Descendants of Ibn Saud


, the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, was very young when he first married. However his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Turki. He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own. He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives.

Wives and their children

This is a list of the first generation of offspring of Ibn Saud, sorted by his numerous wives. Many of the sons of Ibn Saud 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

Ibn Sauds' first wife. She was from Bani Khalid and married Ibn Saud in 1894, but died six months after.

Wadhah bint Muhammad Al Hussein Al Orair

The daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah, Wadhah belong to Bani Khalid.
Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe. Ibn Saud and Wadhah have at least four children.

Sarah bint Abdullah bin Faisal

Sarah married Ibn Saud about in 1900, but she bore him no sons. She later married Turki bin Abdallah bin Saud Al Saud and then, Abdul Aziz bin Musaid bin Jiluwi Al Jiluwi. Her mother was the aunt of Ibn Saud's first wife.

Tarfah bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Tarfah belongs to the Al Sheikh clan. Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif.
She married Ibn Saud in 1902 and had at least five children with him.

Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil

Ibn Saud and Lulua had one child.

Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi

Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi had three children.

Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlayn

Ibn Saud and Lajah had one child.

Bazza (I)

Bazza was a Moroccan woman.
Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.

Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul Muhsin Al Sudairi

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

Hassa Al Sudairi

Her lifespan was 1900–1969.
Ibn Saud and Hassa had 7 sons of which 2 were kings and 4 daughters.
  1. Fahd ; King
  2. Sultan ; Crown Prince
  3. Luluwah
  4. Abdul Rahman ; Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation, removed from Succession.
  5. Nayef ; Crown Prince
  6. Turki ; Deputy Defense Minister, removed from Succession.
  7. Salman ; King
  8. Ahmed ; Deputy Minister of the Interior and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
  9. Jawahir
  10. Latifa
  11. Al Jawhara
  12. Moudhi
  13. Felwa

    Shahida

Shahida was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of King Abdulaziz.
Ibn Saud and Shahida had at least three children.
  1. Mansour ; Minister of Defense, died from alcohol intoxication while partying.
  2. Misha'al ; Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
  3. Qumash
  4. Mutaib ; Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, removed from Succession.

    Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari

  5. Abdullah ; King
  6. Nouf
  7. Seeta ; initiated the Princesses' Council

    Bazza (II)

Bazza died in 1940 and was Syrian or Moroccan.
  1. Bandar
  2. Fawwaz
  3. Mishari

    Haya bint Sa'ad Al Sudairi

Second wife from that clan. Her lifespan was.
  1. Badr
  2. Badr
  3. Huzza
  4. Abdul Ilah
  5. Abdul Majeed
  6. Nura
  7. Mishail
  8. Zubri

    Bushra

Munaiyir

Munaiyir was an Armenian woman. Her lifespan was.
  1. Talal
  2. Talal
  3. Nawwaf
  4. Madawi

    Mudhi

  5. Sultana
  6. Haya
  7. Majid
  8. Sattam

    Nouf bint Al Shalan

Nouf was the daughter of Nawaaf. She married in November 1935.
  1. Thamir
  2. Mamdouh
  3. Mashhur

    Saida al Yamaniyah

Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.
  1. Hathloul

    Baraka Al Yamaniyah

  2. Muqrin ; Crown Prince

    Futayma

  3. Hamoud

    Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi

Mudhi was from Bani Khalid
  1. Shaikha

    Aliyah Fakeer

  2. Majid
  3. Abdul Saleem
  4. Jiluwi
  5. Jiluwi ; the youngest son of Ibn Saud but died as an infant.

    Khadra

No known offspring.

Grandchildren

Due to the Islamic traditions of polygyny and easy divorce, King Abdul Aziz has approximately a thousand grandchildren. 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

Patrilineal great-grandsons of Ibn Saud