Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan - Family Life

Family Life

Tuanku Abdul Rahman married four times. His marriages were:

1. in 1919 to Dulcie Campbell, a Eurasian nurse who embraced Islam as Cik Maimunah (divorced)
2. in 1920 to Tunku Maharun binti Tunku Mambang, a member of the Negeri Sembilan royal family (divorced)
3. in 1929 to Tunku Kurshiah binti Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, a cousin, who became first Raja Permaisuri Agong or Queen of Malaya
4. in 1948 to Tunku Zaidah binti Tunku Zakaria (1922–present), another cousin

Tuanku Abdul Rahman has three sons and five daughters. His second wife, HRH Tuanku Maharum gave birth first to a boy, HRH Tuanku Munawir, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. Cik Engku Maimunah, his first wife, gave birth to two boys and two girls. The eldest is HRH Tunku Aidah, followed by HRH Tuanku Jaafar (the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan), HRH Tunku Sheilah and HRH Tunku Abdullah.

Two of his children succeeded him as Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan:

1. Tuanku Munawir (son of Tunku Maharun), who reigned 1960–1967
2. Tuanku Jaafar (son of Dulcie Campbell), who succeeded his brother in 1967 and reigned till 27 December 2008