Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934 – July 21, 2004) (Arabic: بدر بن سعود آل سعود) was a Governor of the Riyadh province[1] of Saudi Arabia, and a member of the House of Saud.

Badr bin Saud
Prince of Saudi Arabia
Governor of Riyadh
In office1963–1964
MonarchKing Saud
Born1934
DiedJuly 21, 2004(2004-07-21) (aged 69–70)
Full name
Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Saud
MotherHaleema
ReligionWahhabi Hanbali Sunni Islam

Life and career

Early life and education

Badr bin Saud was educated at the hands of his father, King Saud. He finished his secondary education at the Institute of Al Anjal.

Governor of Riyadh province

At the end of 1962, King Saud and Crown Prince Faisal were in a fratricidal feud over who should hold real power, In January 1963, the King fired most of the provincial governors, who may have been loyal to the Crown Prince, one of whom was Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz the Governor of the capitol region, and replaced some of them with his sons, one of whom was Prince Badr.

He was appointed Governor of Riyadh province on January 20, 1963, and was fired by Crown Prince Feisal a mere two weeks later on February 4. He then went into private business, never serving in government again.

Exile

In 1964, King Saud was forced into exile in Geneva, Switzerland, and then on to other European cities. In 1966, Saud was invited by Nasser to live in Egypt; another report claims that King Saud went to Egypt under refuge granted by Nasser and stayed there from 1965 to 1967.[2] King Saud was also allowed to broadcast propaganda on Radio Cairo.[2] Prince Badr and some of his brothers, such as Prince Khalid, Prince Sultan and Prince Mansur, joined their father and supported his attempt to regain the throne.[2]

Personal life

Prince Badr married four times, Princesses Sameera Al Muhanna, Buniah Al Meshaal Al Rasheed, Noura bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Shuhail and Nora bint Fahd Al Qahtani. He had eight sons:

  • Prince Salman
  • Prince Turkie, who has five children: Prince Saud, Princess Sarah, Prince Abdulaziz, Prince Khalid, and Princess Al Jawharah.
  • Prince Mansour
  • Prince Khalid, who has two children: Prince Nasser and Prince Bandar.
  • Prince Abdulaziz, who has five children: Prince Meshaal, Prince Saud, Princess Hayfa, Princess Bonayah, and Princess Al Anoud.
  • Prince Talal, who has six children: Prince Saud, Prince Khalid, Princess Adhwa, Princess Shahad, Prince Mohammed , and Princess Noura who is the youngest.
  • Prince Walid, who has three children: Princess Areej, Princess Ahhad and Prince Bader.
  • Prince Husam, who has five children: Prince Salman, Princess Noura, Princess Al Jawharah, Prince Sultan, and Prince Abdullah.
  • Prince Saud, married in October 2018
  • Prince Fahad, married in December 2018
  • Prince Salman

Death

He died in 2004 at the age of 70 and was buried in Al Oud cemetery.

References
  1. http://www.riyadh.gov.sa/en/Pages/Princes/Princes.aspx?ItemId=8
  2. Kechichian, Joseph A. (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave. p. 9. Retrieved 6 April 2012. succession in saudi arabia.
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