Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi royal and philanthropist (died 2015)
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Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: نوف بنت عبد العزيز آل سعود Nūf bint ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; died August 2015) was a Saudi royal. She was known for her patronage of several exhibitions in Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died | August 2015 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Spouse | Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud | ||||
| Issue | Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud | ||||
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| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
| Mother | Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari | ||||
Biography
Nouf bint Abdulaziz was one of three children of King Abdulaziz and Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim.[1] Her mother, Fahda, belonged to the Abde section of the Shammar tribe.[2] She was the daughter of Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari, who was the sheikh of the southern part of the tribe.[1] After her husband, Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid, the last emir of the Rashidi dynasty, was killed by his cousin in 1920, Fahda married Abdulaziz.[3] Nouf had two full-siblings: King Abdullah and Princess Seeta.[4][5]
Nouf bint Abdulaziz married Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, a descendants of Saud bin Faisal, an uncle of King Abdulaziz. One of her children was Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud, Saudi education minister from 2009 to 2013.[6] Nouf bint Abdulaziz funded several exhibitions one of which was the Khalid Exhibition at the King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh in May 2010.[7] The exhibition covered the publications, photographs, books, films and some private belongings of King Khalid.[7] She died in August 2015.[8]