Abbas II of Egypt

Abbas Helmy II (also known as ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā, Egyptian Arabic: عباس حلمي باشا) (14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944) was the last Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in World War I, the nationalist Khedive was removed by the British, then ruling Egypt, in favour of his more pro-British uncle, Hussein Kamel, marking the de jure end of Egypt's four-century era as a province of the Ottoman Empire, which had begun in 1517.

Abbas II Helmy
Abbas II in 1909
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan
Reign8 January 1892 – 19(20)(21) December 1914
PredecessorTewfik I
SuccessorHussein Kamel I (as Sultan of Egypt)
Born14 July 1874 (1874-07-14)
Alexandria, Egypt
Died19 December 1944(1944-12-19) (aged 70)
Geneva, Switzerland
Burial
Qubbat Afandina, Cairo
Spouse
(m. 1895; div. 1910)
    (m. 1910; div. 1913)
    IssuePrincess Emine Helmy
    Princess Atiye Helmy
    Princess Fethiye Helmy
    Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim
    Princess Lutfiya Shavkat
    Prince Muhammed Abdel Kader
    HouseAlawiyya
    FatherTewfik I
    MotherEmina Ilhamy
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