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Princess Zenebework
Princess Zenebework, also Zeneba Worq, (25 July 1917 – 24 March 1934) was the second daughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and his wife the Empress Menen Asfaw. Zenebework's full title was "Her Imperial Highness, Princess Zenebework Haile Selassie".
Biography.
On 15 June 1932, Princess ("Leult") Zenebework was married to the hereditary prince of eastern Tigray Province, "Dejazmach" Haile Selassie Gugsa, a great-grandson of Emperor Yohannes IV. She was not
as the marriage of Haile Selassie Gugsa to Zenebework Haile Selassie, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen married "Leult" Wolete Israel Seyum, the daughter of "Ras" Seyum Mangasha of western Tigray Province. He was 16 years old and she was about 26 years old. The two marriages were meant to cement ties between the reigning Shoa branch of the Imperial Ethiopian dynasty with both rival sides of the Tigrean branch of the dynasty. The death of Princess Zenebework and the chill in relations between Haile Selassie Gugsa and Emperor Haile Selassie signalled the