page_title: Farida of Egypt
section_title: Marriage and issue
hierarchical_section_title: Farida of Egypt / Marriage and issue
caption_attribution_description: English: King Farouk I of Egypt with his wife Queen Farida and their daughter Princess Ferial. العربية: الملك فاروق مع أسرته الملكة فريدة وابنته الأميرة فريال.
context_page_description: Queen Farida, born Safinaz Zulficar was the first wife of King Farouk. She was queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years.
context_section_description: Farida and King Farouk first met on a royal trip to London in 1937.  They were engaged in the summer of 1937. 
  She married King Farouk on 20 January 1938 at Qubba Palace in Cairo, Egypt. She was renamed Farida in accordance with the tradition initiated by King Fuad I that members of the royal family should bear the same initials. She wore a wedding gown designed by The House of Worth in Paris. 
  She had three daughters: 
  Princess Ferial,
  Princess Fawzia and
  Princess Fadia.
  After the birth of a third daughter, Farouk divorced her, on 19 November 1948. King Farouk cared for the first two daughters, while Farida cared for the youngest one after the divorce.
caption: Princess Ferial with King Farouk and Queen Farida, c. 1940.
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