Lalla Fatima Zahra bint Abdelaziz
Lalla Fatima Zohra | |||||
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Born | 13 June 1927 Tangier, Morocco | ||||
Died | 15 September 2003 Rabat, Morocco | (aged 76)||||
Spouse | Moulay Hassan ben el-Mehdi (m.1949 – div.1972) | ||||
Issue | Princess Lalla Oum-Kelthoum | ||||
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House | Alaouite dynasty | ||||
Father | Abdelaziz of Morocco | ||||
Mother | Lalla Yasmin al-Alaoui | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Princess Lalla Fatima Zahra (13 June 1927 – d. 15 September 2003)[1][2] was the daughter of Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco and his wife, Lalla Yasmin al-Alaoui.
Biography
Lalla Fatima Zahra was born in Tangier. Her parents are Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco and his wife Lalla Yasmin al-Alaoui.[3] She was born to a former Sultan of Morocco as her father abdicated in 1908 and took up his residence in Tangier as a pensioner of the new sultan Moulay Abd al-Hafid.[4] In Tangier Lalla Fatima Zahra went to school at l'École italienne[5] and then pursued high school in the same city at the Collège français where she obtained her baccalauréat.[5]
Patronages
Lalla Fatima Zahra dedicated her efforts to women's rights in Morocco. She chaired a number of organizations and was notably President of:
She was also Honorary President of:[7]
- the Moroccan Family Planning Association;
- the Moroccan Association for Contemporary Creations (AMCC);
- the Tangiers Region Association for Cultural Action;
- the Tangiers International Music Festival.
Private life
Aged 16 she was engaged to her future husband,[5] a distant cousin, Moulay Hassan ben el-Mehdi then Caliph of Tetuan.[5] Their wedding took place on June 6, 1949 in Tetuan.[8][9] Her wedding was celebrated in great fanfare in this Spanish occupied city and many Moroccan and Spanish dignitaries were invited.[9] The couple have one daughter:
In 1956, after Mohammed V's return from exile, her husband renewed his allegiance to the King and relinquished his position as Caliph. He was then appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1965, then to Rome from 1965 to 1967. She accompanied her husband during his two mandates as ambassador.
They divorced in 1972.
Death and burial
Lalla Fatima Zahra died on 15 September 2003 in Rabat aged 76 years old. She was buried in the Moulay Al Hassan mausoleum, in the Royal palace of Rabat.
References
- ^ "Fatima Zohra Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ MATIN, LE. "En présence de S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI : Obsèques de S.A. la Princesse Lalla Fatima Zohra". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "Yasmin Alawi". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abd-el-Aziz IV". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 32. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ a b c d Sasson, Albert (2007). Les couturiers du sultan: itinéraire d'une famille juive marocaine : récit (in French). Marsam Editions. p. 62. ISBN 978-9954-21-082-6.
- ^ UNFM. "Historique". www.unfm.ma (in French). Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ^ "MOROCCO10". www.royalark.net. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "La Princesa Lal-la Fatima en su camino a su boda en el califa de Marruecos español en Tetuán, junio de 6. 10 de junio de 1949. (Foto de la prensa asociada Fotografía de stock - Alamy". www.alamy.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ a b Boda del Jalifa en Tetuán 1949 - Parte 1, retrieved 2022-10-21
- ^ MAP (2013-03-18). "Promouvoir la présence de la femme créatrice". Le Matin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-14.