Prince Hassan Aziz Hassan (Arabic: حسن عزيز حسن, also known as Nabil Hassan Aziz Hassan; February 22, 1924 – April 17, 2000) was an Egyptian prince. He was one of the last surviving members of the

Muhammad Ali Dynasty The Muhammad Ali dynasty or the Alawiyya dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Egypt and Sudan from the 19th to the mid-20th century. It is named after its progenitor, the Albanians, Albanian Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, regarded as the fou ...

. He held the title of "El-Nabil" (the noble prince, in Arabic), which was also his name at birth.
Having been educated in Beirut and England at

Leighton Park School Leighton Park School is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school for both day and boarding pupils in Reading, Berkshire, Reading in South East England. The school's ethos is closely tied to the Quaker values, having ...

, he was a painter and pianist, and was a student and close friend of the expatriate Polish concert pianist Ignaz Tiegerman and of the artists Fabrizio Clerici and

Leonor Fini Leonor Fini (30 August 1907 – 18 January 1996) was an Argentine-Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful and erotic women. Early life Fini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Ma ...

who portrayed it. Hassan was born in

Sanremo Sanremo, also spelled San Remo in English and formerly in Italian, is a (municipality) on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination ...

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, a great-grandson of the

Khedive Ismail Isma'il Pasha ( ; 25 November 1830 or 31 December 1830 – 2 March 1895), also known as Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Khedivate of Egypt, Egypt and ruler of Turco-Egyptian Sudan, Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the ...

and a cousin of King

Farouk of Egypt Farouk I (; ''Fārūq al-Awwal''; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his ...

, the country's last king. His father, Prince Aziz, a brother of King

Fuad I Fuad I ( ''Fu’ād al-Awwal''; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and the Sudan. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Hus ...

, was a founder of the

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, and his mother was Spanis

He had two sisters, Princess Khadijah and Princess Aicha, and a brother, Ismail. Unlike many other members of the Egyptian royal family, he remained in Egypt following the

Egyptian Revolution of 1952 The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état () and the 23 July Revolution (), was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt. On 23 July 1952, the revolution began with the toppling of King ...

, living in an apartment with one of his sisters, with whom he did not speak for years. He died in 2000, in

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, at the age of 76.

References

*Hassan Aziz Hassan. Memoir in
Remembering Childhood in the Middle East: Memoirs From a Century of Change
', compiled by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, pp. 85–109. University of Texas Press, 2002. . *Hassan Hassan.
In the House of Muhammad Ali: A Family Album, 1805-1952
' (2000). Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. .

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1924 births 2000 deaths People from Sanremo Muhammad Ali dynasty princes Royalty from Cairo People educated at Leighton Park School Egyptian expatriates in Lebanon Egyptian expatriates in the United Kingdom Egyptian expatriates in Italy {{Egypt-bio-stub