1. Princess Tenagnework was first married to Ras Desta Damtew, a member of the prominent aristocratic Addisge clan.
10 Facts About Princess Tenagnework
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Ras Desta and Princess Tenagnework were the parents of two sons, Amha and Iskinder Desta, and four daughters, Princesses Aida Desta, Seble Desta, Sophia Desta and Hirut Desta.
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Princess Tenagnework was elevated to the title of Ras, served as Minister of the Interior, and was made an Imperial Senator and a Crown Councilor.
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Princess Tenagnework was perceived as a leader of the traditionalist element within the nobility, which was seen as opposing constitutional and land tenure reform.
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The Princess Tenagnework was allowed a final visit with her father only a few days before his death in August 1975.
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Princess Tenagnework travelled to London and from there joined her only surviving brother, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC.
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Princess Tenagnework settled in her second exile, in the Virginia suburbs of Washington DC to be near her only surviving sibling, Amha Selassie.
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The Princess Tenagnework attended the burial, which was refused state funeral status by the EPRDF government.
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Princess Tenagnework died in Addis Ababa on 6 April 2003.
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Princess Tenagnework was buried in the crypt of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa near the graves of her family.