Princess Fawzia and Shah wedding photo 2

The young Shah whispers to Fawzia (right

With Prince Ali

The young shah

The King of Egypt and the would-be Shah of Iran

Princess Fawzia kisses her brother goodbye

The young Shah and King Faroukh

from L to R: Princess Fawzia, Reza Shah, Queen Nazli, Crown Prince Shahpur

The egyptian crowd welcomes the young Shahpur

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Princess Fawzia and Shah wedding photo

The official wedding portrait of the royal family

From left to Right, Princess Shams, Taj-ol-Malok, Princess Fawzia, Princess Ashraf

The newlyweds on their way to a ceremony in Tehran

The Queen mother Nazli, Princess Fawzia and the young Shah aboard the ship Mohammad Al-Kaber

L to R: Princess Fadia, Queen Nazli, Princess Fawiza, Shah, Princess Faiza, Princess Fathia

Group photograph of the wedding

The youthful Shah meets the Princess for tea in Egypt shortly before their
marriage

Young Princess Fawzia age 6

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Princess Fawzia become Empress Fawzia !!

Princess Fawzia of Egypt married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-
1980), the Crown Prince of Iran, in Cairo, on March 16, 1939; after
their honeymoon, the wedding ceremonies were repeated in Tehran.
Two years later, the crown prince succeeded his exiled father and
was to become the last Shah of Iran.



Soon after her husband's
ascent to the throne, Queen Fawzia appeared on the cover of the
September 21, 1942 issue of Life magazine, photographed by Cecil
Beaton, who described her as an "Asian Venus" with "a perfect
heart-shaped face and strangely pale but piercing blue eyes."



The marriage was not a success. After the birth of the couple's only
child, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi, Queen Fawzia " the title of empress
was not yet used in Iran at that time " obtained an Egyptian divorce
in 1945, whereupon she moved to Cairo. This divorce was not
recognized by Iran, however, and eventually an official divorce was
obtained, in Iran, on November 17, 1948, with Queen Fawzia
reclaiming her previous distinction of Princess of Egypt. A major
condition of the divorce was that her daughter be left behind to be
raised in Iran. Curiously, Queen Fawzia's brother, King Farouk,
divorced his first wife, Queen Farida, the same week.



In the official announcement of the divorce, it was stated that "the
Persian climate had endangered the health of Empress "sic" Fawzia,
and that thus it was agreed that the Egyptian King's sister be
divorced." In another official statement, the Shah said that the
dissolution of the marriage "cannot affect by any means the existing
friendly relations between Egypt and Iran.

Who is Princess Fawzia ..?

Queen Fawzia Bint Fuad of Egypt ,Alexandria, Egypt, November 5, 1921 - was the first wife and first Queen consort of Shah Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran
She is currently Fawzia Shirin, having remarried in 1949 and having lost her royal titles after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, although she is referred to as Princess out of courtesy. She is the most senior member of the deposed Muhammad Ali Dynasty residing in Egypt. Her nephew, Fuad, who was proclaimed King Fuad II of Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution, resides in Switzerland.
She was born Her Sultanic Highness Princess Fawzia bint Fuad at Ras Al-Teen Palace in Alexandria, the eldest daughter of Sultan Fuad I of Egypt and Sudan (later King Fuad I), and his second wife, Nazli Sabri

.

One of her great-great-grandfathers was Suleiman Pasha, a French army officer who served under Napoleon, converted to Islam, and oversaw an overhaul of the Egyptian army. In addition to her sisters, Faiza, Faika, and Fathiya, and her brother, Farouk, she had two half-siblings from her father’s previous marriage to Princess Shivakiar Khanum Effendi




On March 28, 1949, in Cairo, Princess Fawzia married Colonel Ismail Hussain Shirin.