# Princess Sophia Desta

> Princess Sophia Desta was the youngest daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. She was educated at Clarendon School for Girls in the United Kingdom together with her three sisters, Aida, Hirut Desta (Ruth) and Sebel. Princess Sophia was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated in the Alem Bekagn Kerchele prison, Addis Ababa together with her sisters, other princesses of the Imperial Family, from 1974 until 1988.

*Ethiopian Princess*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/princess-sophia-desta

## Identity
- **Country:** Ethiopia
- **Born:** 1933-01-01
- **Died:** 2021
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Princess Sophia Desta was the youngest daughter of Ras Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. She was educated at Clarendon School for Girls in the United Kingdom together with her three sisters, Aida, Hirut Desta (Ruth) and Sebel. Princess Sophia was imprisoned, mistreated and humiliated in the Alem Bekagn Kerchele prison, Addis Ababa together with her sisters, other princesses of the Imperial Family, from 1974 until 1988.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 33.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Sophia Desta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Desta)
- [Sophia Desta](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Desta)
- [เจ้าหญิงโซเฟีย เดสตาแห่งเอธิโอเปีย](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7562866)

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