Descendants of Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia

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Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz, founder of Saudi Arabia
King of Saudi Arabia
Reign23 September 1932 – 9 November 1953
Bay'ah23 September 1932
SuccessorSaud bin Abdulaziz
Emir/Sultan/King of Nejd
Reign13 January 1902 – 23 September 1932
PredecessorAbdulaziz bin Mutaib (as Emir of Jabal Shammar)
King of Hejaz
Reign8 January 1926 – 23 September 1932
PredecessorAli bin Hussein
Born(1875-01-15)15 January 1875
Riyadh, Nejd
Died9 November 1953(1953-11-09) (aged 78)
Shubra Palace, Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Burial
Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh
Names
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherAbdul Rahman bin Faisal
MotherSara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
Descendants of Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, was very young when he first married. However his wife died shortly after their marriage. Abdulaziz remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Turki.[1] He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own.[2] He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives.[3]

Wives and their children[]

This is a list of the first generation of offspring of King Abdulaziz, sorted by his numerous wives. Many of the sons of King Abdulaziz served in prominent leadership positions in Saudi Arabia including all of the nation's monarchs since his death. Those who served as King are in bold.

Sharifa bint Saqr Al Fajri[]

Sharifa bint Saqr Al Fajri was Abdulaziz's first wife. She was from Bani Khalid and married him in 1894, but died six months after.[4]

Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair[]

Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair was the daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah,[5][6] She belonged to Bani Khalid.[7][8][9] Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe.[7][10][11][12][13] Abdulaziz and Wadhah have at least four children.[14]

Name Lifespan Notes
Turki (I) 1900–1919 Nominal heir in Riyadh and Najd
Saud 12 January 1902 – 23 February 1969 Crown Prince from 1932; King (1953–1964), Deposed and exiled.
Khalid 1902–1909
Munira She married her full first cousin Fahd, the son of her paternal full uncle Sa'ad Al Abd al-Rahman[15] and daughter of her stepmother. She also married Khalid bin Muhammad bin Abd al Rahman Al Abd al Rahman the son of her uncle and her stepmother's sister Sara bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. He died in 1972.[citation needed]
Noura[10]
Abdullah

Sara bint Abdullah bin Faisal[]

Sara was the daughter of Abdullah bin Faisal who was King Abdulaziz's uncle.[16] They married King Abdulaziz about in 1900, but she bore him no sons.[4][16] She later married Turki bin Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud and then, Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Jiluwi. Her mother was the aunt of King Abdulaziz's first wife.[17]

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh[]

Tarfa was a member of the Al Sheikh clan.[18][19] Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif. She married King Abdulaziz in 1902[20] and had at least five children with him.[13]

Name Lifespan Notes
Khalid (I) (born 1903, died in 1904)
Faisal (April 1906 – 25 March 1975) Prime Minister and Regent prior to deposing his brother; King (1964–1975); murdered.
Saad (I) (1914–1919) Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa mothered Saad.(p. 174 and p. 526) Also reported by other sources.[4]
Noura (1904–1938) She married her half first cousin Khalid, the son of her paternal half uncle Muhammad Al Abd al-Rahman[21][22]

Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil[]

King Abdulaziz and Lulua had one child.[23]

Name Lifespan Notes
Fahd (I) (1906–1919)

Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi[]

Abdulaziz and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi had three children.

Name Lifespan Notes
Muhammad (1910–1988) nicknamed Abu Al-Sharayn ("Father of the two evils"); held many ministries under his father and older brother Saud. Led revolt against Saud and was briefly de jure Crown Prince before ceding the job to his full brother Khalid.
Khalid (II) (13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) Crown Prince 1965—75; King 1975–1982
Al Anoud

Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlain[]

King Abdulaziz and Lajah had one child.[citation needed]

Name Lifespan Notes
Sara (1916 – June 2002)[citation needed]

Bazza (I)[]

Bazza (I) was a Moroccan woman.[13][24][25] King Abdulaziz and Bazza had at least one child.

Name Lifespan Notes
Nasser[26] (1911–1984) His half-brother Mansour died from alcohol poisoning at a party Nasser hosted, while he was governor of Riyadh. He was later excluded from all positions and disgraced.[26]

Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul Muhsin Al Sudairi[]

Jawhara bint Saad Al Sudairi was the sister of Haya bint Saad who was also the spouse of King Abdulaziz and the mother of Prince Badr, late Prince Abdul Majid and Prince Abdul Illah.[27]

Name Lifespan Notes
Sa'ad (II) (1915–1993) Bypassed for the throne, given the chairmanship of the royal family council of Al Saud (precursor of Allegiance Council) as consolation prize.
Musa'id (1923–2013)[28] Disgraced when son murdered King Faisal. Bypassed from succession.[citation needed]
Abdul Mohsin (1925–1985)
Al Bandari (1928–2008)[29]

Hassa Al Sudairi[]

Main articles: Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi and Sudairi Seven

King Abdulaziz and Hassa had 7 sons of which 2 were kings and 4 daughters.

  1. Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); King (1982–2005)
  2. Sultan (1928–2011); Crown Prince (2005–2011)
  3. Luluwah (ca. 1928–2008)[30]
  4. Abdul Rahman (1931–2017); Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), removed from Succession.
  5. Nayef (1933–2012); Crown Prince (27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012)
  6. Turki (II) (1934–2016); Deputy Defense Minister (1969–78), removed from Succession.
  7. Salman (born 31 December 1935); King (2015–present)
  8. Ahmed (born 1942); Deputy Minister of the Interior (1975–2012) and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
  9. Jawahir[citation needed]
  10. Latifa
  11. Al Jawhara
  12. Moudhi (died young)[citation needed]
  13. Felwa (died young)[citation needed]

Noura bint Hammoud Al Sibhan[]

was the spouse of Rashidi monarch Muhammad bin Talal.[31] Following the defeat of Al Rashidis, King Abdulaziz forced Mohammed to divorce Noura and then married her in 1921.[31] Soon he divorced her.[31]

Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Rashid[]

King Abdulaziz also married a daughter of Muhammad bin Talal, Jawaher, after he divorced Noura bint Sibhan.[31]

Shahida[]

Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of King Abdulaziz.[32][33] King Abdulaziz and Shahida had four children.

  1. Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); Minister of Defense, died from kidney failure in Paris.
  2. Misha'al (1926 – 3 May 2017); Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
  3. Qumash (1927 – September 2011)
  4. Mutaib (1931—2019); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009), removed from Succession.

Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari[]

Main article: Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim
  1. Abdullah (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015); King (2005–2015)
  2. Nouf (died August 2015)
  3. Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011); initiated the Princesses' Council

Bazza (II)[]

Bazza died in 1940 and was Syrian or Moroccan.[13][34][35]

  1. Bandar (1923–2019)
  2. Fawwaz (1934–2008)
  3. Mishari[citation needed]

Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi[]

Haya bint Saad (1913 – 18 April 2003) was King Abdulaziz's second wife from that clan.[36]

  1. Badr (I) (1931–1932)[citation needed]
  2. Badr (II) (1933 – 1 April 2013)
  3. Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
  4. Abdul Ilah (born 1939)
  5. Abdul Majeed (1943–2007)
  6. Noura (born 1930)[citation needed]
  7. Mishail[citation needed]
  8. Zubri[citation needed]

Bushra[]

Name Lifespan Notes
Mishari (1932 – 23 May 2000)[37]

Munaiyir[]

Munaiyir (c. 1909 – December 1991) was an Armenian woman

  1. Talal (I) (1924–1927)[citation needed]
  2. Talal (II) (15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018)
  3. Nawwaf (16 August 1932 – 29 September 2015)
  4. Madawi (1939 – November 2017)

Mudhi[]

  1. Sultana (c. 1928 – 7 July 2008)[38]
  2. Haya (c. 1929 – 2 November 2009)[39]
  3. Majid (II) (9 October 1938 – 12 April 2003)
  4. Sattam (21 January 1941 – 12 February 2013)

Nouf bint Nawwaf Al Shalan[]

Nouf and King Abdulaziz married in November 1935.[40] Her sister married Crown Prince Saud in April 1936.[41]

  1. Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1958)
  2. Mamdouh (born 1941)
  3. Mashhur (born 1942)

Saida al Yamaniyah[]

Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.[citation needed]

  1. Hathloul (1942 – 29 September 2012)

Baraka Al Yamaniyah[]

Main article: Baraka Al Yamaniyah
  1. Muqrin (born 15 September 1945); Crown Prince (23 January 2015— 29 April 2015)

Futayma[]

  1. Hamoud (1947 – February 1994)[37]

Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi[]

Mudhi was from Bani Khalid[citation needed]

  1. Shaikha (born 1922)[citation needed]

Aliyah Fakeer[]

  1. Majid (I) (1939–1940)[citation needed]
  2. Abdul Saleem (1941–1942)[citation needed]
  3. Jiluwi (I) (1942–1944)[citation needed]
  4. Jiluwi (II) (1952–1952); the youngest son of King Abdulaziz but died as an infant.[citation needed]

Khadra[]

No known offspring.[42]

Grandchildren[]

Due to the Islamic traditions of polygyny and easy divorce (on the male side), King Abdulaziz has approximately a thousand grandchildren.[43] The following is a select list of notable grandsons in the male line. They will be in the line of Succession to the Saudi Arabian throne.

Patrilineal grandsons[]

  • Abdullah bin Khalid  – Chairman of the King Khalid Foundation.[citation needed]
  • Badr bin Mohammed – Member of Allegiance council.[44]
  • Khalid Al Faisal (born 1940) – poet, governor of the Makkah Province (2007—2013) and (2015—present) and managing director of the King Faisal Foundation. Minister of education between December 2013 and January 2015.
  • Mishaal bin Saud (born 1940) – Governor of Najran Province (1997—2008).
  • Abdul Elah bin Saud (born 1941) Ambassador to Sweden (1964—1968)
  • Muhammad bin Saad (born 1944) – Former deputy governor of Riyadh Province.
  • Mohammad bin Nasser (born 1944)  – Governor of Jizan Region (2001—present). [45]
  • Faisal bin Bandar (born 1945) – Former governor of Qasim Province (1992—2015); governor of Riyadh Province (2015—present).
  • Turki Al Faisal (born 1945) – Head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Directorate from 1977 to 2001. Former ambassador to the US until December 2006. Member of the board of trustees for the King Faisal Foundation.
  • Abdul Rahman bin Nasser (born 1947) Governor of Al-Kharj (2001–2021)
  • Mansour bin Saud Al Saud (born 1947) – Commander of the National Guard (1961—1963). Businessman
  • Saud bin Abdul Mohsin (born 1947) – Governor of Ha'il Province (1999—2017), Ambassador of Portugal (2021—present)
  • Fahd bin Badr – Former Governor of Al Jawf Region (2002—2018).
  • (born 1949) poet.
  • Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) – Deputy minister of defense from November 2011 to 20 April 2013.[46]
  • Bandar bin Sultan (born 1949) – Former long-serving ambassador to the US; secretary-general of the National Security Council from October 2005 to January 2015 and director-general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 19 July 2012 to 2014.
  • Muhammad bin Fahd (born January 1950) – Former governor of the Eastern Province (1987 – 13 January 2013).
  • Khaled bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1950) – Member of the Allegiance Council.
  • Saud bin Fahd (born 8 October 1950) – Former vice director of the Saudi Intelligence Agency.
  • Fahd bin Sultan (born 1950) – Governor of Tabuk Province (1987—present).
  • Sultan bin Fahd (born 1951) – Former president of youth welfare.
  • Khalid bin Bandar (born 1951) – Former governor of Riyadh Province (2013—2014).
  • Faisal bin Sultan (born 1951) – secretary general of Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud foundation.[citation needed]
  • Talal bin Mansour (born 1951) – Member of Allegiance Council.[44]
  • Mansour bin Bandar – Air Base commander.[citation needed]
  • Turki bin Bandar — commander of the air force.
  • Mansour bin Mutaib (born 1952) – Former minister of municipal and rural affairs and minister of state.
  • Mutaib bin Abdullah (born 1952) – Commander of the national guard (2010–2012) and minister of national guard May 2013-November 2017.
  • Faisal bin Thamir (born 1953)  – Member of Allegiance Council, whose father died before 1960.[citation needed]
  • Salman bin Saud Al Saud (born 1953) businessman and writer
  • Mohammed bin Nawwaf (born 1953) – Saudi ambassador to London (2005—2018).
  • Faisal bin Khalid (born 1954) – Governor of Asir Province (2007—2018)
  • Mishari bin Saud (born 1954) – Governor of Al Bahah Province (2010—2017).
  • Al-Waleed bin Talal (born 1955) – Investor
  • Yazid bin Saud Al Saud (born 1955) Director-General of the relations and guidance administration of the Ministry of the interior.
  • Saud bin Nayef (born 1956) – Governor of Eastern Province (2013—present); former head of the Court of Crown Prince (2011 – 13 January 2013), former Saudi ambassador to Spain and deputy governor of the Eastern Province.
  • Saif al-Islam bin Saud Al Saud (born 1956) professor at King Saud University.
  • Sultan bin Salman (born 1956) – Former astronaut (1985) and secretary general of the supreme commission for tourism since 2000.[47]
  • Mishaal bin Majid (born 1957) – Jeddah governor.
  • Khalid bin Turki (born 1957). — eldest son of Prince Turki II[citation needed]
  • Khalid bin Fahd (born 1958). — fifth son of King Fahd, philanthropist[citation needed]
  • Muhammad bin Nayef (born 1959) – Minister of interior from 5 November 2012, and Crown Prince from 29 April 2015 to June 2017.
  • Fahd bin Turki (born 1959) Commander of Army Ground Forces from April 2017,[48] then of Joint Forces from February 2018[49]
  • Abdulaziz bin Majid (born 1960)  – Governor of Madinah Province (2005–2013)
  • Abdulaziz bin Salman (born 1960) – Petroleum minister (since 2019).
  • Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1960) – Chairman of Zain Telecommunication company, Governor of Al Bahah Province (2017—present)
  • Abdulaziz bin Bandar (born 1961)  – Former Deputy Chief of Intelligence Presidency.
  • Khaled bin Talal (born 1962) – Businessman.
  • Mansour bin Nasser (born 1962)  – advisor to King Abdullah, ambassador to Switzerland (2019–2020)[citation needed]
  • Abdulaziz bin Abdullah (born 1962) – Former Deputy Foreign Minister since (2011-2015).
  • Abdulaziz bin Ahmed (born 1963) – Businessman
  • Mohammed bin Bandar (born 1965) — businessman
  • Nayef bin Ahmed (born 1965)  – Colonel in Saudi Armed Forces.[citation needed]
  • Bandar bin Musaid – Member of Allegiance Council.[44]
  • Abdullah bin Musa'ad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1965) – former president of Al-Hilal FC
  • Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Elah (born 1965) – stakeholder.[citation needed]
  • Faisal bin Turki (born 1965) – adviser at the ministry of petroleum and natural resources.[citation needed]
  • Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad (born 1967) – former president of Al-Hilal FC
  • Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (born 1968) – aviator, governor of the Asir Province (2018—present)
  • Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1968) — oppositionist
  • Abdulaziz bin Sa'ad (born 1968)  – Governor of Hail Province (2017—present).[50]
  • Faisal bin Salman (born 1970) – Governor of Madinah Province (2013—present)
  • Fahd bin Muqrin – Saudi civic leader,[51] and businessman.[52][53][54][55]
  • Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1970)  – Governor of Najran Province (2009–2013); governor of Makkah province (December 2013-January 2015).
  • Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1971) – Former deputy governor and governor of the Riyadh Province (2014—2015)
  • Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman – deputy governor of the Riyadh Province[56]
  • Nayef bin Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1971) – Inventor
  • Faisal bin Abdullah – Head of Saudi Arabia Red Crescent society.
  • Faisal bin Sattam – Ambassador to Italy.[57]
  • Abdulaziz bin Sattam – Advisor at the Royal Court.[58] He speaks English.[59]
  • Abdul Aziz bin Fahd (born 1973) – Former Minister of State.[60]
  • Turki bin Muqrin (born 1973) – Businessman.[61]
  • Salman bin Sultan (born 1976) – Former deputy defense minister.[62]
  • Abdulaziz bin Nawwaf (born 1979) – Member of Allegiance Council.[citation needed]
  • Badr bin Sultan (born 1980) — Governor of Al Jawf (February–December 2018) ; Deputy Governor of Mecca (December 2018—present)
  • Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1982) – Businessma
  • Ahmed bin Sultan (born 1983) — philanthropist, businessman, and composer
  • Faisal bin Nawaf (born 1984) — the Governor of Al Jawf (December 2018—present)
  • Mohammad bin Salman (born 1985) – Minister of Defense since January 2015 and Crown Prince since June 2017.
  • Majed bin Abdullah (born 1985)  – Convicted of cocaine use.[citation needed]
  • Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (born 1986) — Businessman[63][64][65][66]
  • Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1986) – Minister of the National Guard
  • Turki bin Salman (born 1987) – Former chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group.
  • Abdullah bin Saad (born 1987) – Poet
  • Khalid bin Salman (born 1988)  – Ambassador to the United States
  • Nawwaf bin Nayef (born 1988)  – Businessman
  • Sultan bin Ahmad Al Saud – ambassador to Bahrain [67]
  • Muhammad bin Mishari – Member of Allegiance Council.[44]
  • Faisal bin Abdul Majeed – Member of Allegiance Council.[44]
  • Abdul-Majid bin Abdul Elah (born 1993) is the President of the Saudi student Union at Northeastern University in Boston
  • Sultan bin Abdullah (born 1995) — Businessman
  • Bandar bin Salman Al Saud (born 1995) — photographer
  • Rakan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1997)  – youngest son of King Salman.[68]
  • Bandar bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1999) – youngest son of King Abdullah.[69]

Deceased[]

  • Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1918–1968) – Minister of the interior
  • Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007) – Minister of the Interior and Minister of Health
  • Fahad bin Saud (1923–2006) – Minister of Defense.
  • Saad bin Saud Al Saud (1924–1977) — Deputy emir of the Northern province (1954—1961) and Asir (1969—1977) and commander of the National Guard (1959—1963)
  • Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud (1924–1997) — former Governor of Mecca (1961—1963), Ambassador to Spain (1975–1997)[citation needed]
  • Khalid bin Saud (1925–2020) — commander of the National Guard (1957—1959)
  • Bandar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1926–2016) – advisor
  • Musaid bin Saud Al Saud (1927-2012) mayor of Tabuk (1937-1941) and (1958-1964), Ambassador to Kuwait (1941-1949), Deputy Minister of defense and aviation (1949-1958), head of the Department for the care of orphans (1964-1998).
  • Fahd bin Mohammed (????–2015) - eldest son of Prince Mohammed, father of Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud, who was executed for adultery.
  • Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934–2004) – Governor of Riyadh
  • Bandar bin Mohammed (1934—2014) — second son of Prince Mohammed[70]
  • Mohammed bin Saud (1934–2012) – Governor of Al Bahah Province and Minister of Defense.
  • Bandar bin Khalid (1935–2018) – eldest son of King Khalid[71]
  • Mohammed bin Faisal (1937–2017) – Deputy minister for agriculture. Founder and chairman of DMI Trust and the Faisal Islamic Bank Group; member of the board of trustees for the King Faisal Foundation.
  • Sultan bin Saud (1939—1975)  – former president of Al-Nassr
  • Saud Al Faisal (1940–2015) – Foreign Minister.
  • Khalid bin Musaid (1942–1965)  – Killed while protesting the introduction of television[citation needed]
  • Abdul Rahman bin Faisal (1942–2014) – Military officer and businessman
  • Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud (1943–2015) pilot and adviser
  • Saad bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1943-10 Apr 2017) – Deputy of the company Petromin on planning issues[72]
  • Faisal bin Musaid (1944–1975) – Assassin of King Faisal
  • Faisal bin Fahd (1945–1999) – President of Youth Welfare
  • Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud (1946–2004) – President of Al-Nassr
  • Mohammed bin Mishaal Al Saud (1947—2005) son of Prince Mishaal
  • Turki bin Nasser (1948—2021) Former president of the meteorology and environment (PME).
  • Faisal bin Talal Al Saud (1949–1991) – eldest son of Prince Talal
  • Talal bin Saud Al Saud (1952–2020) – sports functionary and the Manager
  • Abdul Malik bin Saud Al Saud (1953–2005) philanthropist
  • Mashhoor bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1954–2004) – Convicted of cocaine possession
  • Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1955–2001) – Horse owner, businessman
  • Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1958–2002) – Media executive
  • Turki bin Sultan (1959–2012) – Deputy Minister of Culture and Information
  • Mansour bin Muqrin (1974–2017) – Advisor at the Crown Prince Court 2015–2017.[73]

Granddaughters[]

Great-grandchildren[]

Patrilineal great-grandsons of King Abdulaziz[]

  • Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud (1941–1985) – businessman
  • Turki bin Faisal bin Turki I (1943–2009) - Former member of Allegiance Council.
  • Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud (1943–2011) - Сhairman of Al Faisaliah Group and Al Ahly football club.
  • Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki (1945–2019) – Member of Allegiance Council, succeeding late brother Turki bin Faisal[citation needed] (https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1887336)
  • Saud bin Abdullah Al Saud (1946–2020) – military official, businessman [75]
  • Faisal bin Muhammad bin Saud (born 1951) – Deputy governor of Al Bahah Region (1988—2011)
  • Mishaal bin Muhammad bin Saud (born 1956) Businessman and philanthropist
  • Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1959) – Governor of Qassim Region
  • (born 1960)  – Businessman
  • Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud (born 1965) – Chairman of Al Watan
  • Sultan bin Khalid bin Faisal – Naval officer[citation needed]
  • Turki Bin Mohammed Bin Nasser Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1969) – Director of International Affairs Ministry of Industry and Electricity
  • Saud bin Khalid Al Saud – Deputy Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
  • (born 1973) – President of Al Nassr
  • Faisal bin Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1973) – Governor of the Northern Borders Region[76]
  • Sattam bin Khalid bin Nasser Al Saud
  • Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud – President of the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports
  • Faisal bin Turki Al Faisal Al Saud (born 1975) – Director of Project Aware
  • Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Saud (born 1977) – Convicted murderer
  • Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (born 1977)  – Businessman, ambassador to Germany and the United Kingdom
  • Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd (born 1978) – Former President of youth welfare and former International Olympic Committee member
  • Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal (born 1978) – investor
  • Turki bin Mohamed bin Fahd Al Saud (born 1979) – Chairman of TAALEM Educational Services Company
  • Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef (born 1983) – Interior Minister since June 2017.
  • Mohammed bin Saud bin Nayef – Horse racer[citation needed]
  • Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud (born 1983) – Athlete
  • Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (born 1984) – Olympic athlete
  • Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Saud – Former president of Al Nassr
  • Mamdoh Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud – Former president of Al Nassr
  • Ahmed bin Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1986) – Foreign affairs worker, Deputy Governor of the Eastern Province.
  • Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Talal Al-Saud (born 1986) – Investor
  • Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud (born 1988) - Ambassador to the United Nations and International Organizations in Vienna, Austria, Slovenia, and Slovakia[77][78]
  • Abdulaziz bin Fahd Al Saud (born 1990) – Former deputy governor of Al-Jouf region[79]
  • Muhammad bin Faisal bin Bandar – Air Force officer[citation needed]
  • Sultan bin Fahad bin Nasser, husband of Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz.[80]
  • Abdulaziz bin Fahd bin Turki, Deputy Governor of Jawf[81]

Great-granddaughters[]

Great-great-grandchildren[]

Non-patrilineal descendants of King Abdulaziz[]

  • Abdullah bin Mohammad, son of Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman (King Abdulaziz's half-brother) and Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi (King Abdulaziz's wife). This makes him the double step-son and half-nephew of King Abdulaziz. He also married Noura bint Saud, the granddaughter of King Abdulaziz through his son King Saud, making him a grandson-in-law of King Abdulaziz. Father of the below
  • Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud (born 1941) – Former Deputy Minister of Defense. Son of Noura bint Saud, daughter of King Saud.
  • Fahd bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1948) – Director of Air Operations
  • Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud (born 1950) – Former Minister of Education. Son of Nouf bint Abdelaziz and Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud. Married to Adila bint Abdulla Al Saud, daughter of King Abdullah.
  • Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 1951) – Former Ambassador to the United States. Son of Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud.
  • Nayef bin Sultan Al Shaalan (born 1956) – Diplomat, convicted of drug trafficking. Maternal grandson of King Abdulaziz. Son-in-law of Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
  • Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki (1961–2002) – Son of Luluwah bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud. Killed in a car accident on way to cousin Ahmed bin Salman's funeral.
  • Saud bin Khalid bin Abdullah – Deputy chairman of the board of Directors of Al-Mawarid Holding Company and Vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network. Son of Al Jawhara bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Khalid ibn Abdullah, son of Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman, half-brother of King Abdulaziz.
  • Turki bin Abdullah – Former member of the National Guard and advisor to King Abdullah. Son of Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir Al Saud.[citation needed]
  • Fahd bin Abdullah – Former assistant minister of defense. Son of Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir Al Saud.[citation needed]

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