24 February 1937(1937-02-24) (aged 44–45) Shala, Italian East Africa
Burial
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Spouse
Princess Tenagnework
Issue
Amha Desta Iskinder Desta Aida Desta Seble Desta Sophia Desta Hirut Desta
Father
Fitawrari Damtew Ketena
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
RasDesta Damtew KBE (Amharic: ደስታ ዳምጠው ; c. 1892 – 24 February 1937) was an Ethiopian noble, an army commander, and a son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie I. He is known for his leadership in the Ethiopian Army during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. He was executed on 24 February 1937, by the Italian Armed Forces shortly after Ethiopia's loss in the war.
Ras DestaDamtew KBE (Amharic: ደስታ ዳምጠው ; c. 1892 – 24 February 1937) was an Ethiopian noble, an army commander, and a son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie I...
Iskander/Eskander) was born on 6 August 1934 in Addis Ababa, the child of Ras DestaDamtew, a senior military commander and noble, and Princess Tenagnework, daughter...
granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie, eldest child and daughter of Ras DestaDamtew and Princess Tenagnework. She was the wife of Leul Ras Mangasha Seyum...
Princess Hirut Desta (also Princess Ruth Desta) was the daughter of Ras DestaDamtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor...
Princess Sophia Desta (25 November 1934 – 11 November 2021) was the youngest daughter of Ras DestaDamtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and...
and was the daughter of Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie and Ras DestaDamtew, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and Empress...
Iskinder Desta (later Rear Admiral), and four daughters, Princesses Aida Desta, Seble Desta, Sophia Desta and Hirut Desta. Ras DestaDamtew was appointed...
deputy). Negative reactions from the locals forced Patriots to depart; DestaDamtew, the commander of the remnants of the Ethiopian Army, withdrew his troops...
married Dejazmatch Beyene Merid. Princess Tenagnework first married Ras DestaDamtew, and after she was widowed later married Ras Andargachew Messai. Princess...
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The building site is an 18,000 meter plot on Ras DestaDamtew Road in Addis Ababa. The building is 209 meters tall with 46 stories...
of Sidamo Province by Birru Wolde Gabriel who himself was replaced by DestaDamtew. Even so, the gesture of Balcha Safo empowered Empress Zewditu politically...
leaders Beiene Merid and Dejazmach Gabre Mariam were killed in battle. Ras DestaDamtew, although wounded, escaped the brutal fight, only to be hunted down and...
February 1937. Ras Desta managed to escape the battlefield alone, but was hunted down and executed a few days later. With Ras DestaDamtew's death, all organized...
supplemented by cabbage, cheese, butter, and grains.[citation needed] DestaDamtew Habte Giyorgis Dinagde Mahmoud Ahmed Selemon Barega Central Statistical...
of the establishment of JIHS is marked as a continuation of the Ras DestaDamtew Health Assistant Training School established in 1967 by the Ethio-Netherlands...
1937, he and his forces joined up with Ras DestaDamtew and his forces. On the same day, he and DestaDamtew were captured by the Italians. They were then...
Abebe". Her father was Dejazmach and Major-General Abebe Damtew, so she was a niece of Ras DestaDamtew who was the first husband of her sister-in-law, Princess...
1985. Monarchies of Ethiopia Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles DestaDamtew – Another son-in-law of Haile Selassie Beyene Merid – Another son-in-law...
of the year, it was general knowledge at every marketplace that Ras DestaDamtew was massing an army to invade Italian Somaliland. The Christmas Offensive...
Grand Cordons Amha Selassie Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer) DestaDamtew Prince Makonnen Officers Philip Norton Banks Lord Edward Gleichen Yngve...
under Ras Desta Damtu. The battle was primarily fought in the area along the Genale Doria River valley between Dolo and Negele Boran. Ras Damtew launched...
Sidamo Province, by Birru Wolde Gabriel who himself was replaced by DestaDamtew. 2 August 1928 – the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty was signed to foster favorable...