father death_date death_place mother birth_place religion house title birth_date spouse article_title name
desta damtew 2014 london princess tenagnework ethiopian empire ethiopian orthodox tewahedo house of solomon princess of ethiopia 20 april 1930 general nega tegegn hirut desta
 princess hirut desta
hirut desta

princess hirut desta -lrb- also princess ruth desta -rrb- was the daughter of `` ras '' desta damtew and princess tenagnework haile selassie , and grand-daughter of emperor haile selassie of ethiopia .
she was the widow of general nega tegegn , who was governor of the provinces of begemder and semien .
she was described by nathaniel t. kenney as a `` trim , most democratic of princesses , '' who `` was not above grabbing a tool from a workman , i suspect , and showing him how to use it . ''
princess hirut was educated at the school of st clare -lrb- re-named bolitho school -rrb- , penzance , cornwall , and clarendon school , abergele , north wales .
she was imprisoned by the dergue from 1974 until 1988 .
princess hirut desta died in london aged 84 in 2014 , and her funeral was conducted at the holy trinity cathedral in addis ababa .
