Birth place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Father: King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman al Saud
Mother: Fahda bint Al-Asi Al-Shuraim
Marriages: Wives’ names not available publicly, but according to Islamic tradition he is allowed no more than four at a time.
Children: Exact number is not available publicly; sons include: Khalid (eldest son died June 2011 at age 54); Mitab; Abdulaziz; Mishal; Faisal; Badr
Education: early education at the Royal Court
Religion: Wahhabism (a conservative Islamic sect)
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June 18, 2012 – Abdullah’s half-brother Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud is named crown prince.
November 2012 – Has his fourth back surgery since 2010, at a hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
January 11, 2013 – Appoints 30 women to the Shura Council, the first time women have been chosen for the country’s top consultative body.
March 27, 2014 – Names former intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz as the deputy crown prince. Prince Muqrin follows Crown Prince Salman in the line of succession.
December 31, 2014 – Is admitted to a hospital in Riyadh, the capital. On January 2, 2015, the state-run Saudi Press Agency says that King Abdullah is suffering from pneumonia and was given a breathing-aid tube temporarily.
