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. 1969) was the daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah,[4][5] She belonged to Bani Khalid.[6][7][8]
Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe.[6][9][10][11][12] Wadhah had at least four children (perhaps six) with Ibn Saud, and was fated to outlive nearly all of them. Her children were:[13]
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| Turki (I) |
1900–1919 |
Nominal heir in Riyadh and Najd. Died young due to the Spanish influenza epidemic. |
| Saud |
12 January 1902 – 23 February 1969 |
Crown Prince from 1932; King (1953–1964), Deposed and exiled. |
| Khalid (I) |
1902–1909 |
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She married her full first cousin Fahd, the son of her paternal full uncle Sa'ad Al Abd al-Rahman[14] and daughter of her stepmother. She also married Khalid bin Muhammad bin Abd al Rahman Al Abd al Rahman the son of her uncle and her stepmother's sister Sara bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. He died in 1972.[citation needed] |
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Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh
Tarfa was a member of the Al Sheikh clan,[15] born in 1884.[16] Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif.
She married Ibn Saud in 1902[17] and had at least five children with him.[12]
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| Khalid (II) |
(born 1903, died in 1904) |
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| Faisal |
(April 1906 – 25 March 1975) |
Prime Minister and Regent prior to deposing his brother; King (1964–1975); murdered. |
| Saad (I) |
(1902–1919) |
Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa mothered Saad.(p. 174 and p. 526) Also reported by other sources.[18] |
| Noura |
(1904–1938) |
She married her half first cousin Khalid, the son of her paternal half uncle Muhammad Al Abd al-Rahman[19][20] |
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Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil
Ibn Saud and Lulua had one child.[21]
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| Fahd (I) |
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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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| Muhammad |
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nicknamed Abu Al-Sharayn ("Father of the two evils"); held many ministries under his father and older brother Saud. Led revolt against Saud and was briefly de jure Crown Prince before ceding the job to his full brother Khalid. |
| Khalid (III) |
(13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) |
Crown Prince 1965—75; King 1975–1982 |
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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.[12][22][23]
Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.
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| Nasser[24] |
(1911–1984) |
He was excluded from all positions due to a scandal during his governorship.[24] |
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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.[25] 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
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:
- 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.
- Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); King (1982–2005)
- Sultan (1928–2011); Crown Prince (2005–2011)
- Luluwah (ca. 1928–2008);[28] eldest daughter
- Abdul Rahman (1931–2017); Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), removed from Succession.
- Nayef (1933–2012); Crown Prince (27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012)
- Turki (II) (1934–2016); Deputy Defense Minister (1969–78), removed from Succession.
- Salman (born 31 December 1935); King (2015–present), Prime Minister (23 January 2015 - 27 September 2022)
- Ahmed (born 1942); Deputy Minister of the Interior (1975–2012) and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
- Jawahir (daughter) (died 2015)
- Latifa (daughter) (died 2024)[29]
- Al Jawhara (daughter; died 2023)
- Moudhi (died young)[citation needed]
- Felwa (died young)[citation needed]
Shahida
Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of Ibn Saud.[30][31] Ibn Saud and Shahida had four children.
- Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); Minister of Defense, died from kidney failure in Paris.
- Misha'al (1926 – 3 May 2017); Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
- Qumash (1927 – September 2011)
- Mutaib (1931—2019); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009), removed from Succession.
Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim 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:
- Abdullah (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015); King (2005–2015)
- Nouf (died August 2015)
- Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011); initiated the Princesses' Council
Bushra
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Munaiyir
Munaiyir (c. 1909 – December 1991) was an Armenian woman
- Talal (I) (1924–1927)[citation needed]
- Talal (II) (15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018)
- Nawwaf (16 August 1932 – 29 September 2015) - took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession
- Madawi (1939 – November 2017)
Mudhi
- Sultana (c. 1928 – 7 July 2008)[36]
- Haya (c. 1929 – 2 November 2009)[37]
- Majid (II) (9 October 1938 – 12 April 2003)
- Sattam (21 January 1941 – 12 February 2013)
Nouf bint Nawwaf Al Shalan
Nouf and Ibn Saud married in November 1935.[38] She was the granddaughter of the tribal chief Nuri Al Shalaan.[39] Her sister married Crown Prince Saud in April 1936.[40]
- Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1958)
- Mamdouh (1940 – 30 November 2023)
- Mashhur (born 1942)
Saida al Yamaniyah
Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.[citation needed]
- Hathloul (1942 – 29 September 2012)
Baraka Al Yamaniyah
- Muqrin (born 15 September 1945); Crown Prince (23 January 2015— 29 April 2015)
Ibn Saud has approximately a thousand grandchildren.[41] The following is a select list of notable grandsons in the male line. They will be in the line of succession to the Saudi Arabian throne.
Patrilineal grandsons
- Abdullah bin Khalid – Chairman of the King Khalid Foundation.[citation needed]
- Badr bin Mohammed – Member of Allegiance council.[42]
- Khalid Al Faisal (born 1940) – poet, governor of the Makkah Province (2007—2013) and (2015—present) and managing director of the King Faisal Foundation. Minister of education between December 2013 and January 2015.
- Mishaal bin Saud (born 1940) – Governor of Najran Province (1997—2008).
- Muhammad bin Saad (born 1944) – Former deputy governor of Riyadh Province.
- Mohammad bin Nasser (born 1944) – Governor of Jizan Region (2001—present).[43]
- Faisal bin Bandar (born 1945) – Former governor of Qasim Province (1992—2015); governor of Riyadh Province (2015—present).
- Turki Al Faisal (born 1945) – Head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate from 1977 to 2001. Former ambassador to the US until December 2006. Member of the board of trustees for the King Faisal Foundation.
- Mansour bin Saud Al Saud (born 1947) – Commander of the National Guard (1961—1963). Businessman
- Saud bin Abdul Mohsin (born 1947) – Governor of Ha'il Province (1999—2017), Ambassador of Portugal (2021—present)
- Fahd bin Badr – Former Governor of Al Jawf Region (2002—2018).
- Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) – Deputy minister of defense from November 2011 to 20 April 2013.[44]
- Bandar bin Sultan (born 1949) – Former long-serving ambassador to the US; secretary-general of the National Security Council from October 2005 to January 2015 and director-general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 19 July 2012 to 2014.
- Muhammad bin Fahd (born January 1950) – Former governor of the Eastern Province (1987 – 13 January 2013).
- Khaled bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1950) – Member of the Allegiance Council.
- Saud bin Fahd (born 8 October 1950) – Former vice director of the Saudi Intelligence Agency.
- Fahd bin Sultan (born 1950) – Governor of Tabuk Province (1987—present).
- Sultan bin Fahd (born 1951) – Former president of youth welfare.
- Khalid bin Bandar (born 1951) – Former governor of Riyadh Province (2013—2014).
- Faisal bin Sultan (born 1951) – secretary general of Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud foundation. [citation needed]
- Mansour bin Bandar – Air Base commander. [citation needed]
- Turki bin Bandar — commander of the air force.
- Mansour bin Mutaib (born 1952) – Former minister of municipal and rural affairs and minister of state.
- Mutaib bin Abdullah (born 1952) – Commander of the national guard (2010–2012) and minister of national guard May 2013-November 2017.
- Faisal bin Thamir (born 1953) – Member of Allegiance Council, whose father died before 1960.[citation needed]
- Salman bin Saud Al Saud (born 1953) businessman and writer
- Mohammed bin Nawwaf (born 1953) – Saudi ambassador to London (2005—2018).
- Faisal bin Khalid (born 1954) – Governor of Asir Province (2007—2018)
- Mishari bin Saud (born 1954) – Governor of Al Bahah Province (2010—2017).
- Al-Waleed bin Talal (born 1955) – Investor
- Saud bin Nayef (born 1956) – Governor of Eastern Province (2013—present); former head of the Court of Crown Prince (2011 – 13 January 2013), former Saudi ambassador to Spain and deputy governor of the Eastern Province.
- Saif al-Islam bin Saud Al Saud (born 1956) professor at King Saud University.
- Sultan bin Salman (born 1956) – Former astronaut (1985) and secretary general of the supreme commission for tourism since 2000.[45]
- Mishaal bin Majid (born 1957) – Jeddah governor.
- Khalid bin Turki (born 1957). — eldest son of Prince Turki II [citation needed]
- Khalid bin Fahd (born 1958). — fifth son of King Fahd, philanthropist[citation needed]
- Muhammad bin Nayef (born 1959) – Minister of interior from 5 November 2012, and Crown Prince from 29 April 2015 to June 2017.
- Fahd bin Turki (born 1959) Commander of Army Ground Forces from April 2017,[46] then of Joint Forces from February 2018[47]
- Abdulaziz bin Majid (born 1960) – Governor of Madinah Province (2005–2013)
- Abdulaziz bin Salman (born 1960) – Petroleum minister (since 2019).
- Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1960) – Chairman of Zain Telecommunication company, Governor of Al Bahah Province (2017—present)
- Abdulaziz bin Bandar (born 1961) – Former Deputy Chief of Intelligence Presidency.
- Khaled bin Talal (born 1962) – Businessman.
- Mansour bin Nasser (born 1962) – advisor to King Abdullah, ambassador to Switzerland (2019–2020) [citation needed]
- Abdulaziz bin Abdullah (born 1962) – Former Deputy Foreign Minister since (2011-2015).
- Abdulaziz bin Ahmed (born 1963) – Businessman
- Mohammed bin Bandar (born 1965) — businessman
- Nayef bin Ahmed (born 1965) – Colonel in Saudi Armed Forces.[citation needed]
- Bandar bin Musaid – Member of Allegiance Council.[42]
- Abdullah bin Musa'ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1965) – former president of Al-Hilal FC
- Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Elah (born 1965) – stakeholder.[citation needed]
- Faisal bin Turki (born 1965) – adviser at the ministry of petroleum and natural resources.[citation needed]
- Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad (born 1967) – former president of Al-Hilal FC
- Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (born 1968) – aviator, governor of the Asir Province (2018—present)
- Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1968) — oppositionist
- Abdulaziz bin Sa'ad (born 1968) – Governor of Hail Province (2017—present).[48]
- Faisal bin Salman (born 1970) – Governor of Madinah Province (2013—present)
- Fahd bin Muqrin – Saudi civic leader,[49] and businessman.[50][51][52][53]
- Faisal bin Sattam (born 1970) – Ambassador to Italy.[54]
- Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1970) – Governor of Najran Province (2009–2013); governor of Makkah province (December 2013-January 2015).
- Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1971) – Former deputy governor and governor of the Riyadh Province (2014—2015)
- Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman – deputy governor of the Riyadh Province[55]
- Nayef bin Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1971) – Inventor
- Faisal bin Abdullah – Head of Saudi Arabia Red Crescent society.
- Abdulaziz bin Sattam – Advisor at the Royal Court.[56] He speaks English.[57]
- Abdul Aziz bin Fahd (born 1973) – Former Minister of State.[58]
- Turki bin Muqrin (born 1973) – Businessman.[59]
- Salman bin Sultan (born 1976) – Former deputy defense minister.[60]
- Abdulaziz bin Nawwaf (born 1979) – Member of Allegiance Council.[citation needed]
- Badr bin Sultan (born 1980) — Governor of Al Jawf (February–December 2018) ; Deputy Governor of Mecca (December 2018—December 2023)
- Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1982) – Businessma
- Ahmed bin Sultan (born 1983) — philanthropist, businessman, and composer
- Faisal bin Nawaf (born 1984) — the Governor of Al Jawf (December 2018—present)
- Mohammed bin Salman (born 1985) – Minister of Defense (January 2015-September 2022), Crown Prince since June 2017 and Prime Minister since September 2022.
- Majed bin Abdullah (born 1985) – Convicted of cocaine use.[citation needed]
- Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (born 1986) — Businessman[61][62][63][64]
- Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1986) – Minister of the National Guard
- Turki bin Salman (born 1987) – Former chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
- Abdullah bin Saad (born 1987) – Poet
- Khalid bin Salman (born 1988) – Ambassador to the United States (2017-2019), Deputy Minister of Defense (2019-2022) and Minister of Defense since September 2022
- Nawwaf bin Nayef (born 1988) – Businessman
- Sultan bin Ahmad Al Saud – ambassador to Bahrain [65]
- Muhammad bin Mishari – Member of Allegiance Council.[42]
- Faisal bin Abdul Majeed – Member of Allegiance Council.[42]
- Abdul-Majid bin Abdul Elah (born 1993) is the President of the Saudi student Union at Northeastern University in Boston
- Sultan bin Abdullah (born 1995) — Businessman
- Bandar bin Salman Al Saud (born 1995) — photographer
- Rakan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1997) – youngest son of King Salman.[66]
- Bandar bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1999) – youngest son of King Abdullah.[67]
