Career
Woizero Wolete was thus the sister of Leul Ras Mengesha Seyoum. She was first married to the much older Dejazmach Gebre Selassie Baria Gebir of Adwa, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Nibure Id of Axum by whom she had a son, Dejazmach Zewde Gebreselassie. The marriage of Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen and Crown Princess Wolete Israel was part of Emperor Haile Selassie"s efforts at forging closer bonds between the western Tigrean branch of the Imperial family and his own Shewan branch.
Princess Wolete Israel and Prince Asfaw Wossen had a daughter, Princess Ijigayehu.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess separated during their exile from Ethiopia between 1936 and 1941, and the Princess left England where the Imperial family had taken refuge during the Italian occupation. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess divorced in 1941, and the Princess never married again.
The Princess lived quietly in Addis Ababa and the town of Adama during the rule of the Derg. She was the only princess not placed under arrest during their rule.
National honours.
