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Fawzia Fuad of Egypt 5 November 1921 – 2 July 2013) was an Egyptian princess who became Queen of Iran as the first wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.Princess Fawzia was the daughter of Fuad I, the seventh son of Ismail the Magnificent. She descended from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.She was also known as Fawzia Chirine (or Shirin), having married to Colonel Ismail Chirine, Egyptian diplomat of Circassian origin, in 1949. After the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, her royal titles were no longer recognized by the Egyptian government. Until her death in 2013, she was the oldest member of the deposed Muhammad Ali Dynasty residing in Egypt. Her nephew, Fuad, who was proclaimed King Fuad II of Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution, resides in Switzerland.
Princess Fawzia with her daughter Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi & Shah
Five months after the divorce, Fawzia married Col Ismail Shirin, an Egyptian aristocrat who held diplomatic and military posts under King Farouk. They lived together in Alexandria until his death in 1994, and had a son and a daughter.