Princess Senate Seeiso

This article is about the Princess of Lesotho. For the Upper Chamber of the Parliament of Lesotho, see Senate of Lesotho.

Princess Senate Mohato Seeiso (born 7 October 2001) is a princess of Lesotho, the eldest child of King Letsie III of Lesotho and his wife Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso.^[1]

Princess Senate of Lesotho
Born	(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 23) Maseru Private Hospital, Maseru, Lesotho
Names Senate Mary Mohato Seeiso
House	Moshoeshoe
Father	Letsie III of Lesotho
Mother	Anna Karabo Motšoeneng

Princess Senate was born at Maseru Private Hospital in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. The current laws governing the Line of succession to the Lesothan throne bar women from succeeding to the throne although there has been support within Lesotho for a change in the rules.^[2] No changes have taken place yet and the birth of a brother Prince Lerotholi Seeiso in 2007 means that he becomes the new heir to the throne.

She was baptised into the Catholic Church with the name of "Mary" on November 10, 2001.

She graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2024.

Princess Senate is the patron of the non-governmental organization Coalition on the Rights of the Child, which works to monitor and implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Lesotho.^[3][4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Senate Seeiso

16. Nathaniel Lerotholi, Paramount Chief of Basutoland 8. Simon Seeiso, Paramount Chief of Basutoland 17. Sebueng 4. King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho 9. 'Mabereng 2. King Letsie III of Lesotho 20. Mojela Letsie, Chief of Tsakholo 10. Lerotholi Mojela, Chief of Tsakholo 5. Princess Tabitha 'Masentle Lerotholi Mojela 1. Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho 6. Thekiso Mots'oeneng 3. Anna Karabo Mots'oeneng 7. 'Makarabo