Princess Farial of Egypt
| Ferial Farouk | |
|---|---|
| Princess of Egypt | |
 Ferial in the early 1940s, photographed by Riad Shehata | |
| Spouse | Jean-Pierre Perreten |
| Issue | Yasmine Perreten-Shaarawy |
| House | Muhammad Ali Dynasty |
| Father | Farouk of Egypt |
| Mother | Safinaz Zulficar |
| Born |
17 November 1938 Montaza Palace, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Died |
29 November 2009 (aged 71) Montreux, Switzerland |
| Burial |
Khedival Mausoleum, Al-Rifa'i Mosque |
Princess Ferial Farouk (also Farial, Feryal; Arabic: الأميرة فريال Ferial means full of victory and glorious); 17 November 1938 – 29 November 2009)[1] was the eldest child of Egypt's penultimate monarch, King Farouk.
Early life
Princess Farial was born on 17 November 1938. At the time of her birth, King Farouk was eighteen years of age and his wife, Farida of Egypt, was seventeen. Her birth was marked by nationwide celebrations which included the distribution of clothes and free breakfasts to thousands of poor. In addition, each of the 1,700 families of infants born on the same day were given one Egyptian pound, which was a large sum at that time. Princess Ferial was later joined by two more sisters, Princesses Fawzia and Fadia. In search of an heir, King Farouk divorced Queen Farida in 1949 and married Narriman Sadek. That marriage produced Fuad II, Ferial's half-brother and last King of Egypt.
Life in exile
In 1952, the Revolution by the Free Officers sent the Royal Family into exile in Italy. Princess Ferial and her sisters were educated privately, and then at Grand Verger Finishing School in Lutry, Switzerland. In 1966, she married the Swiss Jean-Pierre Perreten, at Westminster, London. They had one daughter, Yasmine Perreten-Shaarawi, in 1967, but they later divorced. She did not remarry.
Death
Princess Ferial died in a hospital on 29 November 2009 in Montreux, Switzerland, where she had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 2002.[2][1]
Titles from birth
- HRH Princess Ferial of Egypt.
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Princess Farial of Egypt. |
- Egyptian Royalty by Ahmed S. Kamel, Hassan Kamel Kelisli-Morali, Georges Soliman and Magda Malek.
- L'Egypte D'Antan... Egypt in Bygone Days by Max Karkegi.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Egyptian princess dead, says family friend Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved on 29 November 2009.
- ↑ Royal Ark