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Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, also called Ibn Saud, was very young when he first got married. However, his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Prince Turki I.[1] He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own.[2] He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives.[3]

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This is a list of the first generation of offspring of Ibn Saud, of which there are 72, sorted by his numerous wives. Many of the sons of Ibn Saud served in prominent leadership positions in Saudi Arabia including all of the nation's monarchs since his death. Those who served as King are in bold.

Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair

Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair (d. 4 May 1969) was the daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah.[4][5] She belonged to the Bani Khalid tribe,[6][7][8][9][10] which ruled Eastern Arabia for a long time[11][12] and was the most powerful tribe in this region during the late 18th century.[13]

Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe.[6][14][15][16][17] Wahda married Abdulaziz in Kuwait in 1896, and they had at least five children:[18][19] Prince Turki, King Saud, Prince Khalid, Prince Abdullah and Princess Mounira.

Her children were:[20][9][21]

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Of them, Prince Khalid and Prince Abdullah died young.[9]

Wadha's sister, Hussa, first married the Kuwaiti ruler Mubarak Al Sabah and then, following her divorce from Mubarak, she also married Abdulaziz.[23] In her lifetime Wadha witnessed the death of her five children.[9] She died in Riyadh on 4 May 1969, shortly after the death of King Saud in Athens.[9]

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Tarfa was a member of the Al Sheikh clan,[24] born in 1884.[25] Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif. She married Ibn Saud in 1902[26] and had at least five children with him.[17]

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Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil

Ibn Saud and Lulua had one child.[30]

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Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi

Al-Jawhara was reputedly Ibn Saud's favorite wife, whose early death in 1919 (due to the Spanish influenza epidemic) was deeply mourned by him. In 1951, more than 30 years after her death, Ibn Saud is reported to have said that he had had many wives, but his only love had been Al Jawhara. Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi had three children.

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Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlain

Ibn Saud and Lajah had one child.[citation needed]

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Bazza (I)

Bazza (I) was a Moroccan woman.[17][31][32] Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.

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Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul Muhsin Al Sudairi

Jawhara bint Saad Al Sudairi was the sister of Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi, who was another wife of Ibn Saud.[34] While Jawhara and Haya are sisters hailing from the al-Sudairi family, they are not sisters of Hassa al-Sudairi, who is the mother of the "Sudairi Seven" (see below). Jawhara bore Ibn Saud the following children:

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Hussa Al Sudairi

Main articles: Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi and Sudairi Seven

Ibn Saud and Hassa had eleven surviving children, being seven sons and four daughters; two other children may have died in infancy. Their seven sons are known as the "Sudairi Seven," a powerful group of full brothers. Two of their sons became kings of Saudi Arabia. Their children were:

  1. Sa'ad (I) Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa actually mothered Sa'ad which is also said by other sources. He was born in 1913 and died in 1919 during the Spanish flu pandemic.
  2. Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); King (1982–2005)
  3. Sultan (1928–2011); Crown Prince (2005–2011)
  4. Luluwah (ca. 1928–2008);[37] eldest daughter
  5. Abdul Rahman (1931–2017); Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), removed from Succession.
  6. Nayef (1933–2012); Crown Prince (27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012)
  7. Turki (II) (1934–2016); Deputy Defense Minister (1969–78), removed from Succession.
  8. Salman (born 31 December 1935); King (2015–present), Prime Minister (23 January 2015 - 27 September 2022)
  9. Ahmed (born 1942); Deputy Minister of the Interior (1975–2012) and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
  10. Jawahir (daughter) (died 2015)
  11. Latifa (daughter) (died 2024)[38]
  12. Al Jawhara II (daughter; died 2023)
  13. Moudhi (died young)[citation needed]
  14. Felwa (died young)[citation needed]

Shahida

Shahida (died 1938) was a Lebanese woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of Ibn Saud.[39][40] Ibn Saud and Shahida had four children.

  1. Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); Minister of Defense, died from kidney failure in Paris.
  2. Misha'al (1926 – 3 May 2017); Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
  3. Qumash (1927 – September 2011)
  4. Mutaib (1931—2019); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009), removed from Succession.

Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari

Main article: Fahda bint Asi Al Shammari

She was the widow of Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid, tenth Emir of the Rashidi Emirate which was overthrown by Ibn Saud. By her former husband, Fahda was the mother of at least two sons. She bore three children to Ibn Saud, and died when the eldest among them, the future king Abdullah, was only six years old. Her children with Ibn Saud were:

  1. Abdullah (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015); King (2005–2015)
  2. Nouf (died August 2015)
  3. Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011); initiated the Princesses' Council

Bazza (II)

Bazza died in 1940 and was Moroccan.[17][41][42]

  1. Bandar (1923–2019)
  2. Fawwaz (1934–2008) - took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession
  3. Mishari[citation needed]

Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi

Haya bint Saad (1913 – 18 April 2003) was the sister of Jawhara bint Saad Al-Sudairi, another wife of Ibn Saud.[43] However, she and Jawhara were not sisters of Hassa Al-Sudairi, yet another wife of Al-Saud and mother of the "Sudairi Seven." Haya bore Ibn Saud the following children:

  1. Badr (I) (1931–1932)[citation needed]
  2. Badr (II) (1933 – 1 April 2013) - took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession
  3. Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
  4. Abdul Ilah (born 1939)
  5. Abdul Majeed (1943–2007)
  6. Noura (born 1930)[citation needed]
  7. Mishail[citation needed]
  8. Zubri[citation needed]

Bushra

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Munaiyir

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  1. Talal (I) (1924–1927)[citation needed]
  2. Talal (II) (15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018)
  3. Nawwaf (16 August 1932 – 29 September 2015) - took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession
  4. Madawi (1939 – November 2017)

Mudhi

  1. Sultana (c. 1928 – 7 July 2008)[45]
  2. Haya (c. 1929 – 2 November 2009)[46]
  3. Majid (II) (9 October 1938 – 12 April 2003)
  4. Sattam (21 January 1941 – 12 February 2013)

Nouf bint Nawwaf Al Shalan

Nouf and Ibn Saud married in November 1935.[47] She was the granddaughter of the tribal chief Nuri Al Shalaan.[48] Her sister married Crown Prince Saud in April 1936.[49]

  1. Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1958)
  2. Mamdouh (1940 – 30 November 2023)
  3. Mashhur (born 1942)

Saida al Yamaniyah

Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.[citation needed]

  1. Hathloul (1942 – 29 September 2012)

Baraka Al Yamaniyah

  1. Muqrin (born 15 September 1945); Crown Prince (23 January 2015— 29 April 2015)

Futayma

  1. Hamoud (1947 – February 1994)[44]

Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi

Mudhi was from Bani Khalid[citation needed]

  1. Shaikha (born 1922)[citation needed]

Aliyah Fakeer

  1. Majid (I) (1939–1940)[citation needed]
  2. Abdul Saleem (1941–1942)[citation needed]
  3. Jiluwi (I) (1942–1944)[citation needed]
  4. Jiluwi (II) (1952–1952); the youngest son of Ibn Saud but died as an infant.[citation needed]
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Grandchildren

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Ibn Saud has approximately a thousand grandchildren.[50] The following is a select list of notable grandsons in the male line.

Patrilineal grandsons

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Great-grandchildren

Patrilineal great-grandsons of Ibn Saud

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Non-patrilineal descendants of Ibn Saud

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Ibn Saud incorporated the kingdoms of Nejd and Hejaz into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 23 September 1932. Thereafter, he reigned as King of Saudi Arabia until his death in 1953.
  2. [N 2]
    In addition to their political role, the rulers of the Al Saud family also held religious authority over their subjects, holding the title of imam.

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