Zera Yacob Amha Selassie

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (/ˈzɪərə jæˈkoʊb/; 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.

This article is about the current Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia. For the earlier Emperor who ruled as Constantine I, see Zara Yaqob. For the early modern philosopher, see Zera Yacob (philosopher).

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Emperor of Ethiopia
Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia
Tenure17 February 1997 – Present
PredecessorHaile Selassie I
as Emperor of Ethiopia
Heir-PresumptivePrince Pawlus Wossen Seged, Duke of Harar
Born (1953-08-17) 17 August 1953
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
SpouseNunu Getaneh (divorced)
IssuePrincess Lideta
DynastySolomonic
FatherAmha Selassie
MotherMedferiashwork Abebe
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
Imperial Family of Ethiopia

HIH The Crown Prince

  • HIH Princess Lideta Zera Yacob

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

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 and Sandhurst.[1] 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. In 1992 he accompanied his father Amha Selassie to Virginia, United States, where his father had a medical check-up. However, when his father suffered a stroke and Zera Yacob stayed for two years. When he then applied for a visa following his father's death in 1997 this was used as the reason to deny it him. He had returned to London, England, where he had settled in a modest dwelling on the Isle of Dogs.[1]

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

Patrilineal descent
Patrilineal descent
  1. Degna Djan (king of Axum)
  2. Dil Na'od (Last king of Axum)
  3. Mkhbara Widam (Mahbere-Widam)
  4. Agba Seyun (Yakob)
  5. Sinfa Ar'ad
  6. Negus Zaré
  7. Asfiha
  8. Yakob
  9. Bahr Seggad
  10. Adam Asgad (Widma Asgad)
  11. Tasfa Iyasus
  12. Yekuno Amlak, 12??–1285
  13. Prince Qidma Seggada
  14. Amda Seyon I
  15. Newaya Krestos
  16. Dawit I
  17. Zara Yaqob, 1399–1468
  18. Baeda Maryam I, 1448-1478
  19. Na'od, 14??–1508
  20. Dawit II, c. 1496–1540
  21. Prince Segwa Qal
  22. Warada Qal
  23. Lesba Qal
  24. Negasi Krestos
  25. Sebestyanos
  26. Kidane Kale
  27. Amha Iyasus
  28. Asfaw Wossen (ruler of Shewa)
  29. Wossen Seged
  30. Sahle Selassie, 1795–1847
  31. Makonnen Wolde Mikael, 1852–1906
  32. Haile Selassie, 1892–1975
  33. Amha Selassie, 1916–1997
  34. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, b. 1953

See also

References
  1. Cusick, James; Carlin, John (1997). "Lost: one Lion Emperor, last seen in the Isle of Dogs" (26 January 1997). Independent on Sunday. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. "Connaissance des Religions > Sommaires - 1985-1994". Cdr.religion.info. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. Imperial House
  4. Guidance for Honours in the De Jure Kingdom of Rwanda
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Born: 17 August 1953
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Amha Selassie		 — TITULAR —
Emperor of Ethiopia
17 February 1997 – Present
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1975		 Incumbent
Heir:
Prince Paul Wossen, Duke of Harar
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