Khalid bin Sa'ud Al Sa'ud

Khalid bin Saud Al Saud (; 1925 – 7 July 2020) was a member of the House of Saud, one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He was one of the sons of King Saud and held various administrative positions during the reign of his father. He was the first member of the Saudi royal family to command the Saudi National Guard.

Early life and education

Khalid was born in Mecca in 1925 and was the ninth son of King Saud. His father King Saud is a son of Saudi's founder King Abdulaziz. His mother was Jamila Asaad Ibrahim Merhi who was of Syrian origin. Jamila and her father, Asaad Ibrahim, were charged with planning to assassinate Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic, in March 1958,

Following the completion of high school education, Prince Khalid received a university degree in 1948. Prince Khalid became the first Saudi royal to lead the Guard which had been headed by tribal sheikhs. Robert Lacey reports that King Saud asked Prince Khalid to reorganize the Guard to protect the royal family. In addition, following Khalid's appointment, the Guard began to have independent and substantial funds for the first time to improve its quite limited capabilities.

Personal life and death Prince Khalid married five times, and his first wife, Al Anoud, was a daughter of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz. Then he married Maha bint Mohsen Nashi Al Sharif.

On 7 July 2020, Khalid bin Saud died at age 95 in an undisclosed foreign country.