Sara Gizaw

In her day, Princess Sara was renowned as one of the most beautiful women at the Court of the Emperor of Ethiopia.

[citation needed] She was widowed in 1957 when her husband, the Duke of Harar, was killed in a car accident.

[3] She often accompanied the Emperor on foreign visits, and acted as one of his official hostesses along with Princess Tenagnework after the death of Empress Menen.

[citation needed] Princess Sara was imprisoned with the other women of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia in 1974, and was released from prison in 1988.

[citation needed] Princess Sara's eldest son, Prince Paul Wossen Seged was second in line to the Ethiopian throne, and prior to his death, was expected to become heir presumptive as the current claimant, Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha Selassie has no legitimate son.