Farouk of Egypt

Farouk I
فاروق الأول
Official portrait, 1946
King of Egypt and the Sudan[1]
Reign28 April 1936 – 26 July 1952
Coronation29 July 1937[2]
PredecessorFuad I
SuccessorFuad II
Regents
Prime Ministers
Head of the House of Alawiyya
Reign18 June 1953 – 18 March 1965
SuccessorFuad II
Born(1920-02-11)11 February 1920
Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
Died18 March 1965(1965-03-18) (aged 45)
San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Burial
Spouses
  • (m. 1938; div. 1948)
  • (m. 1951; div. 1954)
Issue
Names
Farouk bin Ahmed Fuad bin Ismail bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad Ali
HouseAlawiyya
FatherFuad I of Egypt
MotherNazli Sabri
Signature

Farouk I (/fəˈrk/; Arabic: فاروق الأول Fārūq al-Awwal; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936 and reigning until his overthrow in a military coup in 1952.

His full title was "His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and the Sudan". As king, Farouk was known for his extravagant playboy lifestyle. While initially popular, his reputation eroded due to the corruption and incompetence of his government. He was overthrown in the 1952 coup d'état and forced to abdicate in favour of his infant son, Ahmed Fuad, who succeeded him as Fuad II. Farouk died in exile in Italy in 1965.

His sister, Princess Fawzia bint Fuad, was the first wife and consort of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[3]

  1. ^ Whiteman, Marjorie Millace; Hackworth, Green Haywood (1963). Digest of International Law (snippet view). Vol. 2. U.S. State Department. p. 64. OCLC 79506166. Retrieved 26 February 2010. The Egyptian Parliament amended the Constitution by Law 176 of 16 October 1951, to provide that the title of the King should be 'King of Egypt and the Sudan' instead of 'King of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, Sudan, Kordofan and Darfur'.
  2. ^ Rizk, Yunan Labib (3 August 2005). "Crowning moment". Al-Ahram Weekly (753). Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt". The Daily Telegraph. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2013.