Princess Fadia ''of Egypt'' ( ar, الأميرة فادية أميرة مصر ; 15 December 1943 – 28 December 2002) was born at the

Abdeen Palace Abdeen Palace ( ar, قصر عابدين) is a historic Cairo palace built as one of the official residences for the former ruling monarchy and royal family of Egypt. It is now one of the official residences and the principal workplace of the Pre ...

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

. She was the youngest daughter of the late the Former King

Farouk of Egypt Farouk I (; ar, فاروق الأول ''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 193 ...

and his first & last love, the

Queen Farida Farida, born Safinaz Zulficar (5 September 1921 – 16 October 1988) (Arabic: صافيناز ذوالفقار), was the queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years as the first wife of King Farouk. She was the first queen of Egypt since antiquity to h ...

. After her father was deposed during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the Princess lived in

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for two years. She and her sisters were then sent to live in

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, to attend

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. There, the Princess studied

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, became an accomplished

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and met her future husband.Al-Ahram Weekly: Egypt
On 17 February 1965, Fadia married Pierre Alexievitch Orloff (born 13 December 1938), a

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and descendant of the Russian Royal Family, at the

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Registry Office, in

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.Time.com: U.S. - Milestones: Feb. 26, 1965
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/ref> He converted to

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, taking the name Sa'id Orloff. They had two sons, Mikhail-Shamel (born 2 September 1966) and Alexander-Ali (born 30 July 1969). The Princess worked as a

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for the

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, being fluent in French,

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and

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. The Princess was the nearest one to her Father

and her great Mother

Farida of Egypt Farida, born Safinaz Zulficar (5 September 1921 – 16 October 1988) (Arabic: صافيناز ذوالفقار), was the queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years as the first wife of King Farouk. She was the first queen of Egypt since antiquity to h ...

.. Princess Fadia of Egypt has 4 grandchildren. Fadia died in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

and was buried in the

Al-Rifa'i Mosque Al-Rifa'i Mosque ( ar, مسجد الرفاعي, transliterated also as ''Al-Rifai'', Al-Refai, Al-Refa'i, locally known as El-Refa'i, and in English: the Refaai Mosque) is located in Citadel Square, adjacent to the Cairo Citadel. Now, it is als ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

.BBC News: World - Middle East
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Ancestors

References

Egyptian princesses Farouk of Egypt 1943 births 2002 deaths Swiss women artists Swiss female equestrians Swiss translators Muhammad Ali dynasty Egyptian Muslims Royalty from Cairo Egyptian emigrants to Switzerland 20th-century Swiss artists 20th-century translators {{Switzerland-translator-stub