Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi ( ar, سلطانة بنت تركي السديري; 1940 – 30 July 2011) was a Saudi royal. She was the first wife of Prince

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, who later became

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Biography

Sultana was the daughter of Turki Al Sudairi who served as the governor of Asir province from the early days of Kingdom to 8 June 1969 and then was appointed governor of

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. He was King Salman's maternal uncle. She married Salman bin Abdulaziz in 1954. They had six children: Prince Fahd,

Prince Sultan Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (c. 5 January 1928 – 22 October 2011) (Arabic: سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود ''Sulṭān ibn ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Suʿūd''), called ''Sultan the Good'' (Arabic: سلطان الخير ''Sulṭa ...

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, Prince Abdulaziz, Prince Faisal and Princess Hessa. The family lived in a palace near to the royal court. She involved in philanthropic activities through the Prince Fahd bin Salman Charitable Society for the Care of Kidney Patients and other charitable organizations in Saudi Arabia and

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. She founded Princess Sultana Foundation in May 1990. Its educational institution was established in 2000, and Princess Sultana University College for Women was established in 2001 which is a

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for women in

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, Pakistan. Sultana bint Turki had a kidney ailment since early 1980s and frequently went abroad for treatment. She spent long periods of vacation at the Casa Riad palace, located on the Golden Mile in

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next to the palace of

King Fahd Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Fahd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', ; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was a Saudi Arabian politician who was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia fro ...

's family. During her vacation in Marbella in 2011 she was treated at a private hospital there, but she was transferred in the mid-July from Malaga airport to Riyadh with an air ambulance plane when her condition became much worse. She died at age 71 in Riyadh on 30 July 2011. Funeral prayers for her were performed at

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on 2 August.

References

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