father predecessor religion successor birth_place death_date death_place mother title birth_date spouse image article_title name reign
hassan i of morocco abd al-hafid of morocco sunni islam mohammed v of morocco meknes , morocco november 17 , 1927 rabat , morocco lalla ruqiya sultan of morocco 1882 lalla ya'aqut youcef ben hassan.jpg yusef of morocco
 yusef ben hassan of morocco 1912 -- 1927
yusef of morocco

sultan yusef ben hassan -lrb- 1882 -- november 17 , 1927 -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- ruled morocco from 1912 until his death in 1927 .
born in the city of meknes to sultan hassan i and his fifth wife , ruqiya , a circassian lady from constantinople and was the youngest of sultan hassan i sons .
he inherited the throne from his brother , sultan abdelhafid , who abdicated after the treaty of fez -lrb- 1912 -rrb- , which made morocco a french protectorate .
he was a member of the alaouite dynasty .
yusef 's reign was turbulent and marked with frequent uprisings against spain and france .
the most serious of these was a berber uprising in the rif mountains , led by abd el-krim and the uprising of sahraoui tribes , led by the son of ma al - ` aynayn , ahmed al-hiba .
though this originally began in the spanish-controlled area in the north of the country , it reached the french-controlled area until a coalition of france and spain finally defeated the rebels in 1925 .
to ensure his own safety , yusef moved the court from fez to rabat , which has served as the capital of the country ever since .
yusef 's reign came to an abrupt end when he died suddenly of uremia in 1927 .
he was succeeded by his son muhammad .
