Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Who is Princess Fawzia ..?


Queen Fawzia Bint Fuad of Egypt ,Alexandria, Egypt, November 5, 1921 - was the first wife and first Queen consort of Shah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran
She is currently Fawzia Shirin, having remarried in 1949 and having lost her royal titles after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, although she is referred to as Princess out of courtesy. She is the most senior member of the deposed Muhammad Ali Dynasty residing in Egypt. Her nephew, Fuad, who was proclaimed King Fuad II of Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution, resides in Switzerland.
She was born Her Sultanic Highness Princess Fawzia bint Fuad at Ras Al-Teen Palace in Alexandria, the eldest daughter of Sultan Fuad I of Egypt and Sudan (later King Fuad I), and his second wife, Nazli Sabri

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One of her great-great-grandfathers was Suleiman Pasha, a French army officer who served under Napoleon, converted to Islam, and oversaw an overhaul of the Egyptian army. In addition to her sisters, Faiza, Faika, and Fathiya, and her brother, Farouk, she had two half-siblings from her father’s previous marriage to Princess Shivakiar Khanum Effendi




On March 28, 1949, in Cairo, Princess Fawzia married Colonel Ismail Hussain Shirin.


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