Princess Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain () is the third spouse of
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the
king of Saudi Arabia
The king of Saudi Arabia, officially the king of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (; ''Malik al-Mamlakat al-ʿArabiyat as-Suʿūdiyya''), is head of state and of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who holds absolute power. He is the head of the Saudi ...
. She is a member of the
Ajman tribe
Al-Ajman or al-'Ijman (, singular Ajmi ) is an Arabian tribal confederation in the Arabian Peninsula, with Ajman spread across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
Origin
Al-Ajman is a Qahtanite Arab tribe that is descende ...
.
Her mother is Munira bint Abdullah and her ancestors include Ajman tribe leaders,
Rakan and
Dhaydan bin Hithlain.
Fahda married King Salman in 1984.
She is thirty years younger than him.
[ She has six children with King Salman: Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed, Prince Turki, Defense Minister Prince Khalid, Prince Nayef, Prince Bandar and Prince Rakan. Her second eldest son, Turki, is a businessman.][
In 2017, US intelligence officials alleged that Fahda was placed under house arrest by her son, Crown Prince Bin Salman, under the auspices of the Crown Prince's anti-corruption purge. The purported arrest happened without the knowledge of King Salman, who was misled into thinking that his wife was receiving medical treatment. Saudi officials deny the US's allegations.]
References
1965 births
Living people
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