# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/princess-hirut-desta
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:39:09.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/princess-hirut-desta"
name: "Princess Hirut Desta"
slug: "princess-hirut-desta"
description: "Princess Hirut Desta was the daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter 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.\""
tagline: "Ethiopian Princess (1930-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prinses_Ruth_Desta%2C_de_kleindochter_van_de_keizer_van_Ehtiopi%C3%AB%2C_verricht_op_de_w%2C_Bestanddeelnr_918-9876.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1930-04-20"
deathDate: "2014"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.59
  momentum:             0.379746835443038
  historical:           5.484378666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirut_Desta"
    title: "Hirut Desta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirut_Desta"
    title: "Hirut Desta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirut_Desta"
    title: "Hirut Desta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirut_Desta"
    title: "Hirut Desta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirut_Desta"
    title: "Hirut Desta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirut_Desta"
    title: "Hirut Desta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5771862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump