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    Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it became clear that she was infertile. She rejected the Shah's suggestion that he might take a second wife in order to produce an heir, as he rejected her suggestion that he might abdicate in favor of his half-brother. In March 1958, their divorce was announced. After a brief career as an actress, and a liaison with Italian film director Franco Indovina, Soraya lived alone in Paris until her death.
    Born22 June 1932 · Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran
    Died25 October 2001 (aged 69) · Paris, France
    SpouseMohammad Reza Pahlavi · (m. 1951; div. 1958)
    BurialWestfriedhof, Munich, Germany
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    How the Sad-Eyed Princess Lost Her Crown and Husband
    How the Sad-Eyed Princess Lost Her Crown and Husband
    The Tragic Life of Queen Soraya
    The Tragic Life of Queen Soraya
    Early life and education

    Soraya was the elder child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1901–1983), a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Russian-born German wife Eva Karl (1… See more

    Marriage

    In 1948, Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a close relative of Soraya's, via a photograph taken by Goodarz Bakhtiary, in London, per Forough Za… See more

    Queen of Iran

    Following the marriage, Soraya headed the family charity in Iran. Soraya's marriage was troubled as Mohammad Reza's mother and sisters all saw her as a rival for his love just as they had with his first wife Princess Fawzia of … See more

    Divorce

    Though the wedding took place during a heavy snow, deemed a good omen, the imperial couple's marriage had disintegrated by early 1958 owing to Soraya's apparent infertility. The Shah's only child, … See more

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