Lalla Latifa

Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune[1] (Berber languages: ; Arabic: لالة لطيفة أمحزون – born c. 1946 in Tadla - Fkih Ben Salah) is the widow of King Hassan II and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Asma, Princess Lalla Hasna and Prince Moulay Rachid.[2][3] She is referred to using terms such as "mother of the royal children".[4] The privacy accorded to her in Morocco is so great that attempts to publish photos of her in the Moroccan newspaper Al Ayam were found to violate Moroccan law (in accord with a 1956 decree prohibiting publication of photos of the king and his family without authorization).[5]

Lalla Latifa Amahzoune
Mother of the Princes of Morocco
Princess consort of Morocco
Tenure1961 – 23 July 1999
PredecessorLalla Abla bint Tahar
SuccessorLalla Salma Bennani (2002)
BornLatifa Amahzoune
c.1946 (age 75–76)
Khouribga, Morocco
Spouse
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(m. 1961)​
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(m. 2000)​
IssuePrincess Lalla Meryem

King Mohammed VI

Princess Lalla Asma

Princess Lalla Hasna

Prince Moulay Rachid
ReligionSunni Islam
Royal family of Morocco

Princess Lalla Latifa

Princess Lalla Lamia

Life

Allegedly born Fatima Amahzoune, but called Latifa (to avoid confusion with her cousin, the king's alleged first wife, the former Lalla Fatima bint Qaid Ould Hassan Amhourak), she is of the Zayane Amazigh.[6] Other sources claim her to be the daughter of a senior Arab notable of the Beni Amir,[7] related to Mouha ou Hammou Zayani, and niece of the Qaid Ould Hassan Amhourak. She married Hassan II on 9 November 1961 in a double ceremony with Lalla Lamia as-Solh[8] the bride of Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco.

She is maternal half-sister to General Mohamed Medbouh (the latter's father being of the Gzennaya Riffian tribe), who was executed – along with 9 other high-ranking military officers – for having widely participated in the 1971 failed coup d'état attempt against Hassan II, which took place during the King's forty-second birthday party in his summer palace.[9][10] The execution took place on 13 July 1971 and was broadcast live on state TV.[10]

After the death of Hassan II, she remarried to Mohamed Mediouri, the bodyguard of the late Monarch and former security chief of the royal palace.[11][12]

References
  1. Aissa Amourag (17 October 2008). "Une escroquerie presque parfaite". MarocHebdo. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. (24 July 1999).Morocco's King Hassan dies, aged 70, Independent Online (South Africa)
  3. (27 March 1989). Royal Treat for Maggie, Evening Times
  4. Hughes, Stephen. (17 November 1975). With Thousands on the Road from Morocco, King Hassan Encourages a Sahara March-in, People (magazine)
  5. (15 February 2009). Prohibido publicar fotos de la madre de Mohamed VI (Forbidden to publish photographs of Mohamed VI's mother), El País (in Spanish)
  6. "Lalla Latifa". frontend. Retrieved 10 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. (10 February 1967). The King of Morocco, Hassan II, The New York Times ("daughter of Kaid Amaroq, a mountain chieftain")
  8. "magazine picture - 1961 - morocco moulay abdallah king hassan II wedding". eBay. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. "1971: Death for Moroccan rebel leaders". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  10. شاهد على العصر - أحمد المرزوقي - الجزء الثالث (in Arabic). Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  11. Mahjoub Tobji (13 September 2006). Les officiers de Sa Majesté:Les dérives des généraux marocains 1956-2006. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-64072-3.
  12. Ali Amar (29 April 2009). Mohammed VI, le grand malentendu. Calman-Levy. ISBN 978-2-702-14857-0.
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