Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco
| Princess Lalla Aicha | |
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| Born |
17 June 1928 Dar al-Makhzin, Rabat |
| Died | 4 September 2011 (aged 81) Rabat, Morocco |
| Burial | Moulay El Hassan Mausoleum |
| Spouse |
Moulay Hassan al-Yaqubi (m. 1961–2011; her death) |
| Issue |
Lalla Zubaida al-Yaqubi Lalla Nufissa al-Yaqubi |
| Dynasty | Alaouite |
| Father | Mohammed V of Morocco |
| Mother | Lalla Abla bint Tahar |
| Religion | Islam |
Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco, DCVO, (17 June 1930 – 4 September 2011) was the eldest sister of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar.
Born in Rabat, she was privately educated in Rabat and awarded a Baccalauréat degree. The exile in 1953 of Mohammed V and his family on Corsica interrupted her studies in languages. Lalla Aicha was the Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom between 1965 and 1969, and then to Greece from 1969 to 1970, and to Italy between 1970 and 1973.
She was the first president of the Entraide Nationale, as well as president of the Moroccan Red Crescent Society from the 1950s until 1967 and honorary president of the National Union of Moroccan Women since 1969 until her death in 2011, at age 81.
She married on 16 August 1961 (in a triple ceremony with her sisters, Malika and Fatima), at the Dar al-Makhzin in Rabat, Moulay Hassan al-Yaqubi (also named Hassan El Yacoubi) (born 1935). Together they had two daughters:
She received the following honours during her lifetime:
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