Kasia Al Thani

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

Biography

She was born as Kasia Gallanio in Kraków, Poland,[3] but grew up in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States.[4] She met her future husband in Paris who had lived in exile in France since 1992.[5] In 2004, she became his third wife.[6] They had three daughters together: Sheikha Malak, Sheika Yasmin, and Sheikha Reem. 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]

References
  1. "SAVOIR-FAIRE.COM ENTERPRISE LIMITED". Find and update company information – GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. "Former princess of Qatar Kasia Gallanio found dead of a suspected drug overdose at her Marbella home". Sky News. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. 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.
  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.
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