Fuad II, King of Egypt and Sudan – Aḥmad Fuad (Arabic: الملك أحمد فؤاد الثاني Aḥmad Fuad) – was born on 16 January, 1952. 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 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 to be 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, the former 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 Said (born February 5, 1979)
- HRH Princess Fawzia-Latifa (born February 12, 1982)
- HRH Prince Fakhruddin (born February 19, 1987)
See also
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