{{Short description|Princess of Lesotho}} {{about|the Princess of Lesotho|the Upper Chamber of the Parliament of Lesotho|Senate of Lesotho}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Princess Senate of Lesotho | full name = Senate ''Mary'' Mohato Seeiso | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|10|07|df=y}} | birth_place = Maseru Private Hospital, Maseru, Lesotho | death_date = | death_place = | place of burial = | father = Letsie III of Lesotho | mother = Anna Karabo Motšoeneng | royal house = Moshoeshoe }} {{Royal Family 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/africa/lesotho.html |title=Genealogy |access-date=2015-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630221838/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/africa/lesotho.html |archive-date=2017-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.afrol.com/articles/18023 Calls for female inheritance to Lesotho's throne]</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.ls/articles/2004/Senate_Lanches_NGOC.htm |title=Princess Senate Launches Non-Governmental Organization Coalition (NGOC) on the Rights of the Child |access-date=2011-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331062232/http://www.gov.ls/articles/2004/Senate_Lanches_NGOC.htm |archive-date=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.crin.org/organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=1137 National Coalition of Lesotho]</ref>
==Ancestry== {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1= 1. '''Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho''' |2= 2. King Letsie III of Lesotho |3= 3. Anna Karabo Mots'oeneng |4= 4. King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho |5= 5. Princess Tabitha 'Masentle Lerotholi Mojela |6= 6. Thekiso Mots'oeneng |7= 7. 'Makarabo |8= 8. Simon Seeiso, Paramount Chief of Basutoland |9= 9. 'Mabereng |10= 10. Lerotholi Mojela, Chief of Tsakholo |16= 16. Nathaniel Lerotholi, Paramount Chief of Basutoland |17= 17. Sebueng |20= 20. Mojela Letsie, Chief of Tsakholo }}
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