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Fereydoun Mirza Qajar

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Fereydoun Mirza Qajar
Head of the Qajar dynasty
Reign1943–1975
PredecessorPrince Mohammad Hassan Mirza
SuccessorPrince Hamid Mirza
Born(1922-01-22)22 January 1922
Golestan Palace, Tehran, Persia
Died24 September 1975(1975-09-24) (aged 53)
Geneva, Switzerland
SpouseMagdalina Ivanova Gevrenova
IssuePrince Teymour Mirza
Princess Cheyda Khanum
Princess Eylah Khanum
DynastyQajar
FatherAhmad Shah Qajar
MotherFatemeh Khanum

Shahzada Freydoun Mirza Qajar (Persian: فریدون میرزا قاجار; January 22, 1922 – September 24, 1975) was a son of Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.

Biography

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Freydoun Qajar was born at the Golestan Palace, Tehran, on 22 January 1922. He was educated from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. In his last will, written in his own hand in French, Ahmad Shah Qajar willed Freydoun Mirza be his heir and crown prince. The point, however, was not pressed by Fereydoun Mirza's trustees, for personal and familial reasons. Mohammad Hassan Mirza retained the title of crown prince and declared himself Shah in exile in 1930. Freydoun was the Head of the Imperial House of Qajar after the death of his father on 27 February 1930. Freydoun died at Geneva, having had three children, one son, Teymour, and two daughters, Cheyda and Eylah (not in the line of succession).

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Fereydoun Mirza Qajar
Born: 22 January 1922 Died: 24 September 1975
Regnal titles
Preceded by Head of the Imperial House of Qajar
1930–1975
Succeeded by
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Shah of Iran
Qajar dynasty
1943–1975
Reason for succession failure:
Pahlavi dynasty became ruling house prior to the Iranian Revolution
Succeeded by