Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt

Princess Fawzia Fuad Of Egypt

Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt and of Iran (Persian: شاهدخت فوزیه‎ Arabic: الأميرة فوزية‎) (born 5 November 1921) is an Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

She is currently Fawzia Shirin, having remarried in 1949 and having her royal titles no longer recognized by the Egyptian government after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. She is still commonly referred to as princess out of courtesy. She is the oldest member of the deposed Muhammad Ali Dynasty residing in Egypt. Her nephew, Fuad, who was proclaimed King Fuad II of Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution, resides in Switzerland.

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