Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, also called Ibn Saud, was young when he first married. However, his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Prince Turki I. He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own. He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives.
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Wives and their children
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 (died 4 May 1969) was the daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah. She belonged to the Bani Khalid tribe, which ruled Eastern Arabia for a long time and was the most powerful tribe in this region during the late 18th century.
Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe. Wahda married Abdulaziz in Kuwait in 1896, and they had at least five children: Prince Turki, King Saud, Prince Khalid, Prince Abdullah and Princess Mounira.
Her children were:
Of them, Prince Khalid and Prince Abdullah died young.
Wadha's sister, Hussa, first married the Kuwaiti ruler Mubarak Al Sabah and then, following her divorce from Mubarak, she also married Abdulaziz. In her lifetime Wadha witnessed the death of her five children. She died in Riyadh on 4 May 1969, shortly after the death of King Saud in Athens.
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh
Tarfa was a member of the Al Sheikh clan, born in 1884. 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 one child.
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.
Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlain
Ibn Saud and Lajah had 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 was the sister of Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi, who was another wife of Ibn Saud. While Jawhara and Haya are sisters hailing from the al-Sudairi family, they are not sisters of Hussa al-Sudairi, who is the mother of the "Sudairi Seven" (see below). Jawhara bore Ibn Saud the following children:
Hussa Al Sudairi
Ibn Saud and Hussa 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 Hussa 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); 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.
Latifa (daughter; died 2024)
Al Jawhara II (daughter; died 2023)
Jawahir (daughter; died 2015)
Moudhi (died young)
Shahida
Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favorite wife of Ibn Saud. Ibn Saud and Shahida had four children.
Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); The king's favorite son. Minister of Defense, died from kidney failure in Paris.
Misha'al (1926 – 3 May 2017); Minister of Defense.
Qumash (1927 – September 2011)
Mutaib (1931–2019); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009).
Salman (Died as an infant).
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
Bazza (II)
Bazza died in 1940 and was Moroccan.
Bandar (1923–2019)
Fawwaz (1934–2008) - took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession
Mishari
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. However, she and Jawhara were not sisters of Hussa Al-Sudairi, yet another wife of Al-Saud and mother of the "Sudairi Seven." Haya bore Ibn Saud the following children:
Badr (I) (1931–1932)
Badr (II) (1933 – 1 April 2013) - took part in the Free Princes Movement, hence disqualified from succession
Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
Abdul Ilah (born 1939)
Abdul Majeed (1943–2007)
Noura (1930 – 23 March 2026)
Mishail
Munaiyir
Munaiyir (c. 1909 – December 1991) was an Armenian woman
Talal (I) (1924–1927)
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
Mudhi was an Armenian woman.
Sultana (c. 1928 – 7 July 2008)
Haya (c. 1929 – 2 November 2009)
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. She was the granddaughter of the tribal chief Nuri Al Shalaan. Her sister married Crown Prince Saud in April 1936.
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.
Hathloul (1942 – 29 September 2012)
Baraka Al Yamaniyah
Muqrin (born 15 September 1945); Crown Prince (23 January 2015— 29 April 2015)
Futayma
Hamoud (1947 – February 1994)
Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi
Mudhi was from Bani Khalid
Shaikha (born 1922)
Aliyah Fakeer
Majid (I) (1939–1940)
Abdul Saleem (1941–1942)
Jiluwi (I) (1942–1944)
Jiluwi (II) (1952–1952); the youngest son of Ibn Saud but died as an infant.
Grandchildren
Ibn Saud has approximately a thousand grandchildren. The following is a select list of notable grandsons in the male line.
Patrilineal grandsons
Abdullah bin Khalid – Chairman of the King Khalid Foundation.
Badr bin Mohammed – Member of Allegiance council.
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) and chairman of the Tourism Enterprises company
Muhammad bin Saad (born 1944) – Former deputy governor of Al Qassim province and former deputy governor of Riyadh Province.
Mohammad bin Nasser (born 1944) – Governor of Jizan Region (2001—present).
Faisal bin Bandar (born 1945) – Former governor of Al-Qassim 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). Chief of the royal court (1963–1964). Businessman
Saud bin Abdul Mohsin (born 1947) – Governor of Ha'il Province (1999–2017), Saudi Ambassador to Portugal (2021—present)
Fahd bin Badr – Former Governor of Al Jawf Region (2002–2018). Advisor to King Salman since 2018.
Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) – Deputy minister of defense from November 2011 to 20 April 2013. Chair of board of trustees of Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation.
Granddaughters
Abeer bint Abdullah Al Saud – chairperson of the Asayel Cooperative Society
Adila bint Abdullah Al Saud – Advocate of women's rights
Basmah bint Saud (born 1964) – businesswoman
Dalal bint Saud Al Saud (1957–2021) – honorary board member of the Legacy of Hope Foundation
Fahda bint Saud (born 1953) – President of the Al Faisaliyah women's welfare society
Haifa bint Faisal (born 1950) – married Bandar bin Sultan
Hassa bint Salman Al Saud (born 1974)
Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud (1959–2013)
Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud (born 1948) – Activist, previously married to Saud bin Abdul Muhsin Al Saud
Maha bint Mishari Al Saud – Alfaisal University faculty and physician
Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud – Former member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, married to Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, son of King Faisal
Noura bint Sultan Al Saud (born 1948) – widow of Turki bin Nasser Al Saud
Sahab bint Abdullah (born 1993) – ex-wife of Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Sara bint Faisal Al Saud (born 1935) – Former member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia; married to Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud
Great-grandchildren
Patrilineal great-grandsons of Ibn Saud
Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (1941–1985) – businessman
Turki bin Faisal bin Turki I (1943–2009) - Former member of Allegiance Council.
Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud (1943–2011) - Chairman of Al Faisaliah Group and Al Ahly football club.
Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki (1945–2019) – Member of Allegiance Council, succeeding late brother Turki bin Faisal
Saud bin Abdullah Al Saud (1946–2020) – military official, businessman
Faisal bin Muhammad bin Saud (born 1951) – Deputy governor of Al Bahah Region (1988–2011)
Mishaal bin Muhammad bin Saud (born 1956) Businessman and philanthropist
Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1959) – Governor of Qassim Region
Amr bin Mohammed Al Faisal Al Saud (born 1960) – Businessman
Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud (born 1965) – Chairman of Al Watan
Sultan bin Khalid bin Faisal – 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
Great-granddaughters
Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud (1958–1977) – executed for alleged adultery
Reema bint Bandar Al Saud (born 1975) – Saudi ambassador to the US
Noura bint Faisal Al Saud (born 1988) – founder of the Saudi Fashion Week
Lama bint Turki Al Saud – amateur jumper
Lamia bint Majid Al Saud – philanthropist
Noura bint Mohammed Al Saud – Jewelry designer
Reem Al Faisal – Photographer
Sara bint Mashour Al Saud – wife of Crown Prince Mohammed
Sara bint Mansour Al Saud - Clinical Psychologist and Fashion Designer
Sora bint Saud Al Saud – Entrepreneur
Great-great-grandchildren
Mohammed bin Khalid Al Saud (born 1967) – president and director of Al Faisaliah Group
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 Minister of Defense. Son of Noura bint Saud, daughter of King Saud.
Fahd bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1948) – Director of Air Operations
Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud (born 1950) – Former Minister of Education. Son of Nouf bint Abdelaziz and Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud. Married to Adila bint Abdulla Al Saud, daughter of King Abdullah.
Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1951) – Former Ambassador to the United States. Son of Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud.
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
Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki (1961–2002) – Son of Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud. Killed in a car accident on way to cousin Ahmed bin Salman's funeral.
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 and Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir Al Saud.