1952 H.M. Fu’ad II, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and of Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Darfur. b. at the ‘Abdin Palace, Cairo 16th January 1952, only son of H.M. Faruk, King of Egypt and of Sudan, etc, by his second wife H.M. Queen Narriman, educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland. Styled Prince of Sa’id at birth. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 23rd July and formally proclaimed as King on 26th July 1952. Reigned in absentia under a Council of Regency headed by H.R.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Abdu’l-Munim. Deposed by the military junta composed of revolutionary officers 18th June 1953. Field Marshal Egyptian Army, Admiral of the Fleet REN, and Marshal of the REAF 26/7/1952 (aged six months). Grand Master of the Orders of Muhammad ‘Ali, Chain of Fu’ad I, Ismail, the Nile, Military Star of Fu’ad I, Agriculture, Education, Commerce and Industry, and the Virtues since 26th July 1952. Dir La Closerie SA since 2009. m. at Paris, France, 16th April 1976 (civil) and at The Prince’s Palace, Monaco, 5th October 1977 (relig.) (sep. 1996) (div. at Geneva, Switzerland, 22nd September 2008) Dominique-France Picard (b. at Paris XVI, France, 23rd November 1948), née Dominique-France Loeb, educ. Univ of Paris-Nanterre (MA 1977), Hauts-de-Seine, France, styled Queen Fadila of Egypt with the style of Her Majesty from 16th April 1976 until 1996, granted legal authority to assume the name of Dominique-France Picard in France 1st March 1979, styled Princess Fadila with the style of Her Royal Highness from 1999 until finally deprived of that title by her former husband 6th March 2002, daughter of David Robert Loeb, company director, by his wife, Paule Madeleine, daughter of Edmond Picard, of Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, architect, who contributed greatly to the reconstruction of eastern France ravaged by two world wars. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- 1) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Ali Fu’ad Faruk, Prince of Sa’id. b. at Cairo, Egypt, 5th February 1979, educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle Switzerland. Dir La Closerie SA since 2009. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Muhammad ‘Ali of Egypt, and Royal Wedding Medal of Crown Prince Leka II of the Albanians (8.10.2016). m. at the Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 30th August 2013, H.R.H. Princess Noal, Princess of Sa’id [Noal Zaher Shah] (b. at Rome, Italy, 6th December 1978), educ. L’Institut Saint Dominique, Rome, Italy, and Webster Univ London (BBA), designer, Dir Noal & Co Ltd 2001, rcvd: the Decoration of al-Kemal in brilliants, only daughter of H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Daud Pashtunyar Khan, of Afghanistan, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Fatima Begum [Princess Fatima Aref Zaher], sometime Afghan Chargé d’Affaires at Rome, younger daughter of General H.E. Muhammad Aref Khan, sometime Ambassador to the USSR. He has issue, a twin son and daughter:
- a) H.R.H. Prince Fuad Zahir. b. at Paris, France, 12th January 2017.
- a) H.R.H. Princess Farah Nour. b. at Paris, France, 12th January 2017.
- 2) H.R.H. Prince Fakhr ud-din Ahmad Fu’ad Faruk [Fakhruddin Ahmed Fouad Farouk]. b. at Rabat, Morocco, 25th August 1987, educ. France. Employed with Casablanca stock exchange. Dir La Closerie SA since 2009.
- 1) H.R.H. Princess Fawzia Latifa. b. at the Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco, 12th February 1982, educ. France. Parliamentary Assistant in the Cabinet of Daniel Spagnou, joined Monagesque diplomatic service, 3rd Sec Berlin 2014-2017, later employed in the field of public relations and media. Dir La Closerie SA since 2009. m. at Geneva, Switzerland, 15th January 2019 (civil) and 19th January 2019 (relig.), Sylvain Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Renaudeau (b. 9th November 1979), a French electronics engineer working in Monaco. She has issue, a son and a daughter:
- a) Naël Fouad Jean Renaudeau. b. at the Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco, shortly before 6th June 2019.
- a) Dunya Nariman Adele Renaudeau. b. at the Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco, 3rd February 2021.
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