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Aida Desta was born on 8 April, 1927 in Ethiopian Empire, is an Ethiopian prince; eldest granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie. Discover Aida Desta's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 8 April, 1927
Birthday 8 April
Birthplace Ethiopian Empire
Date of death 2013
Died Place Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Nationality Ethiopia

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Her husband is Leul Ras Mengesha Seyoum

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Aida Desta Net Worth

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1927

Princess Aida Desta (8 April 1927 – 15 January 2013), baptismal name Bisrate Gabriel, was the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie, eldest child and daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework.

She was the wife of Leul Ras Mangasha Seyum, Prince of Tigray, son of Seyum Mangasha, and great-grandson of Emperor Yohannes IV.

Her godmother was Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia.

1936

The young Princess accompanied her mother, siblings, and grandparents into exile in 1936 upon the occupation of Ethiopia by fascist Italy.

1937

Her father Ras Desta Damtew however led the resistance forces in southern Ethiopia for some months, until he was captured by the Italians and executed in 1937.

Princess Aida and her three sisters were educated at the School of St Clare, Polwithen House, Penzance, Cornwall and Clarendon School for Girls in north Wales.

1945

She continued her studies at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she studied history, matriculating in 1945.

1949

Princess Aida later returned to Ethiopia and married Leul Ras Mengesha Seyoum (Prince of Tigray) in Addis Ababa, in January 1949.

They would go on to have five sons and a daughter.

Princess Aida was active in charitable and cultural pursuits in Ethiopia during the reign of her grandfather Emperor Haile Selassie.

1974

In 1974, Princess Aida was seized at the palace at Mekele by revolutionary soldiers sent to arrest her husband.

Her brother Prince Rear Admiral Iskinder Desta was executed along with 62 other former officials on Friday November 23, 1974.

Together with her mother Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and her sisters Princesses Seble, Sophia and Hirut, were Princess Sara Gizaw, Duchess of Harar (Widow of Prince Makonnen Haile Selasssie), Princess Yeshashework Yilma (the Emperor's niece by his elder brother), Princess Ijigayehu Asfaw Wossen (daughter of the Crown Prince) and Princess Zuriashwork Gebre-Igziabiher (widow of Prince Asrate Kassa).

These women were made to share a former storage room in the precincts of the notorious Akaki Prison known as "Alem Bekagn" which translates to "I am done with the world".

They shared mattresses on the floor and were forced to endure the light of a single light bulb that was never turned off during their entire imprisonment.

Years of campaigning by their friends and relatives as well as human rights and humanitarian organizations around the world had little effect in convincing the Derg regime to release the women of the Imperial family.

1977

Ras Mangasha had escaped days earlier and would establish the Ethiopian Democratic Union (EDU) which would fight the Derg regime until the EDU fractured in 1977 between rival factions.

Princess Aida however had decided to remain behind and share the fate of her grandfather, her mother, and her family.

Princess Aida was among the women of the Imperial family who were incarcerated under the Derg for 14 years.

1988

The Princesses were suddenly and unexpectedly released from prison in September 1988, followed a year later by the men of the family.

After their release, Princess Aida resumed her interrupted family life with her husband and children in exile.

She returned to Ethiopia after the fall of the Derg and split her time between the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and Addis Ababa.

2013

She died on January 15, 2013, in Alexandria, Virginia.