Kasia Al Thani | |
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Sheikha | |
Born | Kraków | 2 October 1976
Died | 29 May 2022 Marbella | (aged 45)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
Issue | Sheikha Malak Sheikha Yasmine Sheikha Reem |
House | Thani (by marriage) |
Religion | Islam |
Kasia Al Thani (2 October 1976 – 29 May 2022) [1] [2] was the third wife of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, the son of Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar.
She was born as Kasia Gallanio[ citation needed] in Kraków, Poland, [3] but grew up in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [4] While she was a 19-year-old student in Paris, she met her future husband, who had lived in exile in France since 1992 in a palace on Avenue Montaigne. [5] In 2004, she became his third wife. [6] They had three daughters together: Sheikha Malak (b. 2005), Sheika Yasmine (b. 2005) [both twins], and Sheikha Reem (b. 2006). In 2007, she launched a luxury gifting shopping company called Savoir-Faire.com, [1] which went into voluntary liquidation in 2010. [7] She discovered fraudulent activity on her husband's account at Barclays Bank in Marbella and spearheaded a €50m/£40m legal action against the bank. In 2009, Barclays settled for an undisclosed amount. [8] Afterwards, she filed for divorce, and the couple fought over custody of their daughters for ten years, after allegations that he sexually assaulted their eldest child. [2] In April 2018, she joined the FC Martigues business team. [9] [3] She resided in Marbella, Spain, where she was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on 29 May 2022. [2] She was buried by the arabic rite in a not revealed town in Córdoba. [10]
Kasia Al Thani | |
---|---|
Sheikha | |
Born | Kraków | 2 October 1976
Died | 29 May 2022 Marbella | (aged 45)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
Issue | Sheikha Malak Sheikha Yasmine Sheikha Reem |
House | Thani (by marriage) |
Religion | Islam |
Kasia Al Thani (2 October 1976 – 29 May 2022) [1] [2] was the third wife of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, the son of Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar.
She was born as Kasia Gallanio[ citation needed] in Kraków, Poland, [3] but grew up in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [4] While she was a 19-year-old student in Paris, she met her future husband, who had lived in exile in France since 1992 in a palace on Avenue Montaigne. [5] In 2004, she became his third wife. [6] They had three daughters together: Sheikha Malak (b. 2005), Sheika Yasmine (b. 2005) [both twins], and Sheikha Reem (b. 2006). In 2007, she launched a luxury gifting shopping company called Savoir-Faire.com, [1] which went into voluntary liquidation in 2010. [7] She discovered fraudulent activity on her husband's account at Barclays Bank in Marbella and spearheaded a €50m/£40m legal action against the bank. In 2009, Barclays settled for an undisclosed amount. [8] Afterwards, she filed for divorce, and the couple fought over custody of their daughters for ten years, after allegations that he sexually assaulted their eldest child. [2] In April 2018, she joined the FC Martigues business team. [9] [3] She resided in Marbella, Spain, where she was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on 29 May 2022. [2] She was buried by the arabic rite in a not revealed town in Córdoba. [10]