Princess Fawzia Fuad, the former empress of Iran, died today in
Alexandria, Egypt. She was 91. (Reuters, 2 July)
Fawzia married Iran’s Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1939. Two years later Pahlavi ascended to the throne, becoming the Shah, and Fawzia became the empress of Iran. They divorced in 1948. Their only child, Princess Shahnaz, now lives in Switzerland. Fawzia was the daughter of King Fuad and sister of King Farouk of Egypt.
Fawzia married Iran’s Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1939. Two years later Pahlavi ascended to the throne, becoming the Shah, and Fawzia became the empress of Iran. They divorced in 1948. Their only child, Princess Shahnaz, now lives in Switzerland. Fawzia was the daughter of King Fuad and sister of King Farouk of Egypt.
Photo credit: Empress Fawzia, the Shah and their daughter, Princess
Shahnaz, in Tehran during WWII. (Cecil Beaton/Wikipedia)
10 comments:
She lived a long life.God rest her soul.
My youngest nephew inherited a third generation passed down stamp collection which contains a number of postage stamps bearing her likeness.
RIP. She was better than Farah Diba who ruined the shah by feeding his vain ego. The only reason he dumped her was that she supposedly could not have kids. Perhaps he needed help!
venus of orient
Have you any proof about your claims regarding Farah Diba? And by the way,the queen that couldn't have children was the Shah's second wife,Soraya.
Our beloved Shah defiled himself and our land by marrying an Arab...I wash mine eyes out with the gasoline of Persia.
Fawzia could not have a son and hence the shameful and sexist ouster and banishment to Egypt. It is ironic that the shah even after having sons was so vain that he did not see the clouds of revolution gathering as he was fed unadulterated BS by his arse-kissers, top of that chain was Farah Diba and his twin sister Ashraf. It is so sad that most of his children committed suicide than face reality and new status in life which is a transitionary process and ever evolving. It was sad family based on illusions of grandeur and failed to understand the soul of Iran.
Oh please give up your nonsense and hateful remarks.If anything Farah Diba is a down to earth person,not some empress of the ancien regime.You just want to snipe at the Pahlavi family because you enjoy your own diatribes.
If you want to write about "sexist" and "arse-kissers" then look no further than the Islamic republic of Sexists and "arse-kissers" and all the BS that spews out of their minions big mouths.You just can't resist it can you?
Yossarian,I admire your sense of humour. But looking at the Egytians and the way they got rid of Morsi I am proud of the Arabs.I wished "Persia" had half the guts of these "Arab" people.And by the way Fawiza had Greek and Albanain bloodline.
You`re going to have very sore eyes if you do that,surely medicated eye drops or saline solution would be better
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