Early Life and Education
Faisal bin Fahd was born in 1945. He was the eldest son of King Fahd. His mother, Al Anoud bint Abdul Aziz bin Musaid, is from the bin Jiluwi branch of the Al Saud whose members intermarried with Al Saud family. She died of kidney failure in Santa Barbara on March 1999 after a long period of treatment in Los Angeles at the age of 76. His full brothers are Mohammed bin Fahd, Saud bin Fahd, Khaled bin Fahd and Sultan bin Fahd. Faisal bin Fahd studied political science and economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, graduating in 1971.
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