Princess Faiza of Egypt

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Princess Faiza
Princess of Egypt
Princess Faiza Fuad of Egypt
Born8 November 1923
Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died6 June 1994(1994-06-06) (aged 70)
Westwood, Los Angeles, United States
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1945; div. 1962)
Muhammad Ali Dynasty
FatherFuad I
MotherNazli Sabri

Princess Faiza (

the Muhammad Ali Dynasty
.

Early life

Princess Faiza was born in the

Muhammad Sharif Pasha, prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin.[5]

Marriage and activities

Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family.

Gezira Island on the Nile after their marriage.[1][9]

Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia's long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the

a military coup six weeks before the events of 1952.[12] They had no issue, and divorced in 1962.[7]

Later life and death

After the abdication of King Farouk following the

1952 Revolution in Egypt, Princess Faiza moved to Istanbul in 1954.[1] Then, she and her husband went to Spain and France.[7] Next, she went to the US and settled in Beverly Hills, leaving her husband in Paris.[6][7]

Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Angeles.[4][11]

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d Richard Hornsby (16 July 1994). "Obituary: Princess Faiza Rauf". The Independent. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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  3. ^ "Queen Nazli". Delta. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Queen Nazli of Egypt". Egy. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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  8. ^ "Bulent Rauf". Beshara Publications. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. ^ Dan Morrison (24 June 2013). "Lost for Decades, a Beguiling Curio from Egypt's Royal Past". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Princess Faiza Fouad Rauf". Los Angeles Times. 15 July 1994. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  12. ^ Brian Wright. "Documentary Sheds Light on the Egyptian Royal Family". Cairo West Mag. Retrieved 16 July 2013.[permanent dead link]

External links

Media related to Faiza Rauf at Wikimedia Commons