Nazli Sabri
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| Nazli Sabri | |
| Queen consort of Egypt | |
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| Born | June 25, 1894 |
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| Died | May 29, 1978 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California |
| Buried | The Garden of the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California |
| Issue | King Farouk Fawzia Faiza Faika Fathiya |
| Father | H.E., Abdu'r-Rahim Pasha Sabri |
| Mother | Tawfika Khanum Sharif |
Nazli Sabri (Arabic: نزلي صبري / نازلى صبرى) (June 25, 1894 - May 29, 1978), was the Queen consort of Egypt, (May 26, 1919 - April 28, 1936) as the second wife of King Fuad. She was the daughter of Abdu'r-Rahim Pasha Sabri, Minister of Agriculture and Governor of Cairo, by his wife, Tawfika Khanum Sharif. Queen Nazli also was the maternal granddaughter of Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. She was also a great-granddaughter of Suleiman Pasha.
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[edit] Early life
Nazli Abdel Rehim Sabry first went to the Mere de Dieu School in Cairo and later to the Dame de Sion in Alexandria.
[edit] Marriage to King Fuad
HM Queen Nazli Fouad was married to HM King Fuad at Bustan sarayi, Cairo on May 26, 1919, and gave birth to HM King Faruk and HRHs Princesses: Fawziya, Fayza, Faika, Fathiya.
Confined to the palace through most of King Fouad's reign, Queen Nazli was nonetheless allowed to attend opera performances, flower shows and other ladies-only cultural events. She also accompanied the King during part of his four-month tour of Europe in 1927 and was much feted in France in view of her French origins. With the introduction of parliament in 1924 the queen was among the royal attendees at parliament's opening ceremony seated in a special section of the guest gallery.
[edit] Life in Farouk's Reign
After the death of King Fuad in 1936, her son Farouk became the new King of Egypt, and she became the Queen Mother of Egypt. But after a prolonged rift with her son, King Farouk, she left Egypt and went to the United States.
[edit] Life outside Egypt
She converted to Catholicism in 1950 and took the name Mary Elizabeth, and as a result she was deprived of her rights and titles in Egypt by her son on August 1 1950 . She eventually settled and died in the United States. [1]
[edit] King Farouk I deprived Queen Nazli from her rights and titles
Queen Nazli possessed one of the largest jewlery collection in the world and always topped the list of the world's richest and most elegant women.
