Fahkr-al-Din II

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Fakhr-al-Din II also the Great was a Lebanese prince, son of prince Qurqumaz from the Maan Druze dinasty and princess Nassab.

After the assasination of his father by ottomans, he was raised by cheikh Nader El Khazen, a prominent Christian Maronite, in the lebanese village of Ballouneh.

From 1585 to 1635 he ruled Greater Lebanon until he was defeated by Ottoman forces and executed at Constantinople in April 13, 1635.