Emperor Yohannes IV: The Prince of Tigray Lij Mikael Sehul Lij Yohannes Mengesha Seyoum Lij Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum Lij Jalye Mengesha Seyoum Lij Seyun Mengesha Seyoum Immabet Menen Mengesha Seyoum
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Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam^{[citation needed]} (born 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, also referred as Kumsa Moroda (Oromo: Kumsaa Morodaa) heir to the former Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of Welega province. Her mother was Woizero Yeshimebet Guma, grand daughterof Moti Joté Tulu of Wesstern Welega]] Oromo noblewoman who was later married to Ras Mesfin Selashi, a leading Ethiopian aristocrat and close associate of Emperor Haile Selassie. Princess Mahisente is also the mother of Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, the current President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia.^[1]

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. She is the last surviving daughter-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Honours

National

• - 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).^[2]

References

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