'{{Short description|Moroccan princess}} {{Infobox royalty | image = | caption = | name = Lalla Fatima Zohra | title = | full name = | crown = | suc-type = | royal house = [[Alaouite dynasty]] | father = [[Mohammed V of Morocco|Mohammed V]] | mother = [[Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun]] | birth_date = 29 June 1929{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} | birth_place = [[Rabat]], [[French protectorate in Morocco|French Morocco]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|8|10|1929|6|29|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Cabo Negro]], [[M'diq]], [[Morocco]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Décès de la princesse Lalla Fatima Zohra, tante du Roi Mohammed VI|url=http://www.medias24.com/Les-plus-de-Medias-24/13657-Deces-de-la-princesse-Lalla-Fatima-Zohra-tante-du-Roi-Mohammed-VI.html|accessdate=10 August 2014|date=10 August 2014}}</ref> | place of burial = ''Moulay'' El Hassan Mausoleum,<br />[[Royal Palace of Rabat|Dar al-Makhzen]], [[Rabat]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Moulay Ali Alaoui|''Moulay'' Ali Alaoui]]|16 August 1961|1988|reason=died}} | issue = [[Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui|Princess ''Lalla'' Joumala]]<br>[[Moulay Abdallah ben Ali Alaoui|''Sharif Moulay'' Abdallah]]<br>[[Moulay Youssef Alaoui|''Sharif Moulay'' Youssef]] | religion = [[Islam]] }} '''Princess [[Lalla (title)|Lalla]] Fatima Zohra''' (29 June 1929{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} – 10 August 2014) was the eldest daughter of [[Mohammed V of Morocco]] and his first wife, [[Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://zeyna.skyrock.com/3228473307-Feue-la-princesse-Lalla-Fatima-Zahra-decedee-le-10-aout-2014.html|title=Feue la princesse Lalla Fatima Zahra décedée le 10 aout 2014|last=Zeyna|date=2014-08-13|work=Skyrock|access-date=2018-02-24|language=fr}}</ref> == Biography == Lalla Fatima Zahra was born at the [[Royal Palace of Rabat]], her parents Sultan [[Mohammed V of Morocco|Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef]] and Princess [[Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun]] divorced shortly after her birth.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWVmAAAAMAAJ&q=la+naissance+d'une+fille+Lalla+Fatima-Zahra. |title=Hommes et destins: dictionnaire biographique d'outre-mer |date=1975 |publisher=Académie des sciences d'outre-mer |pages=354 |language=fr}}</ref> She is the eldest of her father's children. Young, during the summer holidays she would join her father, the Sultan, at the royal palace of [[Oualidia]] and spend there the holidays with her half-siblings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-30 |title=Lagune ou lacune, vestige du palais d'Oualidia de Mohammed V - Impasse des Pas Perdus |url=http://pasperdus.canalblog.com/archives/2010/09/30/19105863.html |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=pasperdus.canalblog.com |language=fr}}</ref> On 16 August 1961 (in a triple ceremony with her sisters, [[Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco|Aisha]], [[Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco|Malika]] and their husbands){{citation needed|date=August 2020}} she was married at the Dar al-Makhzen in [[Rabat]] to her cousin, Prince [[Moulay Ali Alaoui]] (1924–1988), ambassador of [[Morocco]] to France (1964–1966).{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The couple have one daughter and two sons: * [[Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui|Princess Lalla Joumala]] (born 1962),{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} former ambassador of Morocco to the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>N. Jouhari, ''MarocHebdo'', 07 - 11 - 2008</ref> and ambassador of Morocco to the [[United States]] since 2016. * [[Moulay Abdallah ben Ali Alaoui|Sharif Moulay Abdallah]] (born c. 1965); * [[Moulay Youssef Alaoui|Sharif Moulay Youssef]] (born c. 1969); She became a widow in 1988.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Purepeople |title=Mohammed VI du Maroc: En deuil aux obsèques de Lalla Fatima Zahra, une 'épreuve' |url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/mohammed-vi-du-maroc-en-deuil-aux-obseques-de-lalla-fatima-zahra-une-epreuve_a145903/1 |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=www.purepeople.com}}</ref> == Actions and sponsorships == She adopted [[Abdelkebir Ouaddar]] aged eight to the Moroccan royal family, when he was playing street football with her sons in his native village.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-12 |title=Abdelkébir Ouaddar, le cavalier de Sa Majesté |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/08/12/abdelkebir-ouaddar-le-cavalier-de-sa-majeste_4982097_3212.html |access-date=2023-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-31 |title=Maroc – Équitation : Abdelkebir Ouadar, le cavalier du roi – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/313586/societe/maroc-equitation-abdelkebir-ouadar-cavalier-roi/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He learned horse riding around the age of 12 thanks to Lalla Fatima Zohra, who allowed him to ride horses twice a week.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-14 |title=L'ascension fulgurante d'Abdelkebir Ouaddar |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/blogs/mise-en-selle/2014/10/lascension-fulgurante-dabdelkebir-ouaddar.html |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref> == Death and burial == She died in [[Tétouan]], on the morning of August 10, 2014,<ref name=":0" /> at the age of 85<ref name=":0" /> (her birth believed in 1929). King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]] canceled the ceremonies planned for his birthday due to the hardship that the loss of his aunt represent, and of her place in the royal family and the Moroccan people.<ref name=":0" /> She is buried in the Moulay Al Hassan mausoleum, in the royal palace of Rabat, after the [[Asr prayer|al-Asr prayer]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-11 |title=Maroc : la princesse Lalla Fatima Zahra est décédée |url=https://www.afrik.com/maroc-la-princesse-lalla-fatima-zahra-est-decedee |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Afrik |language=fr-FR}}</ref> ==Honours== ===National honours=== * Dame Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Throne]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} ==References== <references/> {{Mohammed VI |state=collapsed}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fatima Zohra, Lalla}} [[Category:Moroccan princesses]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:People from Rabat]] [[Category:Moroccan exiles in Madagascar]] [[Category:Commanders of the Legion of Honour]] [[Category:Daughters of kings]] [[Category:Daughters of sultans]] {{Morocco-bio-stub}}'