[2] Lalla Fatima Zahra was born at the Royal Palace of Rabat, her parents Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef and Princess Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun divorced shortly after her birth.
[4] On 16 August 1961 (in a triple ceremony with her sisters, Aisha, Malika and their husbands)[citation needed] she was married at the Dar al-Makhzen in Rabat to her cousin, Prince Moulay Ali Alaoui (1924–1988), ambassador of Morocco to France (1964–1966).
[6] She adopted Abdelkebir Ouaddar aged eight to the Moroccan royal family, when he was playing street football with her sons in his native village.
King Mohammed VI canceled the ceremonies planned for his birthday due to the hardship that the loss of his aunt represent, and of her place in the royal family and the Moroccan people.
[6] She is buried in the Moulay Al Hassan mausoleum, in the royal palace of Rabat, after the al-Asr prayer.