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((Short description|Second child of Emperor Haile Selassie (1924–1957)))
((Infobox royalty
| name         = Prince Makonnen
| title        = Duke of [[Harar]]
| image        = SelassiesSon.jpg
| birth_date   = ((Birth date|1924|10|16|df=y))
| birth_place  = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopian Empire]]
| death_place  = Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
| death_date   = ((Death date and age|1957|5|13|1924|10|16|df=y))
| spouse       = [[Sara Gizaw]]
| issue        = Prince Paul Wossen, Duke of Harar<br>Prince Mikael, Duke of Harar<br>Prince Dawit<br>Prince Taffari<br>Prince Beede Mariam<br>''Woizero'' Meheret  Makonnen<br>
| place of burial = [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (Addis Ababa)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]]
| religion     = [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo]]
| full name    = Araya Yohannes
| father       = [[Haile Selassie]]
| mother       = [[Menen Asfaw]]
| dynasty      = [[Solomonic dynasty|House of Solomon]] <small>(Shewan Branch)</small>
))

'''Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie, Duke of Harar''' ([[baptismal name]]: ''Araya Yohannes''; 16 October 1924 &ndash; 13 May 1957) was the second son, and second-youngest child, of Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] of Ethiopia and Empress [[Menen Asfaw]]. He was made ''Mesfin'' (or Duke) of [[Harar]] upon the coronation of his parents in 1930.

==Prince Makonnen's family==
Prince Makonnen was married to [[Sara Gizaw]], who also became a Princess and the Duchess of Harar. Together they had six sons, all of whom are entitled to the style of ''[[His/Her Imperial Highness|Imperial Highness]]'':

* Prince (''Leul'') Paul Wossen Seged, Duke of Harar (Addis Ababa, 21 August 1947 – 10 November 2021). Married 19 March 1995 to Connie Jo Quave, (b. 30 September 1957)
* Prince (''Leul'') Mikael (b. Addis Ababa, 30 January 1950). Married to Princess Asrat Amaha Yesus.
* Prince (''Leul'') Dawit (b. Addis Ababa, 30 January 1952-Nyon, Switzerland, 26 August 1989). Married 16 April 1974 to Princess Adey-Abeba Imru Makonnen (b. 11 March 1951,  elder daughter of H.E. ''Lij'' Imru Zelleke, Ambassador to Germany and Minister of State, and his wife ''Woizero'' Martha Nasibu, later ''[[Marquess|Marchesa]]'' Francesco Tortora Brayda di Belvedere, daughter of H.E. General ''Ras'' Nasibu Zamanuel, Minister of War), and had two sons:
** Prince (''Leul'') Yokshan Dawit Makonnen (b. Vero Beach, Florida, 8 February 1978)
** Prince (''Leul'') [[Joel Dawit Makonnen]] (b. Rome, 5 May 1982). Married 9 September 2017 to [[Ariana Austin]] (b. Washington, 6 January 1986) 
* Prince (''Leul'') Fileppos Tafari Makonnen (Prince Philip Makonnen) (b. Addis Ababa, 15 June 1954). Educ in the UK, living in USA. Married 19 July 1990 to Princess Aster Abitow Makonnen (b. Addis Ababa, 1 February 1968), and had two sons and one daughter:
** Princess (''Leult'') Edna Tafari Makonnen (b. 5 January 1991). Married 30 April 2022 to Jamal Robinson
** Prince (''Leul'') Dawit Tafari Makonnen (b. Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1992)
** Prince (''Leul'') Isayas Tafari Makonnen (b. Toronto, 1998)
* Prince (''Leul'') Beede Mariam (b. Addis Ababa, 30 March 1957). Married to Princess Mahelate Be'eda Mariam and had one daughter: 
** Princess (''Leult'') Blaine Be'eda Mariam

In addition, Prince Makonnen also had a natural daughter, ''Woizero'' Meheret Makonnen, born before 1945.

In 1974, with the overthrow of the Ethiopian monarchy, the widowed Duchess of Harar and her sons were all placed under detention, with the exception of Prince Taffari who were abroad at school. After a long and harsh imprisonment, Princess Sara was released by the [[Derg]] regime along with the other female members of the Imperial family in 1989.  A year later, her sons were also released from their imprisonment.  Days before their release, Prince Dawit Makonnen was found dead at his home in [[Switzerland]].

After the fall of the Derg regime, Princess Sara and her sons were allowed to travel abroad. And after a number of years living in London, the returned to live in Addis Ababa. The Duchess of Harar was prominent at the Imperial funerals held for her brother-in-law, the [[Amha Selassie|Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen]] (also known as Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie I), the Emperor [[Haile Selassie|Haile Selassie I]], and the funeral for [[Princess Tenagnework]]. She died in 2019.

==Death==
It was widely believed that Emperor Haile Selassie favoured the Duke of Harar over all his other children, and it was even rumoured that the Emperor even considered naming Makonnen as his heir, instead of his liberal elder son, [[Amha Selassie|Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen]]. However, Prince Makonnen died in a car crash in 1957 on his way to the resort town of [[Adama|Nazareth]] from [[Bishoftu|Debre Zeyit]], east of [[Addis Ababa]]. He was buried in the crypt of [[Holy Trinity Cathedral (Addis Ababa)|Holy Trinity Cathedral]] in Addis Ababa. Some believe the car crash was an assassination plot by the Prince's political enemies. He was 32 years old at the time of his death.<ref>ERLICH, HAGGAI. “The Ethiopian Army and the 1974 Revolution.” Armed Forces & Society, vol. 9, no. 3, 1983, pp. 455–81. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45304695. Accessed 4 May 2023.</ref>

==Honours and decorations==

Prince Makonnen received numerous honors and decorations:((citation needed|date=June 2020))
*[[File:ETH Order of Solomon BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Collar and Chain of the [[Order of Solomon]]
*[[File:ETH Order of Solomon BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Seal of Solomon]]
*[[File:Order of the Holy Trinity (Ethiopia) - ribbon bar.gif|80x80px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Holy Trinity (Ethiopia)|Order of the Holy Trinity]]
*[[File:ETH Order of Menelik II - Grand Cross BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Menelik II]]
*[[File:ETH Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Grand Cross BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Star of Ethiopia]]
*[[File:Imperial Coronation Medal 1953.gif|80x80px]] Imperial Coronation Medal in Gold (1930)
*[[File:SWE Order of Vasa - Commander Grand Cross BAR.png|80x80px]] Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of Vasa]] of [[Sweden]] (1935)
*St George Medal of War
*Haile Selassie I Medal of War
*Haile Selassie Gold Medal
*Star of Victory (1944)
*Exile Medal with five torches (1945)
*[[File:Order of the Seraphim - Ribbon bar.svg|80x80px]] Knight of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]] of [[Sweden]] (1954)
*[[File:Order of the Elephant Ribbon bar.svg|80x80px]] Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]] of [[Denmark]] (1954)
*[[File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]] of [[Spain]] (1954)
*[[File:GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 6 GrVK Stern Band.svg|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (1954)
*[[File:St Olavs Orden storkors stripe.svg|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of St Olav]] of [[Norway]] (1954)
*[[File:BEL Order of Leopold II - Grand Cross BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Leopold II]] of [[Belgium]] (1954)
*[[File:NLD Order of the House of Orange - Grand Cross BAR.svg|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of the House of Orange]] of the [[Netherlands]] (1954)
*[[File:GRE Order of the Phoenix - Grand Cross BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Phoenix (Greece)|Order of the Phoenix]] of [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]] (1954)
*[[File:AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - 2nd Class BAR.svg|80x80px]] Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]] (1954)
*[[File:Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star Rib.png|80x80px]] [[Order of the Yugoslav Star]], 1st class (1954)
*Imperial Silver Jubilee Medal, 1st Class (1955)
*[[File:JPN Daikun'i kikkasho BAR.svg|80x80px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Chrysanthemum]] of [[Japan]] (1956)
*Grand Cordon of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Burma|Order of the Star of Burma]] (1958, post.)((citation needed|date=June 2020))
*[[File:GRE Order of George I - Grand Cross BAR.png|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of George I]] of [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]] (1959, post.)((citation needed|date=June 2020))

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Prince Makonnen of Ethiopia'''
|2= 2. [[Haile Selassie|''Emperor'' Haile Selassie I]]
|3= 3. [[Menen Asfaw|''Itege'' Menen Asfaw]]
|4= 4. [[Makonnen Wolde Mikael|''Ras'' Mäkonnen Wäldä-Mika'él]]
|5= 5. [[Yeshimebet Ali|''Woizero'' Yeshimebet Ali]]
|6= 6. ''Dejazmach'' Asfaw Mikael, ''Jantirar'' of [[Ambassel]]
|7= 7. ''Woizero'' Sehin Mikael
|8= 8. ''Dejazmach'' Wolde Mikael Wolde Malakot
|9= 9. ''Immabet'' Tenagnework Sahle Selassie 
|10= 10. ''Dejazmach'' Ali Abba Jifar
|11= 11. ''Immabet-Hoy'' Walatta Ihata Giyorgis Yimeru
|14= 14. [[Mikael of Wollo|''Negus'' Mikael]]
|15= 15.  ''Woizero'' Fantaye
|16= 16. ''Dejazmach'' Wolde Malakot Yamana Krestos
|17= 17. ''Woizero'' Kalama Worq
|18= 18.  [[Sahle Selassie|''Negus'' Sahle Selassie]]
|19= 19. ''Woizero'' Yimegnushal Ayele
|22= 22. ''Ato'' Yimeru of [[Gurage people|Gurage]]
|23= 23. ''Woizero'' Araza-Aregai
|28= 28. ''Imam'' Ali Abba Bula
|29= 29. ''Woizero'' Getie
|30= 30. Gabru 
|31= 31. Hirut
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==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* https://www.britannica.com/biography/Haile-Selassie-I
* https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-36211381

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