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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.
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Emperor of Ethiopia
Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia
Time17 February 1997 – Present
PredecessorHaile Selassie I
as Emperor of Ethiopia
Heir-PresumptivePrince Pawlus Wossen Seged, Duke of Harar
Born (1953-08-15) 15 August 1953 (age 71)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
SpouseNunu Getaneh (divorced)
IssuePrincess Lideta
DynastySolomonic dynasty
FatherAmha Selassie
MotherMedferiashwork Abebe
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
Imperial family of Ethiopia
  • 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 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

Extended family
Descendants of Emperor Yohannes IV:

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia (/ˈzɪərə jæˈkoʊb/; Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ) (born 15 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 as recognized by the Crown Council of Ethiopia.

He was elected in 1974 at the end of his reign by the Emperor Haile Selassie I. The election was reported by Haile Selassie I, occurring as the H.I.M last Government designed a Constitution for Ethiopia.

Solomonic Dynasty

The Kebra Nagast states that Solomon had a son with the queen of Sheba named Menelik, the heir of Solomon who carried the Ark of the Covenant to Ethiopia.

By this tradition, the heir of the Solomon Dynasty crown is Zera Yacob, but he is not currently accepted as such by Orthodox Jews. The Ethiopian government maintains that Zera Yacob was elected by God and should reign over Israel.

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 Texas, United States, but later returned to Manchester, England. He was named heir apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, assuming the title of Emperor-in-Exile in April 1989.

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. ^ "Connaissance des Religions > Sommaires - 1985-1994". Cdr.religion.info. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ Imperial House
  3. ^ Guidance for Honours in the De Jure Kingdom of Rwanda
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Born: 17 August 1953
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — 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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