Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Crown Prince of Ethiopia
Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia
Time	17 February 1997 - Present
Predecessor	Amha Selassie
Heir-Presumptive	Prince Wossen Seged, Duke of Harrar
Issue
Princess Lideta
Dynasty	Solomonic dynasty
Father	Amha Selassie of Ethiopia
Mother	Medferiashwork Abebe
Born	17 August 1953 (1953-08-17) (age 58) Addis Ababa

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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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ; born 17 August 1953) is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. He has been Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia since 17 February 1997 and is currently recognized as such by the Crown Council of Ethiopia. However, there are rival claimants in the form of Girma Yohannis Iyasu, the grandson of Emperor Iyasu V, and of Mangasha Seyum, the great grandson of Emperor Johannes IV and representative of the Tigrean Dynasty.

Biography

He attended and graduated from Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford 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.

Following the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Prince Zera Yacob completed his studies at Oxford 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 was named Heir Apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, when the Crown Prince assumed the title of Emperor in exile in April 1989.

Crown Prince Zera Yacob has been regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia since the death of his father on 17 February 1997. He is currently living in Addis Ababa.

Charity

Prince Zera Yacob is the sovereign of the Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion and bestows awards to individuals for their outstanding service of assistance to the people of Ethiopia.

See also

• Line of succession to the Ethiopian Throne

External links

• The Crown Council of Ethiopia
• Imperial Ethiopian College of Heraldry of the Solomonic Crown

Persondata
Name	Zera Yacob Amha
Alternative names
Short description	Ethiopian crown prince
Date of birth	17 August 1953
Place of birth	Addis Ababa
Date of death
Place of death