Princess Soraya
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, Sorayâ Esfandiyâri-Baxtiyâri; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was the queen consort of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951.
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| Full name at birth | Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari
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| Claim to fame | was Queen of Iran
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| Date of birth | 22 June 1932
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| Place of birth | Isfahan, Persia Iran
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| Date of death | 5 October 2001
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| Age | 69 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Paris, France
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| Cause of death | Brain Hemorrhage
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| Resting place | Westfriedhof, Munich, Germany
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| Occupation | Princess
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| Height | 5' 4½" (164 cm)
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![Princess Soraya - Retro Magazine Cover [Germany] (September 2022)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/i/3/i3c7w3tkg129t17i.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Princess Soraya - Filmvilag Magazine Cover [Hungary] (15 August 1964)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/n/n/nncixzinrnfyini.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Princess Soraya - Vecko Revyn Magazine Cover [Sweden] (21 May 1955)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/w/l/wl3vqjx1pfgyjyp.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Princess Soraya - Moustique Tele Radio Magazine Cover [Belgium] (15 February 1959)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/j/u/ju32nhgwuwwpwwnu.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Is buried in the Westfriedhof, a cemetery in Munich.
- Is portrayed by Anna Valle in Soraya (2003) (TV).
- Eldest child of Khalil Esfandiary, a notable and Iranian ambassador in West Germany in the 1950s, and his German wife Eva Klein.
- As the second wife of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Persia, she was only Queen consort, while his third wife Empress Farah Diba became Shahbanu (Empress) as the Shah declared himself the Emperor of Iran and Iran an Empire during his third and final marriage.
- Allegedly, the contract with producer Dino De Laurentiis forbade her to smile because the tale of the "sad empress" created by newspapers was thought to be useful for advertising the movie Tre volti, I (1965).
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