Haya bint Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Princess Haya bint Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Saud (ca. 1929 - November 2, 2009) was a Saudi princess and a member of the House of Saud. She was the half sister of the current ruler of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah.

Princess Haya was a daughter of Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and his wife, Mudhi. She was the second oldest of Ibn Saud's and Mudhi's four children. She had three other direct brothers and sisters born to Ibn Saud and Mudhi - an older sister, Sultana (c. 1928 – 2008), and two younger brothers, Majid (October 9, 1938 – April 12, 2003) and Sattam (born January 21, 1941).

She became the patron of the Saudi Cricket Centre in 2001, which is the governing body of cricket in Saudi Arabia. She died of an illness at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 2, 2009.[1] She was 80 years old. Her funeral was held at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Masjid in Riyadh on November 3, 2009.[1][2] King Abdullah attended her funeral prayers with other members of the Saudi royal family, officials and dignitaries.[2]

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