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Ibn Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, was very young when he first married. However his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Turki. He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own. He also had many daughters. His number of wives is put at 22.

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Wives and their children

This is a list of the first generation of offspring of Ibn Saud, 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.

Sharifa bint Saqr Al Fajri

Ibn Sauds' first wife. She was from Bani Khalid and married Ibn Saud in 1894, but died six months after.

Wadhah Bint Muhammad Al Hussein Al Orair

The daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah, Wadhah belong to Bani Khalid. Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe. Ibn Saud and Wadhah has at least four children.

Sarah bint Abdullah bin Faisal

In ~1900 Sarah married Ibn Saud, but she bore him no sons. She later married Turki bin Abdallah bin Saud Al Saud and then Abd al-Aziz bin Musaid bin Jiluwi Al Jiluwi. Her mother was the aunt of Ibn Sauds first wife.

Tarfah bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Tarfah belongs to the Al Sheikh clan. Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif. She married Ibn Saud in 1902 and had at least five children with him.

Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil

Ibn Saud and Lulua had at least one child

Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi

Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara had at least three children

Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlayn

Ibn Saud and Lajah had at least one child.

Bazza (I)

Bazza (I) was a Moroccan woman. Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.

Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul Muhsin al Sudairi

Jawhara bint Saad Al Sudairi Jawhara bint Saad was the sister of Haya bint Saad who was also spouse of King Abdulaziz and the mother of Prince Badr, late Prince Abdul Majid and Prince Abdul Illah. Ibn Saud and Jawhara had at least four children.

Hassa Al Sudairi

Her lifespan was 1900–1969.

  1. Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); 5th King (1982–2005)
  2. Sultan (1928–2011); Crown Prince (2005–2011)
  3. Luluwah (ca. 1928–2008)
  4. Abdul Rahman (born 1931); Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), removed from Succession.
  5. Nayef (1933–2012); Crown Prince (27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012)
  6. Turki (II) (1934-2016); Deputy Defense Minister (1969-78), removed from Succession.
  7. Salman (born 31 December 1935); 7th King (2015–)
  8. Ahmed (born 1942); Deputy Minister of the Interior (1975–2012) and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
  9. Jawahir
  10. Latifa
  11. Al Jawhara
  12. Moudhi (died young)
  13. Felwa (died young)

Shahida

Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of King Abdulaziz. Ibn Saud and Shahida had at least three children.

  1. Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); Minister of Defense, died from alcohol intoxication while partying.
  2. Misha'al (born 1926); Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
  3. Qumash (1927 – September 2011)
  4. Mutaib (born 1931); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009), removed from Succession.

Fahda bint Asi al-Shuraim

  1. Abdullah (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015); 6th King (2005–2015)
  2. Nuf
  3. Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011); initiated the Princesses’ Council

Bazza (II)

Bazza died in 1940 and was Syrian or Moroccan.

  1. Bandar (1923)
  2. Fawwaz (1934–2008)
  3. Mishari

Haya bint Sa'ad Al Sudairi

Second wife from that clan.Her lifespan was (1913 – 18 April 2003).

  1. Badr (I) (1931–1932)
  2. Badr (II) (1933 – 1 April 2013)
  3. Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
  4. Abdul Ilah (born 1939)
  5. Abdul Majeed (1943–2007)
  6. Nura (born 1930)
  7. Mishail
  8. Zubri

Munaiyir

Munaiyir was an Aremian woman. Her lifespan was (c. 1909 – December 1991).

  1. Talal (I) (1924–1927)
  2. Talal (II) (born 1931)
  3. Nawwaf (16 August 1932 - 29 September 2015)
  4. Madawi

Mudhi

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

Nouf bint Al Shalan

Nouf was the daughter of Nawaaf. She married in November 1935.

  1. Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1959)
  2. Mamdouh (born 1941)
  3. Mashhur (born 1942)

Saida al Yamaniyah

Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.

  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)

Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi

Mudhi was from Bani Khalid

  1. Shaikha (born 1922)

Aliyah Fakeer

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

Khadra

No known offspring.

Grandchildren

Due to the Islamic traditions of polygyny and easy divorce (on the male side), King Abdul Aziz has approximately a thousand grandchildren. 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

  • Abdallah bin Khalid (born 1935) – Chairman of the King Khalid Foundation.
  • Fahd bin Mohammed – Father of Misha'el bint Fahd bin Mohammed al Saud, who was executed for adultery.
  • Badr bin Mohammed – Member of Allegiance council
  • Khalid Al Faisal (born 1940) – poet, governor of the Makkah province 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 until 2008.
  • Faisal bin Bandar (born 1943) – Former governor of Qasim province; governor of Riyadh province.
  • Abd Alaziz bin Bandar – Deputy chief of Intelligence Presidency
  • Muhammad bin Saad (born 1944) – Former deputy governor of Riyadh Province.
  • Abdualaziz bin Saad – Deputy governor of Hail Province
  • 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.
  • Saud bin Abdul Mohsin (born 1947) – Governor of Ha'il province.
  • Turki bin Nasser (born 1948) – Former president of the meteorology and environment (PME).
  • Mohammad bin Nasser – Governor of Jizan Region
  • Fahd bin Badr – Governor of Al Jawf Region
  • Mansour bin Nasser – advisor to King Abdullah
  • Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) – Deputy minister of defense from November 2011 to 20 April 2013.
  • 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.
  • Sultan bin Fahd (born 1951) – Former president of youth welfare
  • Khalid bin Bandar (born 1951) – Former governor of Riyadh Province.
  • Faisal bin Sultan (born 1951) – secretary general of Sultan bin Abdualaziz al Saud foundation
  • Talal bin Mansour (born 1951) – Member of Allegiance Council
  • Mansour bin Bandar – Air Base commander
  • 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 since May 2013.
  • Mohammed bin Nawwaf (born 1953) – Saudi ambassador to London.
  • Faisal bin Khalid (born 1954) – Governor of Asir province.
  • Mishari bin Saud (born 1954) — Governor of Al Bahah province since 2010.
  • Al-Waleed bin Talal (born 1955) – Investor and is consistently ranked among Forbes magazine's wealthiest billionaires. Source of wealth reported to include private investments from other royals.
  • Saud bin Nayef (born 1956) – Governor of Eastern province; former head of the Court of Crown Prince (2011 – 13 January 2013), former Saudi ambassador to Spain and deputy governor of the Eastern Province.
  • Sultan bin Salman (born 1956) – Former astronaut (1985) and secretary general of the supreme commission for tourism since 2000.
  • Mishaal bin Majid (born 1957) – Jeddah governor.
  • Khalid bin Turki (born 1957)
  • Abdulaziz bin Majid – Governor of Madinah Province 2005-2013
  • Khalid bin Fahd (born 1958)
  • Muhammad bin Nayef (born 1959) – Minister of interior since 5 November 2012 and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia since 29 April 2015.
  • Fahd bin Turki (born 1959)
  • Abdulaziz bin Salman (born 1960) – Assistant petroleum minister.
  • Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1960) – Chairman of Zain Telecommunication company
  • Faisal bin Thamir – Member of Allegiance Council, whose father died before 1960.
  • Sultan bin Saud – former president of Al-Nassr
  • Khaled bin Talal (born 1962)– Businessman.
  • Abdulaziz bin Abdullah (born 1963) – Deputy foreign minister since 2011.
  • Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Saud (born 1963) – Businessman
  • Nayef bin Ahmed – Colonel in Saudi Armed Forces
  • Bandar bin Musaid – Member of Allegiance Council
  • Abdullah bin Musa'ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1965) – former president of Al-Hilal FC
  • Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Elah (born 1965) – stakeholder
  • Faisal bin Turki (born 1965) – adviser at the ministry of petroleum and natural resources
  • Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad (born 1967) – former president of Al-Hilal FC
  • Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (born 1968) – aviator
  • Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1968)
  • Faisal bin Salman (born 1970) – Governor of Madinah province.
  • Fahd bin Muqrin - Saudi civic leader, and businessman.
  • Turki bin Muqrin (born 1970) – Businessman.
  • Mansour bin Muqrin - Advisor at the Crown Prince Court 2015–present.
  • Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud  – 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
  • Nayef bin Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1971) – Inventor
  • Faisal bin Abdullah – Head of Saudi Arabia Red Crescent society.
  • Majed bin Abdullah – Convicted of cocaine use
  • Abdul Aziz bin Fahd (born 1973) – Former minister of state.
  • Salman bin Sultan (born 1976) – Former deputy defense minister.
  • Abdulaziz bin Nawwaf (born 1979) – Member of Allegiance Council
  • Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1982) – Businessman
  • Mohammad bin Salman (born 1985) – Minister of Defense since January 2015.
  • Turki bin Salman (born 1987) – Former chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
  • Muhammad bin Mishari – Member of Allegiance Council
  • Faisal bin Abdul Majeed – Member of Allegiance Council

    • Deceased

  • Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1918-1968) – Minister of the Interior
  • Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1921-2007) – Minister of the Interior and Minister of Health
  • Fahad bin Saud (1923-2006) – Minister of Defense.
  • Bandar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1926-2016)
  • Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934-2004) – Governor of Riyadh
  • Mohammed bin Saud (1934-2012) – Governor of Al Bahah Province and Minister of Defense.
  • Mohammed bin Faisal (1937-2017) – Deputy minister for agriculture. Founder and chairman of DMI Trust and the Faisal Islamic Bank Group; member of the board of trustees for the King Faisal Foundation. Oldest son of Iffat Al Thunayan.
  • Saud Al Faisal (1940-2015) – Foreign Minister.
  • Khalid bin Musaid – Killed while protesting introduction of television
  • Faisal bin Musaid (1944-1975) – Assassin of King Faisal
  • Faisal bin Fahd (1945-1999) – President of Youth Welfare
  • Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud (1946-2004) – President of Al-Nassr
  • Mashhoor bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1954-2004) – Convicted of cocaine possession
  • Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1955-2001) – Horse owner, businessman
  • Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1958-2002) – Media executive
  • Turki bin Sultan (1959-2012) – Deputy Minister of Culture and Information

    • Granddaughters

  • Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud (born 1948)– Activist, previously married to Saud bin Abdul Muhsin Al Saud
  • Sara bint Faisal Al Saud– Member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia; married to Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud
  • Haifa bint Faisal (born 1950)– married Bandar bin Sultan
  • Fahda bint Saud (born 1953)– President of the Al Faisaliyah women’s welfare society
  • Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud– Member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia
  • Adila bint Abdulla Al Saud– Advocate of women's rights
  • Basmah bint Saud (born 1964)– businesswoman
  • Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1973)

    • Patrilineal great-grandsons of Ibn Saud

  • Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki (born 1945) – Member of Allegiance Council, succeeding late brother Turki bin Faisal
  • Faisal bin Muhammad bin Saud (born 1951) – Deputy governor of Al Bahah Region
  • Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1959) – Governor of Qassim Region
  • Amr bin Mohammed Al Faisal Al Saud – Businessman
  • Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud (born 1965) – Chairman of Al Watan
  • Sultan bin Khalid – Naval officer
  • Turki Bin Mohammed Bin Nasser Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud (born 1969) – Director of International Affairs Ministry of Industry and Electricity
  • Saud bin Khalid Al Saud – Deputy Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
  • Faisal bin Turki bin Nasser (born 1973) – President of Al Nassr
  • Sattam bin Khalid bin Nasser Al Saud
  • Faisal bin Turki Al Faisal Al Saud (born 1975) – Director of Project Aware
  • Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud (born 1977) – Convicted murderer
  • Nawaf bin Faisal (born 1978) – Former President of youth welfare
  • Turki bin Mohamed bin Fahd Al Saud (born 1979) – Chairman of TAALEM Educational Services Company
  • Mohammed bin Saud bin Nayef – Horse racer
  • Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud (born 1983) – Athlete
  • Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (born 1984) – Olympic athlete
  • Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud – Businessman
  • Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Saud – Former president of Al Nassr
  • Mamdoh Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud – Former president of Al Nassr
  • Ahmed bin Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1986) – Foreign affairs worker
  • Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Talal Al-Saud (born 1986) – Investor
  • Muhammad bin Faisal bin Bandar – Air Force officer
  • Sultan bin Fahad bin Nasser, husband of Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz.

    • Great-granddaughters

  • Misha'el bint Fahd bin Mohammed al Saud (1958–1977) – executed for alleged adultery
  • Reem Al Faisal – Photographer

    • Non-patrilineal descendants of Ibn Saud

  • Abdullah bin Mohammad, son of Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman (Ibn Saud's half-brother) and Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi (Ibn Saud's wife). This makes him the double step-son and half-nephew of Ibn Saud. He also married Noura bint Saud, the granddaughter of Ibn Saud through his son King Saud, making him a grandson-in-law of Ibn Saud. Father of the below
  • Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud (born 1941) – Former Deputy Minster of Defense. Son of Noura bint Saud, daughter of King Saud.
  • Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah Al Saud – Businessman. Son of the above. Son-in-law of Mutaib bin Abdullah
  • Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud (born 1950) – Former Minister of Education. Son of Nouf bint Abdelaziz. Married to Adila bint Abdulla Al Saud, daughter of King Abdullah.
  • Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1951) – Ambassador to the United States. Son of Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud.
  • Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki (1961-2002) – Brother of the above. Killed in car accident on way to cousin Ahmed bin Salman's funeral.
  • Nayef bin Sultan Al Shaalan (born 1956) – Diplomat, convicted of drug trafficking. Maternal grandson of Ibn Saud. Son-in-law of Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
  • Saud bin Khalid bin Abdullah – Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Mawarid Holding Company and Vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network. Son of Al Jawhara bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Khalid ibn Abdullah, son of Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman, half-brother of Ibn Saud.
  • Turki bin Abdullah – Former member of the National Guard and advisor to King Abdullah. Son of Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud.
  • Fahd bin Abdullah – Former assistant minister of defense. Son of Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud.

    • References

    Descendants of Ibn Saud Wikipedia
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