Lalla Latifa
| Lalla Latifa Amahzoune | |
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| Princess consort of Morocco | |
| Tenure | 1961 – 23 July 1999 |
| Born | Latifa Amahzoune c.1941 (age 81–82) Khenifra, Morocco |
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| Issue | Princess Lalla Meryem King Mohammed VI Princess Lalla Asma Princess Lalla Hasna Prince Moulay Rachid |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Royal family of Morocco |
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Princess Lalla Lamia
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Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune;[1] Arabic: لالة لطيفة أمحزون – born in 1941 a member of the Zayane tribe (khenifra , Morocco), She is the widow of King Hassan II and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Asma, Princess Lalla Hasna and Prince Moulay Rachid.[2][3] She is referred to using terms such as "mother of the royal children".[4] The privacy accorded to her in Morocco is so great that attempts to publish photos of her in the Moroccan newspaper Al Ayam were found to violate Moroccan law (in accord with a 1956 decree prohibiting publication of photos of the king and his family without authorization).[5]
Life[edit]
Allegedly born Fatima Amahzoune, but called Latifa (to avoid confusion with her cousin, the king's alleged first wife, Lalla Fatima bint Qaid Ould Hassan Amhourak), she is of the Zayane tribe,[6] related to Mouha ou Hammou Zayani, and niece of the Qaid Ould Hassan Amhourak. She married Hassan II on 9 November 1961[citation needed] in a double ceremony with Lalla Lamia as-Solh[7] the bride of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco.
She is maternal half-sister to General Mohamed Medbouh (the latter's father being of the Gzennaya Riffian tribe)[1], who was executed – along with 9 other high-ranking military officers – for having widely participated in the 1971 failed coup d'état attempt against Hassan II, which took place during the King's forty-second birthday party in his summer palace.[8][9] The execution took place on 13 July 1971 and was broadcast live on state TV.[9]
After the death of Hassan II, she remarried to Mohamed Mediouri, the bodyguard of the late Monarch and former security chief of the royal palace.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ^ Aissa Amourag (17 October 2008). "Une escroquerie presque parfaite". MarocHebdo. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ (24 July 1999).Morocco's King Hassan dies, aged 70, Independent Online (South Africa)
- ^ (27 March 1989). Royal Treat for Maggie, Evening Times
- ^ Hughes, Stephen. (17 November 1975). With Thousands on the Road from Morocco, King Hassan Encourages a Sahara March-in, People
- ^ (15 February 2009). Prohibido publicar fotos de la madre de Mohamed VI (Forbidden to publish photographs of Mohamed VI's mother), El País (in Spanish)
- ^ "Lalla Latifa". frontend. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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- ^ "1971: Death for Moroccan rebel leaders". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ a b شاهد على العصر – أحمد المرزوقي – الجزء الثالث (in Arabic). Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ Mahjoub Tobji (13 September 2006). Les officiers de Sa Majesté:Les dérives des généraux marocains 1956-2006. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-64072-3.
- ^ Ali Amar (29 April 2009). Mohammed VI, le grand malentendu. Calman-Levy. ISBN 978-2-702-14857-0.
