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 Extended family  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 HIH Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam HIH Princess Ermias Sahle Selassie HIH Prince Christian Sahle Selassie HIH Prince Rufael Fiseha Tsieon Ermias HH Princess Aida Desta HH Princess Hirut Desta HH Princess Seble Desta HH Princess Sophia Desta
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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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}. 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

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