Kasia Al Thani

Kasia Al Thani
Sheikha
Born(1976-10-02)2 October 1976
Kraków
Died29 May 2022(2022-05-29) (aged 45)
Marbella
Burial
Córdoba Province
Spouse
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(m. 2004; sep. 2012)​
HouseThani (by marriage)
ReligionIslam

Kasia Al Thani (2 October 1976 – 29 May 2022)[1][2] was the third wife of Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani, the son of Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar.

Biography

She was born as Kasia Gallanio[citation needed] in Kraków, Poland,[3] but grew up in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States.[4] While she was a 19-year-old student in Paris, she met her future husband, who had lived in exile in France since 1992 in a palace on Avenue Montaigne.[5] In 2004, she became his third wife.[6] They had three daughters together: Sheikha Malak (b. 2005), Sheika Yasmine (b. 2005) [both twins], and Sheikha Reem (b. 2006). In 2007, she launched a luxury gifting shopping company called Savoir-Faire.com,[1] which went into voluntary liquidation in 2010.[7] She discovered fraudulent activity on her husband's account at Barclays Bank in Marbella and spearheaded a €50m/£40m legal action against the bank. In 2009, Barclays settled for an undisclosed amount.[8] Afterwards, she filed for divorce, and the couple fought over custody of their daughters for ten years, after allegations that he sexually assaulted their eldest child.[2] In April 2018, she joined the FC Martigues business team.[9][3] She resided in Marbella, Spain, where she was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on 29 May 2022.[2] She was buried by the arabic rite in a not revealed town in Córdoba.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "SAVOIR-FAIRE.COM ENTERPRISE LIMITED". Find and update company information – GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Former princess of Qatar Kasia Gallanio found dead of a suspected drug overdose at her Marbella home". Sky News. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Tésorière, Ronan (4 April 2018). "Une "princesse qatarienne" rejoint le FC Martigues de Baptiste Giabiconi". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ Zinderman, Carly (17 August 2009). "Luxury Gifts On Sale Now at Savoir-faire.com". JustLuxe.com.
  5. ^ Thayer, Amy E.; Alfred B. Prados (29 August 2003). "The Middle East and North Africa: Political Succession and Regime Stability" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Princess Kasia Al Thani of Qatar". I love eclairs. 20 October 2010.[self-published source]
  7. ^ "City Spy: Credit Suisse gets it right on bonuses". London Evening Standard. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  8. ^ Armitstead, Louise (3 January 2009). "Barclays settles €50m fraud claim with sheikh". Telegraph.co.uk.
  9. ^ Holyman, Ian (4 April 2018). "Qatari princess to join French club". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  10. ^ La jequesa de Marbella enterrada, por el rito árabe, en un pueblo de Córdoba