Josephine Ruby Trevorrow
| Khalsom | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enche’ Besar | |||||
 Johor royal family in 1956, with Josephine Trevorrow third from right | |||||
| Consort of the Crown Prince of Johor | |||||
| Tenure | 5 January 1956 - 9 June 1962 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ungku Aminah | ||||
| Successor | Tengku Zanariah | ||||
| Born | Josephine Ruby Trevorrow 2 December 1935 Cornwall, England | ||||
| Died | 1 June 2018 (aged 82) London, England | ||||
| Burial | 6 June 2018 | ||||
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Enche’ Besar Hajah Khalsom binti Abdullah (born Josephine Ruby Trevorrow; 2 December 1935 – 1 June 2018) was the first wife of Iskandar of Johor[1] and mother of Ibrahim of Johor, each of whom would later becomes the Sultan of Johor and then the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia). One of her daughters, Azizah, married Abdullah of Pahang the later Sultan of Pahang who also became the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
She was born on 2 December 1935 in Cornwall in England, the daughter of Reginald George Trevorrow and Ruby May Alderman. She met Iskandar while he was studying in England; after she converted to Islam and changed her name to Khalsom binti Abdullah, they married on 5 January 1956. She was then known as Yang Amat Mulia Che’ Puan Khalsom Abdullah. They had four children:
- Tunku Puteri Kamariah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah (b. 11 July 1956), the Tengku Puan Laksamana of Selangor
- Tunku Besar Zabedah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah (b. 20 October 1957)
- Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (b. 22 November 1958), the seventeenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) and the fifth Sultan of modern Johor.
- Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah (b. 5 August 1960), the fifth Tengku Ampuan of Pahang and the sixteenth Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen consort of Malaysia)
On 9 June 1962 they divorced, shortly after Iskandar's second marriage, and she returned to England.[2]
Later in 2010, her son Ibrahim, who had just become the Sultan of Johor, bestowed her the honorific form of address as Yang Amat Mulia Enche’ Besar Hajah Khalsom Abdullah, D.K., S.M.I.J. (Johor). She died aged 82 on 1 June 2018 at King Edward VII's Hospital in London and was buried on 6 June in the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum in Johor Bahru.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ Facts on File Yearbook, terbitan Facts on File, Inc., 1957, Frasa: "Married: Prince Tengku Mahmud, 24, grandson of the Sultan of Johore, & Josephine Ruby Trevorrow, 21, daughter of an English textile..."
- ^ The Who's who in Malaysia (1967), m/s 198
- ^ "Jenazah bonda Sultan Johor disemadi di Makam Diraja Bukit Mahmoodiah". Astro Awani. 2 Jun 2018. Retrieved 6 Jun 2018.
- ^ Isabelle Leong (2 Jun 2018). "Bonda Sultan Johor, Enche' Besar Khalsom Abdullah mangkat". Astro Awani. Retrieved 2 Jun 2018.
- ^ Junita Mat Rasid (2 Jun 2018). "Jenazah akan dimakam di Bukit Mahmoodiah". Berita Harian. Retrieved 2 Jun 2018.
- ^ "Jenazah bonda Sultan Johor dimakam hari ini". mStar. 6 Jun 2018. Retrieved 6 Jun 2018.