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House of Saud. The House of Al Saud (Arabic: آل سُعُود, romanized: ʾĀl Suʿūd IPA: [ʔaːl sʊʕuːd]) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the ...
13 June 1982 (death by natural causes) Son of King Abdulaziz and Al Jawhara bint Musaed bin Jiluwi Al Saud. Saud. Fahd of Saudi Arabia. فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود. 16 March 1920 – 1 August 2005 (aged 85) 13 June 1982 (aged 62) 1 August 2005 (death by natural causes) Son of King Abdulaziz and Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi.
t. e. The king of Saudi Arabia, officially the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: ملك المملكة العربية السعودية), is the monarch and head of state / government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who holds absolute power. He is the head of the Saudi Arabian royal family, the House of Saud. [1] The king is the ...
Faisal bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh on 14 April 1906. [6][7] He was the third son of Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman, then Emir of Nejd; Faisal was the first of his father's sons who was born in Riyadh. [8][9] His mother was Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh, [10] whom Abdulaziz had married in 1902 after capturing Riyadh.
Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud (born 1977) – Convicted murderer. Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (born 1977) – Businessman, ambassador to Germany and the United Kingdom. Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd (born 1978) – Former President of youth welfare and former International Olympic Committee member.
Salman's major initiatives as king include the Saudi intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Vision 2030, and a 2017 decree allowing Saudi women to drive. His seventh son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , is considered the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia due to the King's poor health and Mohammed's own political maneuvering. [ 2 ]
The order of succession to the Saudi Arabian throne is determined by, and within, the House of Saud.Every King of Saudi Arabia, upon his death, has been succeeded by the crown prince, with a new crown prince then being appointed according to a loose form of agnatic seniority among the sons of Ibn Saud, though various members of the family have been bypassed for various reasons.
The Sudairi Seven – the seven sons of King Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmed – were the largest bloc of full brothers [4][5] and as a consequence, were able to wield a degree of coordinated influence and power. [6] King Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmed married twice; [7][8] their first marriage started in 1913 [7] and may have produced a son ...