Dominique-France Loeb-Picard (born 23 November 1948), also called Princess Fadila of Egypt, is the French ex-wife of
Fuad II
Fuad II (, full name: Ahmed Fuad bin Farouk bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali; born 16 January 1952), or alternatively Ahmed Fuad II, is a member of the Egyptian Muhammad Ali dynasty. He formally reigned as the last King of Egypt and the S ...
, former
King of Egypt and the Sudan.
Life and family
Dominique-France Loeb-Picard was born on 23 November 1948 into a Jewish family in Paris as the daughter of
Jewish-
Alsatian archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
Prof. David-Robert Loeb and his
French-Swiss wife, Paule-Madeleine Picard. Aged 29, as a student at the
Sorbonne, Fadila wrote her
doctoral thesis on the psychology of women in ''
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights''.
Marriage and divorce
Loeb-Picard met and began a courtship with deposed king Fuad II; they contracted a civil marriage on 16 April 1976 in Paris, followed by a religious wedding in
Monaco on 5 October 1977. Although she married Fuad II long after the loss of his throne, she was still styled as ''Her Majesty Queen Fadila of Egypt'' by monarchists.
Fadila choose a Turkish
yashmak
A yashmak, yashmac or yasmak (from Turkish ''yaşmak'', "a veil") is a Turkish and Turkmen type of veil or niqāb worn by women to cover their faces in public. Today there is almost no usage of this garment in Turkey. In Turkmenistan, however ...
as her bridal headcraft, symbolising her conversion to her husband's religion.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1996, and afterwards she was styled as ''Her Royal Highness Princess Fadila of Egypt''. In 2002, her apartment in Paris was taken from her due to her outstanding debts
The marriage was dissolved in 2008, and her royal style and title were removed by Fuad II.
Children
She and Fuad II have three children:
*
Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id
Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id ( ar, الأمير محمد على، أمير الصعيد ; born 5 February 1979) is the heir apparent to the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, defunct King of Egypt and the Sudan, thrones of Egypt and Sudan, as the ...
(born 5 February 1979)
*
Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt (born 12 February 1982)
*Prince Fakhruddin of Egypt (born 25 August 1987)
References
Bibliography
Muhammad Ali dynasty
1948 births
Living people
People from Paris
20th-century French Jews
French Muslims
French people of Jewish descent
Converts to Islam from Judaism
Princesses by marriage
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