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Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, also called Ibn Saud, was very young when he first got married. However, his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Prince Turki I. [1] He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own. [2] He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives. [3]
This is a list of the first generation of offspring of Ibn Saud, of which there are 72, sorted by his numerous wives. Many of the sons of Ibn Saud served in prominent leadership positions in Saudi Arabia including all of the nation's monarchs since his death. Those who served as King are in bold.
Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair (d. 4 May 1969) was the daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah. [4] [5] She belonged to the Bani Khalid tribe, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] which ruled Eastern Arabia for a long time [11] [12] and was the most powerful tribe in this region during the late 18th century. [13]
Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe. [6] [14] [15] [16] [17] Wahda married Abdulaziz in Kuwait in 1896, and they had at least five children: [18] [19] Prince Turki, King Saud, Prince Khalid, Prince Abdullah and Princess Mounira.
Her children were: [20] [9] [21]
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Turki (I) | 1900–1919 | Nominal heir in Riyadh and Najd. Died young due to the Spanish influenza epidemic. |
Saud | 12 January 1902 – 23 February 1969 | Crown Prince from 1932; King (1953–1964), Deposed and exiled. |
Khalid (I) | 1902–1909 | |
Munira | She married her full first cousin Fahd, the son of her paternal full uncle Sa'ad Al Abd al-Rahman [22] and daughter of her stepmother. She also married Khalid bin Muhammad bin Abd al Rahman Al Abd al Rahman the son of her uncle and her stepmother's sister Sara bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. He died in 1972.[ citation needed ] | |
Noura [14] | ||
Abdullah |
Of them, Prince Khalid and Prince Abdullah died young. [9]
Wadha's sister, Hussa, first married the Kuwaiti ruler Mubarak Al Sabah and then, following her divorce from Mubarak, she also married Abdulaziz. [23] In her lifetime Wadha witnessed the death of her five children. [9] She died in Riyadh on 4 May 1969, shortly after the death of King Saud in Athens. [9]
Tarfa was a member of the Al Sheikh clan, [24] born in 1884. [25] Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif. She married Ibn Saud in 1902 [26] and had at least five children with him. [17]
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Khalid (II) | (born 1903, died in 1904) | |
Faisal | (April 1906 – 25 March 1975) | Prime Minister and Regent prior to deposing his brother; King (1964–1975); murdered. |
Saad (I) | (1902–1919) | Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa mothered Saad.(p. 174 and p. 526) Also reported by other sources. [27] |
Noura | (1904–1938) | She married her half first cousin Khalid, the son of her paternal half uncle Muhammad Al Abd al-Rahman [28] [29] |
Ibn Saud and Lulua had one child. [30]
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Fahd (I) | (1906–1919) |
Al-Jawhara was reputedly Ibn Saud's favorite wife, whose early death in 1919 (due to the Spanish influenza epidemic) was deeply mourned by him. In 1951, more than 30 years after her death, Ibn Saud is reported to have said that he had had many wives, but his only love had been Al Jawhara. Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi had three children.
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Muhammad | (1910–1988) | nicknamed Abu Al-Sharayn ("Father of the two evils"); held many ministries under his father and older brother Saud. Led revolt against Saud and was briefly de jure Crown Prince before ceding the job to his full brother Khalid. |
Khalid (III) | (13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) | Crown Prince 1965—75; King 1975–1982 |
Al Anoud |
Ibn Saud and Lajah had one child.[ citation needed ]
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Sara | (1916 – June 2002)[ citation needed ] |
Bazza (I) was a Moroccan woman. [17] [31] [32] Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Nasser [33] | (1911–1984) | He was excluded from all positions due to a scandal during his governorship. [33] |
Jawhara bint Saad Al Sudairi was the sister of Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi, who was another wife of Ibn Saud. [34] While Jawhara and Haya are sisters hailing from the al-Sudairi family, they are not sisters of Hassa al-Sudairi, who is the mother of the "Sudairi Seven" (see below). Jawhara bore Ibn Saud the following children:
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Sa'ad (II) | (1915–1993) | Bypassed for the throne, given the chairmanship of the royal family council of Al Saud (precursor of Allegiance Council) as consolation prize. |
Musa'id | (1923–2013) [35] | Disgraced when his son murdered King Faisal. Bypassed from succession.[ citation needed ] |
Abdul Mohsin/Muhsin | (1925–1985) | Took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession |
Al Bandari | (1928–2008) [36] |
Ibn Saud and Hassa had eleven surviving children, being seven sons and four daughters; two other children may have died in infancy. Their seven sons are known as the "Sudairi Seven," a powerful group of full brothers. Two of their sons became kings of Saudi Arabia. Their children were:
Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of Ibn Saud. [39] [40] Ibn Saud and Shahida had four children.
She was the widow of Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid, tenth Emir of the Rashidi Emirate which was overthrown by Ibn Saud. By her former husband, Fahda was the mother of at least two sons. She bore three children to Ibn Saud, and died when the eldest among them, the future king Abdullah, was only six years old. Her children with Ibn Saud were:
Bazza died in 1940 and was Moroccan. [17] [41] [42]
Haya bint Saad (1913 – 18 April 2003) was the sister of Jawhara bint Saad Al-Sudairi, another wife of Ibn Saud. [43] However, she and Jawhara were not sisters of Hassa Al-Sudairi, yet another wife of Al-Saud and mother of the "Sudairi Seven." Haya bore Ibn Saud the following children:
Name | Lifespan | Notes |
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Mishari | (1932 – 23 May 2000) [44] |
Munaiyir (c. 1909 – December 1991) was an Armenian woman
Nouf and Ibn Saud married in November 1935. [47] She was the granddaughter of the tribal chief Nuri Al Shalaan. [48] Her sister married Crown Prince Saud in April 1936. [49]
Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.[ citation needed ]
Mudhi was from Bani Khalid [ citation needed ]
Ibn Saud has approximately a thousand grandchildren. [50] The following is a select list of notable grandsons in the male line. They will be in the line of succession to the Saudi Arabian throne.