Madawi bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi royal (1939–2017)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al Saud}}
{{Infobox royalty
| spouse = Saad bin Mohammed bin Abdulaziz
| issue =
| full name = Madawi bint Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
| dynasty = Al Saud
| father = King Abdulaziz
| mother = Munaiyir
| birth_date = 1939
| birth_place = Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| death_date = 27 November {{Death date and age|2017|1939}}
| death_place =
| burial_place = Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
}}
Madawi bint Abdulaziz Al Saud ({{Langx|ar|مضاوي بنت عبدالعزيز آل سعود}};1939 – 27 November 2017) was a member of the House of Saud. She was the daughter of King Abdulaziz,{{cite news|title=صورة نادرة للأميرة مضاوي.. وهكذا نعاها السعوديون|access-date=11 October 2020|work=Erem News
|url=https://www.eremnews.com/opinion/selections/2288051|date=27 November 2017|language=ar}}{{cite book|author=David Rundell|page=128
|title=Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zpLyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128|year=2020|location=London
|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83860-595-7}} and was the full sister of Prince Talal and Prince Nawwaf.
Biography
Princess Madawi was born in Qasr Al Hukm, Riyadh,{{cite news|title="قصر الحكم" يحتفظ بأجمل الذكريات لأفراد الأسرة ... - جريدة الرياض
|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/251317|access-date=26 October 2020|work=Al Riyadh|date=23 May 2007|language=Arabic}} in 1939.{{cite book|author=Sharaf Sabri|title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|location=New Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA126|year=2001|publisher=I.S. Publications|isbn=978-81-901254-0-6|pages=126,162,222}} Her parents were King Abdulaziz and Munaiyir, an Armenian woman whose family escaped from the Ottoman Empire. In 1921 Munaiyir, aged 12, was presented by the emir of Unayzah to 45-year-old Abdulaziz. She remained illiterate all her life and converted to Islam.{{cite news|author=John Rossant|date=19 March 2002|title=The return of Saudi Arabia's red prince|url=http://www.atimes.com/front/DC19Aa02.html|url-status=unfit|work=Online Asia Times|location=Hong Kong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001041516/http://www.atimes.com/front/DC19Aa02.html|archive-date=1 October 2018|access-date=20 June 2020}} Munaiyir was regarded by British diplomats in Saudi Arabia as one of King Abdulaziz’s favourite wives and was known for her intelligence and beauty.{{cite journal|author=Stig Stenslie|doi=10.1080/21534764.2011.576050|s2cid=153320942|volume=1|issue=1pages=69–79
|title=Power Behind the Veil: Princesses of House of Saud|journal=Journal of Arabian Studies: Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea|year=2011|pages=69–79 }} She died in December 1991.
Princess Madawi had two full-brothers, Talal bin Abdulaziz and Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz. During the early 1960s she and her mother urged Prince Talal to return to Saudi Arabia who had been living in Cairo due to his involvement in Free Princes movement.{{cite book|author=Stig Stenslie|title=Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia: The Challenge of Succession|year=2012
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-g81rF4Zga4C&pg=PA110|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-51157-8|page=110|location=London; New York}}
She had some business investments and had a petroleum marketing company, Princess Madawi bint Abdulaziz Petroleum Marketing Co.
Princess Madawi married Prince Saad bin Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal who was a member of the Mohammed branch of Saudi royal family. Her husband was assassinated in Iraq in January 1986 at the age of 55.
Princess Madawi died on 27 November 2017.{{cite news|author=David Hearst|title=Senior Saudi royal on hunger strike over purge
|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-senior-saudi-royal-hunger-strike-over-purge|access-date=15 August 2020|work=Middle East Eye
|date=1 January 2018}}{{cite news|title=Ajman Ruler condoles Custodian of Two Holy Mosques on death of Princess Madawi bint Abdulaziz|access-date=8 September 2020|work=WAM|url=http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302650432|date=28 November 2017}} She was buried after evening prayers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.{{cite news|title=وفاة الأميرة مضاوي بنت عبدالعزيز آل سعود
|url=http://www.ammonnews.net/article/342868|access-date=8 September 2020|work=Ammon News|date=28 November 2017|language=ar}} Among the royals attending the funeral were her half-brothers Ahmed bin Abdulaziz and Mamdouh bin Abdulaziz and her nephews Khalid bin Faisal, Mohammed bin Nawwaf, Mishaal bin Majid and Abdullah bin Bandar.{{cite news|language=ar|title=بالصور.. تشييع جثمان الأميرة مضاوي بنت عبدالعزيز|url=https://www.eremnews.com/economy/2287997|access-date=11 October 2020|work=Erem News|date=28 November 2017}}
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