Sara Gizaw
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Princess Sara Gizaw, Duchess of Harar (1 January 1929 – 17 February 2019) was the widow of Prince Makonnen,[1] Duke (Mesfin) of Harar and second son of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
Biography
Princess Sara was born on 1 January 1929.[2] Her father was Gizaw Abera, a former Nibure Id of Axum, and her paternal grandfather was Dejazmach Abera Tedla. Her mother was Aisha Tola, a Muslim woman from Tigray.
She was educated at the Royal Infirmary Nursing School of Edinburgh.
She was the mother of five sons, Paul 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was widowed in 1957 when her husband, the Duke of Harar, was killed in a car accident.[3] 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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 resided in Addis Ababa.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Princess Sara's eldest son, Prince Paul Wossen Seged was second in line to the Ethiopian throne, and prior to his death, was expected to become heir presumptive as the current claimant, Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha Selassie has no legitimate son.
Death
Princess Sara died on 17 February 2019, at the age of 90.[4]
Honours
National dynastic
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- Template:Flagicon House of Solomon: Recipient of the Silver Anniversary Medal of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen
- Template:Flagicon House of Solomon: Recipient of the Emperor Haile Selassie I Ruby Jubilee and 75th Birthday Medal
Foreign
- Template:Country data Germany: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1954)[5][6]
- Template:Country data Netherlands: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange[7]
- Template:Country data Sweden : Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (15 November 1954)[8]
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- Template:Country data Austria : Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1954)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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References
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- 1929 births
- 2019 deaths
- Ethiopian princesses
- Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the House of Orange
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Beneficence (Greece)
- Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria