Aserate Kassa

Aserate Kassa
Leul
Ras
Born30 April 1922
Died23 November 1974(1974-11-23) (aged 52)
Akaki Prison, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
SpouseLe'ult Zuriashwork Gebregziabher
IssueAsfa-Wossen Asserate
Mulugeta Asrate
DynastySolomonic dynasty (Selale branch)
FatherKassa Haile Darge
MotherTsigemariam Beshah
President of the Crown Council
In office
29 July 1971 – 12 September 1974
MonarchHaile Selassie I
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Viceroy of Eritrea
In office
3 July 1964 – 4 December 1970
MonarchHaile Selassie I
Prime MinisterAklilu Habtewold
Preceded byAbiye Abebe
Succeeded byDebebe Hailemariam

Leul Ras Aserate Kassa GCVO (born Aserate-Medhin Kassa; 30 April 1922 – 23 November 1974) was a Viceroy of Eritrea and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was the fourth son of Ras Kassa Haile Darge, and his wife Princess (Le'ilt) Tsige Mariam Beshah. Prince Aserate Kassa was educated at Monkton Combe School in the United Kingdom between 1937 and 1938.[1] He was married to (Le'ilt) Zuriashwork Gebre-Igziabiher, daughter of Jantirar Gebre-Igziabiher, and granddaughter of Empress Menen Asfaw, consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Prince Aserate Kassa was the head of the Selalle sub-branch of the Shewan branch of Ethiopia's Imperial Solomonic dynasty.

  1. ^ "Monktonian Magazine 2015-16". Retrieved 30 June 2020.