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ORIGIN
Born: 1876
Birthplace: Riyadh, Arabia
Died: 9-Nov-1953
Location of death: Taif, Saudi Arabia
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Al-Oud Cemetery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Religion: Muslim
Occupation: Head of State, Royalty
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Executive Summary:
Founder of Saudi Arabia
FAMILY LINEAGE
Father: Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal (d. 1928)
Mother: Sara Sudairi
Brother: Muhammed
Brother: Sa'ad (d. 1916)
Sister: Nura
Wife: Wadhba bint Muhammad al-Hazzam
Son: Turki (b. 1900, d. 1919 Spanish influenza)
Son: Sa'ud (King of Saudi Arabia 1953-64, deposed)
Wife: Tarfah bint Abdullah al-Shaikh Abdul-Wahab
Son: King Faisal (King of Saudi Arabia 1964-75, d. 1975
assassination)
Daughter: Anoud (b. 1917)
Wife: Jauhara bint al-Saud
Son: Muhammad (b. 1910)
Son: Khalid (King of Saudi Arabia, 1975-1982)
Wife: Jauhara bint al-Saudairi (widow of his brother Sa'ad)
Son: Saad (b. 1920)
Son: Musa'id (b. 1923, father of Faisal bin Musa'id, King
Faisal's assassin)
Wife: Hassa bint Ahmad al-Sudairi
Son: King Fahd
Son: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz (current crown prince, b.
1927)
Wife: Fahda bint Asi al-Shuraim
Son: King Abdullah
Wife: Bazza
Son: Bandar (b. 1923)
Son: Talal (father of
Alwaleed bin Talal, b. 1931)
SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS
February 14, 1945
- King ibn Saud meets US President Franklin D Roosevelt aboard
the USS Quincy
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