Lalla Yacout (or Yaqut; ; died September 1, 1953) was one of the wives of Sultan
Moulay Youssef and the mother of King
Mohammed V.
Biography
Lalla Yacout
whose last name is not recorded, was the first wife of Sultan
Moulay Youssef. She is native of
Al Haouz Province near
Marrakesh
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. Her marriage to Moulay Youssef, still a prince at the time, occurred to strengthen the throne's alliance with the tribes of her region.
Some state she was of Turkish origin. During the reign of her son Sultan
Sidi Mohammed, Lalla Yacout continued to live at the
Royal Palace of Fez.
Lalla Yacout remained in Morocco after her son was exiled on August 20, 1953, in
Corsica
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and then in
Madagascar
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.
She decided to take residence at the Royal Palace of
Meknes
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, the climate of which was better suited to her health.
She lived there accompanied by Messaouda Sasson, who had been her lady-in-waiting for ten years.
The latter succeeded another lady-in-waiting Sihma Soussan, but she was additionally a caregiver in close contact with Dr. Secret, a general practitioner, because Lalla Yacout had fragile health.
Lalla Yacout died on September 1, 1953 and was buried in
Fes Jdid,
in the Royal Necropolis of the
Moulay Abdallah Mosque.
Marriage
Her marriage to Sultan
Moulay Youssef took place around 1907, before he ascended the throne.
Among their children are :
# Moulay Idriss (1908 – 1962), he was removed from the order of succession because he suffered from an autoimmune disease;
# Sultan Sidi Mohammed (1909 – 1961), better known as
Mohammed V;
# Lalla Amina,
born in
Rabat
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.
She married Moulay Hassan ben Idriss, they had a son Moulay Idriss;
# Moulay Abdeslam, born in 1914.
Tributes
In
Casablanca
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in her tribute were inaugurated during the reign of her son
Mohammed V the ''" Boulevard Lalla Yacout "'' and the ''" Avenue Lalla Yacout "''
which bear her name.
References
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Moroccan princesses
Alawi dynasty
20th-century Moroccan women
Moroccan royal consorts
Mothers of Moroccan monarchs
Moroccan people of Turkish descent