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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

IntroEthiopian crown prince
A.K.A.Zera Yacob, Zara Yacob
IsMonarch 
Prince 
FromEthiopia 
TypeRoyals 
Gendermale
Birth15 August 1953, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Age:67 years
Star signLeo
Family
Mother:Medferiashwork Abebe 
Father:Amha Selassie 
Siblings:Princess Sifrash Bizu 
Children:Princess Lideta of Ethiopia 

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (/ˈzɪərə jæˈkb/; Ge’ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ) (born 17 August 1953) is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. He has been head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia since 17 February 1997 as recognized by the Crown Council of Ethiopia.

He was designated as “acting crown prince” and heir presumptive in 1974 by the Emperor Haile Selassie I close to the end of his reign.

Biography

Zera Yacob attended Eton College and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford. 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 stroke a year earlier.

After the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Zera Yacob completed his studies at Oxford in the 1970s and worked briefly as a banker in the United States. He then moved to London and was married to Princess Nunu (née Getaneh), and subsequently divorced. The marriage produced a daughter, Princess Lideta. He briefly accompanied his father Amha Selassie to Virginia, United States, but later returned to Manchester, England. He had previously been named heir apparent by his father, who assumed the title of Emperor-in-Exile at that time in April 1989 in London.

Crown Prince Zera Yacob is regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia and currently lives in Addis Ababa.

Patronages

  • Executive Director of the Ethiopian Peace Foundation (EPF) since 2002.

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 to the people of Ethiopia.

Honours

National dynastic honours

Foreign orders

Ancestry

16. Dejazmach Wolde Mikael Gudessa
16. Dejazmach Wolde Mikael Gudessa
8. Ras Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika’él Guddisa
17. Immabet Tenagnework Sahle Selassie
4. Emperor Haile Selassie I
18. Dejazmach Ali Abba Jifar of Woreilu
9. Woizero Yeshimebet Ali Abba Jifar
19. Immabet-Hoy Walatta Ihata Giyorgis Yimeru
2. Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
10. Dejazmach Asfaw Mikael, Jantirar of Ambassel
5. Itege Menen Asfaw
22. Negus Mikael of Zion
11. Woizero Sehin Mikael
23. Woizero Fantaye
1. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
24. Balambaras Ketema Abebe
12. Fitawrari Damtew Ketema
6. Major-General Dejazmatch Abebe Damtew
3. Leult Medferiashwork Abebe
14. Ras Bitwodad Mangasha Atikam, Viceroy of Gojjam
7. Woizero Wosen Falesh
15. Woizero Sifrash Bizu Yifru
16. Dejazmach Wolde Mikael Gudessa
8. Ras Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika’él Guddisa
17. Immabet Tenagnework Sahle Selassie
4. Emperor Haile Selassie I
18. Dejazmach Ali Abba Jifar of Woreilu
9. Woizero Yeshimebet Ali Abba Jifar
19. Immabet-Hoy Walatta Ihata Giyorgis Yimeru
2. Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
10. Dejazmach Asfaw Mikael, Jantirar of Ambassel
5. Itege Menen Asfaw
22. Negus Mikael of Zion
11. Woizero Sehin Mikael
23. Woizero Fantaye
1. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
24. Balambaras Ketema Abebe
12. Fitawrari Damtew Ketema
6. Major-General Dejazmatch Abebe Damtew
3. Leult Medferiashwork Abebe
14. Ras Bitwodad Mangasha Atikam, Viceroy of Gojjam
7. Woizero Wosen Falesh
15. Woizero Sifrash Bizu Yifru
8. Ras Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika’él Guddisa
17. Immabet Tenagnework Sahle Selassie
4. Emperor Haile Selassie I
18. Dejazmach Ali Abba Jifar of Woreilu
9. Woizero Yeshimebet Ali Abba Jifar
19. Immabet-Hoy Walatta Ihata Giyorgis Yimeru
2. Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
10. Dejazmach Asfaw Mikael, Jantirar of Ambassel
5. Itege Menen Asfaw
22. Negus Mikael of Zion
11. Woizero Sehin Mikael
23. Woizero Fantaye
1. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia
24. Balambaras Ketema Abebe
12. Fitawrari Damtew Ketema
6. Major-General Dejazmatch Abebe Damtew
3. Leult Medferiashwork Abebe
14. Ras Bitwodad Mangasha Atikam, Viceroy of Gojjam
7. Woizero Wosen Falesh
15. Woizero Sifrash Bizu Yifru

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent
  • Degna Djan (king of Axum)
  • Dil Na’od (Last king of Axum)
  • Mkhbara Widam (Mahbere-Widam)
  • Agba Seyun (Yakob)
  • Sinfa Ar’ad
  • Negus Zaré
  • Asfiha
  • Yakob
  • Bahr Seggad
  • Adam Asgad (Widma Asgad)
  • Tasfa Iyasus
  • Yekuno Amlak, 12??–1285
  • Prince Qidma Seggada
  • Amda Seyon I
  • Newaya Krestos
  • Dawit I
  • Zara Yaqob, 1399–1468
  • Baeda Maryam I, 1448-1478
  • Na’od, 14??–1508
  • Dawit II, c. 1496–1540
  • Prince Segwa Qal
  • Warada Qal
  • Lesba Qal
  • Negasi Krestos
  • Sebestyanos
  • Kidane Kale
  • Amha Iyasus
  • Asfaw Wossen (ruler of Shewa)
  • Wossen Seged
  • Sahle Selassie, 1795–1847
  • Makonnen Wolde Mikael, 1852–1906
  • Haile Selassie, 1892–1975
  • Amha Selassie, 1916–1997
  • Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, b. 1953
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