Mansour bin Saud Al Saud
| Mansour bin Saud Al Saud | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander of National Guard | |||||
| In office | 1961–1963 | ||||
| Predecessor | Badr bin Saud | ||||
| Successor | Sultan bin Saud | ||||
| Monarch | King Saud | ||||
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Riyadh | ||||
| Issue | 7 | ||||
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| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | King Saud | ||||
| Mother | Terkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz | ||||
Mansour bin Saud Al Saud (Arabic: منصور بن سعود آل سعود; born 1946) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and former military officer. He is a member of the House of Saud, grandson of King Abdulaziz, and son of King Saud.
Early life and education
[edit]Prince Mansour was born in 1946 in Riyadh.[1][2] He is the fifteenth child of King Saud,[3] and his mother is Terkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz.[4] Prince Mansour is a high school graduate.[2] His full siblings include Princess Dalal, Prince Abdullah, Prince Turki and Prince Al Waleed.[5]
Career
[edit]During the reign of King Saud, Prince Mansour was the commander of the Saudi National Guard between 1961 and 1963.[1] He replaced his brother Prince Badr in the post.[1] Another of his brothers, Prince Sultan, succeeded Prince Mansour as the commander of the National Guard.[1]
Prince Mansour's next post was as chief of the royal court from 1963 to 1964.[1] He supported King Saud in his struggle against Mansour's uncle, Crown Prince Faisal.[6] After his father abdicated and Faisal became king, Prince Mansour did not pledge allegiance to the new king, unlike some of his brothers.[7] He accompanied his father in exile and also, in his visits to Cairo and Yemen during this period.[1][7]
In the mid-1970s Prince Mansour founded construction and cement companies in Riyadh.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Prince Mansour is married and has seven children, four daughters and three sons.[2] One of his daughters, Dima bint Mansour, opened a fashion concept store, Personage, in Saudi Arabia in 2018.[9]
Prince Mansour lives in Paris, France.[3] He is an honorary member of Al Nassr FC.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Leading grandsons of Abdulaziz" (PDF). Springer. p. 180. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "HRH Prince Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud" (in Arabic). Moqatel. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mansour bin Saud bin Abdulaziz" (in Arabic). Marefa. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "The death of Princess Dalal bint Saud". Erem News (in Arabic). Riyadh. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Fayez Nureldine (11 September 2021). "The death of the Saudi princess who received Kennedy in her childhood". Middle East in 24. AFP. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "No Place Like Home". Time. 27 September 1963.
- ^ a b Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 236. ProQuest 303295482.
- ^ Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I.S. Publications. p. 302. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6.
- ^ Jessica Michault (25 March 2020). "Meet the Saudi Royals Leading Fashion Communities from the Ground Up". Vogue Arabia. Retrieved 9 March 2021.