Princess Sabiha Fazile Hanımsultan of Egypt ("''beautiful''" or "''morning''" and "''virtue''"; 8 August 1941 – 27 September 2024), also called Fazile Ibrahim, was an Egyptian and Ottoman princess, daughter of prince Mehmed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt and princess Zehra Hanzade Sultan.

Biography

Princess Sabiha Fazile Hanımsultan of Egypt was born on 8 August 1941 in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

, France. She was the daughter of Prince Mehmed Ali Ibrahim of Egypt and Ottoman Princess Zehra Hanzade Sultan, daughter of

Şehzade Ömer Faruk Şehzade Ömer Faruk ( ota, شهزادہ عمر فاروق; 27 February 1898 – 28 March 1969) was an Ottoman prince, the son of last caliph of Muslim world Abdulmejid II and Şehsuvar Hanım. He was the imperial son-in-law of Sultan Mehmed VI ...

(son of Caliph

Abdülmecid II Abdulmejid II ( ota, عبد المجید ثانی, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî, tr, II. Abdülmecid, 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944) was the last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty, the only Caliph of the Republic of Turkey, and nominally the 3 ...

) and

Rukiye Sabiha Sultan ota, رقیه صبیحه سلطان , house = Ottoman , house-type = Dynasty , father = Mehmed VI , mother = Nazikeda Kadın , birth_date = 2 April 1894 , birth_place = Ortaköy Palace, Ortaköy, Istanbul, Ottoman ...

(daughter of Sultan

Mehmed VI Mehmed VI Vahideddin ( ota, محمد سادس ''Meḥmed-i sâdis'' or ''Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn''; tr, VI. Mehmed or /; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba () among the Osmanoğlu family, was the 36th and last Sultan of the O ...

). She had a younger brother, Sultanzade Ahmed Rifat Bey. She was educated at Heathfield College, Ascot. In September 1957 she went to

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

to meet King

Faisal II Faisal II ( ar, الملك فيصل الثاني ''el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî'') (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regici ...

, to whom she was engaged through the mediation of her relative, Şehzade Mahmud Namık, Şehzade Mahmud Namik. The engagement came as a shock to her parents, as Fazile, as well as being the daughter of two exiled dynasties, was only sixteen and still in school, but they agreed anyway. However, on 14 July 1958, two weeks before the date of the wedding, Faisal was 14 July Revolution, assassinated in a coup. On 10 April 1965, Fazile married in Paris Hayri Ürgüplü (b. 31 May 1936), son of Suat Hayri Ürgüplü. The couple had two sons: Ali Suad Ürgüplü (b. 28 September 1967) and Mehmed Selim Ürgüplü (b. 31 October 1968). The couple divorced on 24 September 1980. Fazile married secondly Jean-Alphonse Bernard on 18 June 1983, with whom she lived in France. She was widowed in 2015. Fazile died in Istanbul on 27 September 2024, at the age of 83.

References

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