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Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (born Yvonne Blanche Labrousse; 15 February 1906 – 1 July 2000) was the fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III.
Feb 17, 2023 · Beautiful, glamorous and loyal – Begum Aga Khan III was born this week in 1906. She was the Aga Khan III’s fourth and final wife for 13 years. Their love story is widely remembered as being the greatest, and has even been referred to as a story book romance.
He married, on October 9, 1944, in Geneva, Switzerland, Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (Yvonne Blanche Labrousse) (15 February 1906 – 1 July 2000). According to an interview she gave to an Egyptian journalist, her first name was Yvonne, though she is referred to as Yvette in most published references.
Jul 1, 2020 · After the Aga Khan’s death in 1957, Begum Om Habibeh sat on the counsel during the first seven years of the Imamat of his grandson and successor, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, alongside supervising the building of the Mausoleum of Aga Khan in Egypt.
Khan’s fourth and last wife was Yvonne Blanche Labrousse who converted to Islam and became Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan after marriage. In 1954, she was given the title ‘Mata Salamat’ by Khan.
Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan III (née Yvette Labrousse) (1906-2000), Philanthropist, model and sculptor. Sitter in 5 portraits. Born Yvonne Blanche Labrousse in Sète, France but she preferred to call herself Yvette. Her beauty won her the title of Ms Lyon in 1929 and later that year she was crowned Miss France, aged 24.
Feb 3, 2005 · The Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (who died in July 2000) provided a worthy example. Having lived with great restraint throughout her life, my grandfather’s widow, who was French by birth, left all her assets to the Aga Khan Foundation when she died.
Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan , the fourth wife of Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, at Ascot racecourse, UK, 15th June 1965. She was born Yvonne... With unconcerned smiles, the Agha Khan III and his beautiful Beghum walk from a Bea Airliner which brought them to the Eternal City with one of its...
Jul 1, 2000 · Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan was the fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III. The couple married thirteen months after the Aga Khan III and his third...
Mar 9, 2013 · By Pinky Lilani Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (1906 - 2000), philanthropist and fourth wife of Aga Khan III I grew up in an Ismaili community so we followed the Aga Khan. I always remember people talking about his French wife, Begum Om Habibeh (originally Yvette Blanche), with great compassion.
