Ali Reza Pahlavi I

Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi I (Persian: علیرضا پهلوی‎; 1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of Reza Pahlavi, deposed Shah of Iran, and the brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.[1]

This article is about the son of Reza Shah. For his nephew of the same name, see Ali-Reza Pahlavi.

Prince Ali Reza
Prince of Iran
Born(1922-03-01)1 March 1922
Tehran, Persia
Died17 October 1954(1954-10-17) (aged 32)
Alborz, Iran
SpouseChristiane Cholewski
IssuePatrick Ali
Full name
English: Ali Reza Pahlavi
Persian: علیرضا پهلوی‎
HouseHouse of Pahlavi
FatherReza Shah
MotherTadj ol-Molouk

Biography

Ali Reza Pahlavi studied political science at Harvard University.[1] Following Reza Shah's deposition and exile, Ali Reza accompanied his father into exile in Mauritius and then into Johannesburg, South Africa.

He was married to Christiane Cholewska; they had a son, Patrick Ali Pahlavi (born 1 September 1947)[2] but Christiane had a son since a previous marriage, Joachim Christian, born September 15, 1941. although no record of his parents' 20 November 1946 wedding in the 16th arrondissement of Paris is on official record there.[3] The couple divorced in 1948.[3]

Ali Reza died on 17 October 1954 in a plane crash in the Alborz Mountains.[3][4]

Honours

National honours
  • Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Pahlavi[5]
  • Order of Military Merit, First Class (1937)[5]
  • Order of Military Merit, Second Class (1937)[5]
  • Order of Glory, First Class (1937)[5]

Foreign honours

References
  1. Ali Akbar Dareini (1 January 1999). The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 123. ISBN 978-81-208-1642-8. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. Ali Pahlavi. About, Biography Facebook
  3. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1980). Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume II Africa & the Middle East. p. 149. ISBN 0-85011-029-7.
  4. Cockcroft, James D (1989). Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 9781555468477.
  5. Royal Ark
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