Sophia Desta

Princess Sophia Desta is the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. She is also the widow of Captain Dereje Haile Mariam. She married him at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister Sabla Wangel). Captain Dereje Haile Mariam born in 1937 and he was killed at Addis Ababa, on 16 December 1960). They had an only daughter:
Woizero Hannah Mehreta Selassie (born in 1961, Addis Ababa). She married Ato Aklok Desta, son of Ato Desta Aklok. They had issue, one son:
Lij Desta Aklok.

Princess Sophia Desta was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated with other princesses of the Imperial Family from 1974 to 1988

Title

• 2 April 1930 - Present: Her Highness Princess Sophia Desta-Solomon of Ethiopia

Honours

National dynastic honours

• House of Solomon: Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba
• House of Solomon: Recipient of the Refugee Medal
• House of Solomon: Recipient of the Silver Anniversary Medal of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen
• House of Solomon: Recipient of the Emperor Haile Selassie I Ruby Jubilee and 75th Birthday Medal

Foreign honours

•  Malaysia: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
•  Cambodia: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Kossomak
•  Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

• ^ , Ethiopian imperial family page information
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/7132788@N07/5015753869/
• Boletín Oficial del Estado