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Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt
Princess
Female
Born
Nov 5, 1921
Age
91
Hometown
Alexandria
Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt and of Iran is an Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. She is currently Fawzia Shirin, having remarried in 1949 and having her royal titles no longer recognized by the Egyptian… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1921
Birth
Born on November 5, 1921.
TEENAGE
1939
17 Years Old
Princess Fawzia of Egypt married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), the Crown Prince of Iran, at the Abdeen Palace in Cairo, on 16 March 1939; after their honeymoon, the wedding ceremonies were repeated in Tehran.
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TWENTIES
1942
20 Years Old
Soon after her husband’s ascent to the throne, Queen Fawzia appeared on the cover of the 21 September 1942, issue of Life magazine, photographed by Cecil Beaton, who described her as an “Asian Venus” with “a perfect heart-shaped face and strangely pale but piercing blue eyes.”
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1945
23 Years Old
The marriage was not a success. After the birth of the couple’s daughter, Queen Fawzia (the title of empress was not yet used in Iran at that time) obtained an Egyptian divorce in 1945, whereupon she moved to Cairo. This divorce was first not recognized for several years by Iran, but eventually an official divorce was obtained in Iran, on 17 November 1948, with Queen Fawzia successfully reclaiming her previous distinction of Princess of Egypt as well.
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She is currently Fawzia Shirin, having remarried in 1949 and having her royal titles no longer recognized by the Egyptian government after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
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