Correction, November 1, 2026: This 2015 page said King Abdullah died "in January of this year"; it now gives the date, January 2015, when King Salman also became king. It called King Fahd the eighth son of Ibn Saud, which we could not confirm, so the ordinal has been removed.
Biographies, news & photographs of the Saudi Kings
King Salman
The seventh and current King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman became king in January 2015 after the death of his older brother King Abdullah.
King Abdullah
The revered Abdullah reigned for nearly 10 years and died in January 2015, ascending in 2005 on the death of his brother Fahd.
King Fahd
A son of Ibn Saud and the eldest member of the Sudairi Seven, King Fahd reigned from 1982 until his death in 2005.
King Khalid
Reigning from 1975 to 1982, King Khalid was the Fourth king of Saudi Arabia and ruled over a time of great tumult and change in the Kingdom.
King Faisal
The third son of Ibn Saud, the glorious King Faisal implemented sweeping reforms modernising the Kingdom and strengthening international ties.
King Saud
The successor to Ibn Saud, King Saud ruled from 1953 to 1964 in his own somewhat unorthodox style.
King Abdulaziz
The founder of modern Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud set out from Kuwait in 1902 conquering Riyad with only a handful of men, later taking Mecca and Medina to re-establish his family’s reign and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.