Brunei royal family
The Brunei Royal Family is a group of people who are closely related to the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam .
By definition, all members of the royal family bear the title of "Royal Member" ( Pengiran ), the Sultan himself has the title of "Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan ". The first wife of the Sultan also bears the title of “Royal First Wife ” ( Raja Isteri ), the other wives the title of “Royal Follower” ( Pengiran Isteri ). The children of the first wife of the Sultan also bear the additional designation “descendant of the queen” ( yang Gahara ), the children of another woman the addition “no descendant of the queen” ( yang tidak Gahara ).
According to these conditions, the following persons belong to the royal family:
- the Brunei sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan
- his wives
- the monarch's children
- the grandchildren of the monarch
- the monarch's siblings and their spouses
- the children of the monarch's siblings and their spouses
Direct family circle
The most important people of the Brunei royal family are listed below:
First floor
- Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan Hassanal Bolkiah
- Queen (Raja Isteri) Saleha (wife of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah (eldest male descendant of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Sarah (wife of the Crown Prince)
- Prince 'Abdul Muntaqim (eldest male grandson of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Prince Mohammed (eldest brother of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Zariah (wife of Prince Mohammed)
- Prince Sufri (second eldest brother of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Prince Jefri (third eldest brother of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Norhayati (wife of Prince Jefri)
second level
- Prince Abdul Malik (2nd son of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Rashidah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Muta-Wakkilah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Majeedah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Princess Hafizah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
Third level
- Prince Abdul Azim (son of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan and his divorced second wife)
- Prince Abdul Mateen (son of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan and his divorced second wife)
- Prince Abdul Wakeel (son of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan and his divorced second second wife)
- Princess Azemah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan and his divorced second wife)
- Princess Fadzilah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan and his divorced second wife)
- Princess Ameerah (daughter of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan and his divorced second second wife)
Second row
- Datin Faizah (wife of Prince Sufri) 1
- Princess Masna (sister of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan)
- Prince Abdul Qawi (eldest son of Prince Mohammed)
- Prince Abdul Fattah (son of Prince Mohammed)
- Prince Abdul Mumin (son of Prince Mohammed)
- Prince Omar Ali (son of Prince Mohammed)
- Prince Abdul Muqtadir (son of Prince Mohammed)
- Muhammad Safiz (eldest son of Prince Sufri)
- Abdul Khaliq (son of Prince Sufri)
- Prince Abdul Alim (son of Prince Sufri)
- Prince Abdul Hakim (son of Prince Jefri)
- Prince Muda Bahar (son of Prince Jefri)
- Prince Kiko (son of Prince Jefri)
1 She does not have a royal title.
Former members of the royal family
Divorced spouses of members of the royal family (not members of the official royal family):
- Azrinaz Mazhar (former second wife (Pengiran Isteri) of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan), August 20, 2005 to June 16, 2010
- Mariam Abdul Aziz (former second wife (Pengiran Isteri) of the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan), until 2003
See also
Web links
- Royal Family Bruneis (English)
- Royal Standards of Brunei (English)