Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud

Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Ṣeeyta bint 'Abd al 'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd; 1930 – 13 April 2011) was a daughter of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and the younger full-sister of King Abdullah.

Early life

Princess Seeta was born in 1930. She was the daughter of King Abdulaziz and Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari who was one of two Rashidi women Abdulaziz married. She was the younger full sister of King Abdullah with whom she was very close. She had also a full sister, Nouf bint Abdulaziz, who died in August 2015.

Activities Seeta was active in charitable efforts and forming women groups such as the Princesses' Council. Furthermore, the first and second Saudi Women's Forum was carried out under her patronage in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In May 2011, a conference entitled “Saudi Women of Tomorrow” was also organized under her patronage. She sponsored many charities and made donations to various research programs and family welfare projects. Under her patronage, career days were organized towards female employment.

Princesses' council In 2003, Princess Seeta initiated the Princesses’ Council. He was the eldest son of Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir and grandson of Seeta's aunt Noura bint Abdul Rahman and Saud Al Kabir. Abdullah bin Muhammad was one of the members of Al Saud Family Council which was established in June 2000 by then Crown Prince Abdullah to discuss private issues, including business activities of princes and marriages of princesses to nonroyals. He died in January 1994 at the age of 68.

Seeta bint Abdulaziz and Abdullah bin Muhammad had five children, three sons, Turki, Fahd and Bandar, and two daughters, Noura and Nouf. Their son Turki was one of the advisors to King Abdullah and is a former military officer in the National Guard during the 1980s. Another son, Fahd, is the former assistant minister of defense. Her funeral prayer was held at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh on 14 April 2011. The funeral prayer was attended by King Abdullah, Crown Prince Sultan, Prince Nayef, Prince Salman, Prince Bandar, Prince Turki, Saad Hariri and other senior princes. President Barack Obama called King Abdullah to convey his condolences.

Ancestry