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Fuad II
Fuad II in exile in Capri in 1953
King of Egypt and the Sudan
Reign	26 July 1952 – 18 June 1953
Predecessor	Farouk I
Successor	Monarchy abolished
Regents	Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim Bahey El Din Barakat Pasha Rashad Mehanna
Prime Ministers	Ali Mahir Pasha Muhammad Naguib
Spouse	Dominique-France Picard (m. 1976; div. 1996)
Issue
Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id Princess Fawzia-Latifa Prince Fakhruddin
Full name
Ahmad Fuad Arabic: أحمد فؤاد‎
House	House of Muhammad Ali (by birth)
Father	Farouk I
Mother	Narriman Sadek
Born	16 January 1952 (1952-01-16) (age 58) Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Egypt
Religion	Sunni Islam

Fuad II, King of Egypt and the Sudan – (Arabic: الملك فؤاد الثاني‎; was born Prince Ahmad Fuad on 16 January 1952) was the last king of Egypt and Sudan. He ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Farouk I after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. He reigned for less than a year until 18 June 1953. King Fuad II was Egypt and Sudan's last monarch and the last of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty which had ruled since 1805. His short reign came to an end when Egypt was declared a republic on 18 June 1953.

Fuad was less than a year old at the time of his ascension to the throne, thus, he was never formally crowned. He became king following the abdication of his father, King Farouk I, and joined his family in exile after the monarchy was overthrown in 1953. The Council of Regency headed by Prince Muhammad Abdul Moneim represented him in Egypt while he was in exile. King Farouk had hoped that his abdication would appease the revolutionaries and other anti-royalist forces in the country, and that the baby king could serve as a unifying force for Egypt and Sudan. Both gambles proved incorrect.

After being deposed, Ahmad Fuad was brought to Switzerland, where he was raised and continues to live.

Marriage and children

In 1976, the King married Dominique-France Picard (née Loeb, born 1948), the daughter of Robert Loeb and his wife, Paule Picard. She converted to Islam and assumed the title Queen Fadila of Egypt. The couple had three children before they divorced.

Their children are:

• HRH Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id (born 5 February 1979)
• HRH Princess Fawzia-Latifa (born 12 February 1982)
• HRH Prince Fakhruddin (born 19 February 1987)

See also

• Egyptian Revolution of 1952
• List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty

References

• "الملك أحمد فؤاد الثاني [King Ahmad Fuad II]" (in Arabic). Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Memory of Modern Egypt Digital Archive. http://modernegypt.bibalex.org/Types/Persons/Details.aspx?type=ruler&ID=MOl3R0EhQoFMdePSTIQpgw%3d%3d. Retrieved 2010-02-27. 
• "King Ahmad Fouad II". Official Website of the Egyptian Presidency. http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/e_king_ahmad_fouad_ii.html. Retrieved 2008-07-27. 
• 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.

Bibliography

• Hammudah, Adil (1991) (in Arabic). Al-Malik Ahmad Fu'ad al-Thani, al-malik al-akhir wa-'arsh Misr [King Ahmad Fuad II, the Last King and the Throne of Egypt]. Cairo: Sifinks. ISBN 9789775185068. OCLC 29394467. http://dar.bibalex.org/#BookDetails-9656. Retrieved 2008-12-05. 

External links

• Facebook's Fuad II of Egypt "unofficial"
• Egyptian Royalty Genealogy - by Christopher Buyers
• 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.

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