Her Royal Highness Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt was born on November 5, 1921. She is the Princess of Egypt and the former Empress of Iran. Princess Fawzia is the daughter of King Fuad I of Egypt and Queen Nazli Sabri of Egypt. She married Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Princess Fawzia is the sister of King Farouk I of Egypt who abdicated in 1952. Princess Fawzia was born at Ras al-Tine Palace in Alexandria, Egypt. Her nickname was Wuzzy. At one point, Fawzia is known have been one of the most beautiful women in the world.
Princess Fawzia married His Imperial Majesty Mohamed Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran (1919 -1980) on March 16, 1939 in a magnificent ceremony in Cairo. She later divorced on November 17, 1948 the Shah of Iran. The Imperial couple had one daughter, Princess Shahnaz.
On March 28, 1949 in Cairo, Princess Fawzia married Colonel Ismail Husain Shirin Bey (1919-1994), the onetime Minister of War, and had two more children, Husain and Nadia.
Fawzia in 1941
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