. . . . . "Princess Sophia Desta was the youngest daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. She was educated at Clarendon School for Girls in the United Kingdom together with her three sisters, Aida, Hirut Desta (Ruth) and Sebel. Princess Sophia was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated in the Alem Bekagn Kerchele prison, Addis Ababa together with her sisters, other princesses of the Imperial Family, from 1974 until 1988. She was the widow of Captain Dereje Haile Mariam, graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the U.K. She married him at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister Princess Seble-Wengel Desta). Captain Dereje Haile Mariam was born in 1937 and he was killed at Addis Ababa, at the Genuete Luel Palace while defending the Emperor against a palace coup d'\u00E9tat carried out by General Mengistu Newaye, head of the Imperial bodyguard on 16 December 1960. They had an only daughter: \n* Emebet Hannah Mariam Meherete Sellasie Dereje (born in February 1961, Addis Ababa) and educated at Clarendon School for Girls. She married Lij Aklog Asfaw, son of Woizero Daremelesh and Colonel Asfaw Habte Mariam ' They had issue, one son: \n* Lij Desta Aklog born on October 4, 1994."@en . . . . . . . . "Princess Sophia Desta"@en . . . . "La princesa Sophia Desta (1 de enero de 1934) es hija de Tenagnework de Etiop\u00EDa y Desta Damtew. A su vez, es nieta de los emperadores Haile Selassie y Menen Asfaw. \u200B Estuvo presa en Alem Bekagn desde 1974 hasta su liberaci\u00F3n en 1988. All\u00ED tambi\u00E9n estuvieron otras mujeres de la familia imperial et\u00EDope."@es . . "1124057950"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "2021-11-16"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "4418204"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Emebet Hannah Mariam Meherete Selassie Dereje"@en . . . . . . "Sophia Desta"@es . . "Immabet Sophia"@en . . "2012-12-26"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Captain Dereje Haile Mariam"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "6012"^^ . . . "1934-01-01"^^ . . "Sophia Desta"@en . . . . . . . . . "Princess of Ethiopia"@en . . . "La princesa Sophia Desta (1 de enero de 1934) es hija de Tenagnework de Etiop\u00EDa y Desta Damtew. A su vez, es nieta de los emperadores Haile Selassie y Menen Asfaw. \u200B Estuvo presa en Alem Bekagn desde 1974 hasta su liberaci\u00F3n en 1988. All\u00ED tambi\u00E9n estuvieron otras mujeres de la familia imperial et\u00EDope."@es . "Princess Sophia Desta was the youngest daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. She was educated at Clarendon School for Girls in the United Kingdom together with her three sisters, Aida, Hirut Desta (Ruth) and Sebel. Princess Sophia was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated in the Alem Bekagn Kerchele prison, Addis Ababa together with her sisters, other princesses of the Imperial Family, from 1974 until 1988."@en . . . . "Princess Sophia Desta"@en . . . . . . . .