Princess Romanework Haile Selassie, Romane Work Haile Selassie, (died 1941) was the eldest child of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia by Woizero Altayech. The princess' mother died in childbirth.

The Princess married Dejazmach Beyene Merid

Beyene Merid

Beyene Merid, Beine Merid, was an Ethiopian army commander, a patriot, and the son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie I.-Bibliography:...

, governor of Bale

Bale Province, Ethiopia

Bale is the name of two former polities located in the southeastern part of modern Ethiopia.- The medieval dependency of Bale :...

, a noted resistance leader against the Italian occupation

Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa was an Italian colonial administrative subdivision established in 1936, resulting from the merger of the Ethiopian Empire with the old colonies of Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea. In August 1940, British Somaliland was conquered and annexed to Italian East Africa...

 from 1936 until his capture and execution in 1937. She was the mother of Dejazmach Merid Beyene and Dejazmach Samson Beyene.

Princess Romanework was captured by the Italians and taken in captivity to Asinara

Asinara

Asinara is an Italian island of in area. The name is Italian for "donkey-inhabited", but it is thought to derive from the Latin "sinuaria", and meaning sinus-shaped. The island is virtually uninhabited. The census of population of 2001 lists one man. The island is located off the north-western...

 Island off the coast of Italy with other Ethiopian notables. She died in a Turin

Turin

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 hospital in 1941, probably of tuberculosis. Her body was returned by the Italians after the war, and was interred in the Imperial family crypt at Holy Trinity Cathedral

Holy Trinity Cathedral (Addis Ababa)

Holy Trinity Cathedral, known in Amharic as Kidist Selassie, is the highest ranking Orthodox cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was built to commemorate Ethiopia's liberation from Italian occupation and is the second most important place of worship in Ethiopia, after the Church of Our Lady Mary...

 in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...

. Her sons were raised by the Emperor and Empress. Her line is currently represented by her grandson Lij Sebastyanos Beyene, who resides in London

London

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