Faisal bin Turki I Al Saud

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Prince Faisal was born in Riyadh in 1918. He was the only son of Prince Turki I, and his mother was Nora bint Obaid Al Rasheed. Faisal's father was the eldest son of Abdulaziz, then Sultan of Nejd. Prince Turki died from Spanish flu in late 1919, a few months before Prince Faisal was born.{{cite thesis|author=Alexander Blay Bligh|title=Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century|location=Columbia University|page=45|degree=PhD|id={{ProQuest|303101806}}

|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303101806|year=1981}} After Prince Turki died, Princess Nora remarried to her husband's brother Prince Saud (later King of Saudi Arabia).{{cite web|url=http://www.kingsaud.net/art/inside/brown/index11.html|title=الملك سعود بن عبد العزيز|publisher=King Saud website|access-date=27 April 2013|archive-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709203021/http://www.kingsaud.net/art/inside/brown/index11.html|url-status=dead}} Prince Faisal had at least two half-sisters: Princess Hessa bint Turki on his father's side{{cite web|title=تركي بن عبدالعزيز ) 1318-1337 هـ )- 1900-1919 م ))|publisher=King Saud Official website|url=http://www.kingsaud.net/art/inside/brown/index11.html|access-date=21 September 2013|archive-date=9 July 2017|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709203021/http://www.kingsaud.net/art/inside/brown/index11.html|url-status=dead}} and Princess Al Anoud bint Saud, the daughter of Princess Nora and King Saud.

Prince Faisal held several posts in the government, most of which were during the reign of King Saud. Shortly after the unification of the Kingdom, King Abdulaziz appointed him as Prince of Al Khafji, a small village. He was the first Prince for the town after the establishment of Saudi Arabia. In June 1961, King Saud appointed him the minister of labour and social affairs which he held between 1961 and 1962.{{cite book|author=J. E. Peterson|title=Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia|year=2003|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=55

|edition=2nd|location=Metuchen, NJ|isbn=9780810827806 |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000pete/page/54/mode/2up?q=king+khalid+bin+abdulaziz}} In September 1961, he became minister of interior, succeeding Prince Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz, and remained in this position until 31 October 1962. Then he was named an advisor at the ministry of petroleum and mineral resources.{{cite web|title=Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-0-312-29962-0%2F1.pdf|work=Springer|access-date=13 August 2020}}

• Munira bint Abdulaziz Al Oqla
• Buniah bint Musl'am bin Harqan Al Subaie
• Tefla bint Abdullah Al Khrassan Al Ajmi
• Jawza bint Mohammed bin Thamir Al Waj'an Al Shammari{{cite news|title=H.H. CP sends cable of condolences to Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?language=en&id=1411917#|access-date=13 August 2020|work=KUNA|date=15 January 2004}}
• Hassa bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• Amoosha bint Obaid bin Abdullah Rasheed

• Al Jawhara bint Faisal bin Turki
• Sara bint Faisal bin Turki, wife of Prince Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud
• Turki bin Faisal bin Turki (deceased), died overseas at the age of 58, after suffering a heart attack. His wife was Sara bint Saud bin Abdulaziz.{{cite web|title=HRH Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Faisal Al Saud: Chairman of the Board|url=https://www.saudicrown.com/copy-of-khalid-a-albaz|work=Saudi Crown Holding|access-date=12 July 2020}} His son, Fahd, was named deputy governor of Qasim Province in 2017.{{cite web|author=Karen Elliott House|title=Saudi Arabia in Transition: From Defense to Offense, But How to Score?|access-date=13 August 2020|page=7|url=https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/SA%20Transition%20-%20web.pdf|work=Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs}}
• Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki (1945– 18 February 2019).{{cite news|title=UAE Rulers condole King Salman on death of Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki|url=https://www.emirates247.com/news/government/uae-rulers-condole-king-salman-on-death-of-prince-abdullah-bin-faisal-bin-turki-2019-02-19-1.679836|access-date=13 August 2020|work=Emirates 24/7|date=19 February 2019}} His mother was Jawza bint Mohammed bin Thamir Al Waj'an. He married Hassa bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1950–2010), daughter of King Khalid.{{cite web|title=Family Tree of Hussa bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/famtree.do?id=175935

|work=Datarabia|access-date=14 September 2013}} Then he married Al Anoud bint Abdulaziz Al Sudairi.

• Fahd bin Faisal bin Turki. He was a major in army special forces.
• Khalid bin Faisal bin Turki. He was a businessman and married to Nouf bint Bandar bin Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
• Seetah bint Faisal bin Turki. She married Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Faisal Al Saud.
• Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Turki.
• Mashael bint Faisal bin Turki (died 2016). She married Bandar bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Saud Al Kabeer
• Mohammed bin Faisal bin Turki

Faisal died in Riyadh in 1968.

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