Hassanal Bolkiah
Hassanal Bolkiah( full name: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al- Marhum Sultan Haji Omar' Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei, as well as the Prime Minister of Brunei, making him one of the last absolute monarchs.
The eldest son of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III and" Raja Isteri"( Queen) Pengiran Anak Damit, he succeeded to the throne as the Sultan of Brunei, following the abdication of his father on 5 October 1967.
The sultan has been ranked among the wealthiest individuals in the world.
In 2008," Forbes" estimated the sultan's total peak net worth at US$ 20 billion.
After Queen Elizabeth II, the sultan is the world's second longest- reigning current monarch.
On 5 October 2017, the sultan celebrated his Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th year of his reign on the throne.
Omar Ali Saifuddin I
Omar Ali Saifuddin
I( Jawi: I عمر علي سيف الدين; died 10 July 1795) was the 18th Sultan of Brunei from 1740 until his abdication in favor of his eldest son Muhammad Tajuddin in 1778.
He succeeded his father- in- law, Sultan Hussin Kamaluddin as Sultan of Brunei upon the latter's abdication from the throne in 1740.
Mohamed Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei
Mohamed Bolkiah
( Malay:" Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Perdana Wazir Sahibul Himmah Wal- Waqqar Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah ibni Al- Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien"; born 27 August 1948) is a member of the royal family of Brunei.
He is the second son of Omar Ali Saifuddien III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei, and Raja Isteri( Queen) Pengiran Anak Damit.
He is the Head of the Brunei ’s Viziers.
After Brunei ’s independence in 1984, he became the country ’s first foreign minister, serving from 1984 until 22 October 2015.
He served in the cabinet as the Minister of the Brunei's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade alongside the second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lim Jock Seng.
Marianne Elisabeth Lloyd-Dolbey
Marianne Elisabeth Lloyd- Dolbey( 18 October 1919, Drešinja Vas, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 10 October 1994, Celje, Slovenia) was personal secretary to Sultan of Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddien III.
Marianne was born in 1919 as Marjana Elizabeta Kopše, to father Franc and mother Marjana( born Vrabič) in Drešinja Vas, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as the first born in a family of eleven children.
Her birth house still stands at the old main road between Drešinja Vas and Levec.
After finishing primary school in Petrovče she enrolled at the Celje First Grammar School where she obtained her secondary school certificate in 1938.
In the spring and summer of 1939 she was learning Italian in Rome, Italy, and English in the spring of 1941 in Dresden, Germany.
During World
War II she worked as a translator at the German Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.
At the end of World War II she retreated to Carinthia in Austria which became part of the British occupation zone of Austria.
While working as a translator for the British Troops in Austria she met her future husband, the English officer Raoul Teesdale Lloyd- Dolbey.
They got married in London in 1949 and moved to Brunei where her husband inherited rubber plantations( Brunei Rubber and Land Company- BRLC) Brunei was at that time a British Protectorate on the northern side of the island Borneo.
Since Marianne was in the early 1950s one of the very few educated women in Brunei, she became a lady- in- waiting at the court of Raja Isteri( Queen) Pengiran Anak Damit later the personal secretary to her husband, the 28th Sultan of Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddien III
In this capacity, she was a close eyewitness to the introduction of the 1959 Constitution, the Brunei revolt in 1962, the voluntary abdication of Omar Ali Saifuddien III in 1967 in favor of his 21- year- old son Hassanal Bolkiah, who became the 29th Sultan of Brunei and who is still in reign, the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II in Brunei in 1972, and finally of the Brunei declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1984.
Marianne was for the Sultan's family a girl for everything, she assisted with the organization of receptions, visits, various celebrations, weddings, and travels abroad, in particular to England.
Among her protocol assignments was also to be present at childbirths in the Sultan's family.
When necessary she acted also as a translator since she was fluent in Malay language which was spoken at the court, as well as in Brunei Malay, spoken colloquially in everyday life.
As a token of appreciation for her dedicated service to the Sultan's family, she received a number of high Brunei decorations and in this way also the Malay honorific title of a Datin.
In 1980's Marianne gradually retired and moved with her husband back to Europe.
She spent the summers with her husband mostly in Drešinja Vas, at her parents ’ estate where the former building for drying of hops was adapted for living.
Marianne died in 1994 in Celje and she is buried along her husband Raoul, who passed away a few years before in Ljubljana, in the Kopše family grave at the cemetery in Žalec, Slovenia.
Omar Ali Saifuddien III
DYTM Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan
Sir Muda Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien III (full name:
Sultan Haji Omar
Ali Saifuddien
Sa'adul Khairi
Waddien ibni Almarhum Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, GCVO, KCMG; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei who ruled from 4 June 1950 until his voluntary abdication from the throne on 5 October 1967.
He was also Brunei's Minister of Defence after the country's independence.
He was known as "The Architect of Modern BruneiThe Royal Poet", and
"The Father of Independence".
Prince Azim of Brunei
Prince Haji' Abdul' Azim of Brunei( born 29 July 1982) is the third born prince of Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei and fourth in line to succeed the throne of Brunei.
Abdul Momin
Abdul Momin( before 21 May 1788 – 30 May 1885) was the 24th Sultan of Brunei from 1852 until his death on 29 May 1885.
He was the son -in- law of the previous Sultan, Omar Ali Saifuddin II.
Muhammad Jamalul Alam II
Muhammad Jamalul Alam II was the 26th Sultan of Brunei.
He ascended to the throne in 1906 when he was only 17 years old.
He ruled Brunei until his sudden death in 1924 due to malaria.
Before he became sultan, he was known as Pengiran Muda Bongsu Muhammad Jamalul Alam.
He was the eldest surviving son of Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin.
When his father died, the responsibility of the Sultan was in the hands of the "Majlis Pemangku Raja" (Council of Regency).
It was only in 1918 that he was crowned as sultan.
He took a great deal of interest in the progress of the country, encouraging advances in agriculture, medicine and education.
He also encouraged learning Islam, which was often carried out in the "surau" (small mosque).
As a sign of commitment to Islam, he built a mosque despite the country's lack of revenue.
The mosque was built on a piece of land near the present Kampong Sultan Lama.
The local community used the mosque until it was destroyed in wartime bombing during the reign of his son, Ahmad Tajuddin.
It was also during his reign that Islamic Law was officially introduced.
This was known as "Muhammadan Law".
It was introduced in 1912, replacing the "Kanun Brunei".
Then in 1913, the "Marriage and Divorce Act" was introduced.
He kept his position on the State Council, which met to approve and amend laws and policies.
With the introduction of the Residential System in Brunei in 1906, all the executive power, except in matters of religion and tradition, was transferred from the Sultan to the Resident.
In 1922, he moved from Istana Kampong Ayer to Istana Majlis.
His reign was a short one.
An outbreak of malaria claimed his life as well as three members of his family.
He died on 11 September 1924, aged 35.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Pengiran Muda Besar Ahmad Tajuddin.
He was buried at the Royal Mausoleum at Jalan Tutong.
Omar Ali Saifuddin II
Omar Ali Saifuddien II was the 23rd Sultan of Brunei.
During his reign, Western powers such as Great Britain and the United States of America visited Brunei.
His reign saw the British intervention in Brunei led by James Brooke who started to destabilize Brunei's sovereignty over Sarawak.
Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin
Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin ibni Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien
II was the 25th Sultan of Brunei from 30 May 1885 to 10 May 1906.
Before he became the Sultan, he was one of the four Wazirs in Brunei and was known as Pengiran Temenggong Sahibul Bahar Pengiran Anak Hashim.
He had acted as regent when Sultan Abdul Momin became old.
At that time also, his elder brother, Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Muhammad Salleh had died.

Question: Why did Omar Ali Saifuddien Iii's father die?
Answer: malaria