Fatimah as-Senussi | |
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Queen consort of Libya | |
Tenure | 24 December 1951 – 1 September 1969 |
Predecessor | Position established |
Successor | Monarchy abolished Fathia Nuri Khalid (As First Lady) |
Born | Oasis of Kufra, Ottoman Tripolitania | 2 April 1911
Died | 3 October 2009 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 98)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
House | Senussi |
Father | Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sayyida Fatimah el-Sharif (Arabic: فاطمة الشريف), after marriage Fatimah as-Senussi (فاطمة السنوسي,[1] 2 April 1911 – 3 October 2009), was Queen of Libya as the wife of King Idris from 1951 until the 1969 Libyan coup d'état.