Is Queen Rania the only wife of King Abdullah II? How many wives did King Hussein of Jordan have?

Is Queen Rania the only wife of King Abdullah II?

Yes, Queen Rania is the only wife of King Abdullah II.

On June 10, 1993, she married then Prince Abdullah bin Al Hussein, who assumed his constitutional role as King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on February 7, 1999. They went on to have four children: Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Al Hussein, Princess Iman, Princess Salma, and Prince Hashem.

In addition to being a wife and mother, Queen Rania works hard to improve the lives of Jordanians by supporting efforts to create opportunities for their advancement.

How many wives did King Hussein of Jordan have?

King Hussein married four times and had eleven acknowledged children:

• Sharifa Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929–2019), on 19 April 1955. She was an Egyptian-born third cousin of King Hussein’s father, King Talal. The marriage was arranged. They separated in 1956 and were divorced in 1957, at which time Princess Dina became known as Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Abdul-Hamid of Jordan.

 

• Antoinette Gardiner (“Toni Gardiner,” born in 1941), on 25 May 1961, titled Princess Muna Al-Hussein from marriage. An award-winning field hockey player and daughter of a British army officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Percy Gardiner, she was given the title Her Royal Highness Princess Muna al-Hussein, retaining this title after they divorced on 21 December 1972.

• Alia Bahauddin Toukan, Queen Alia Al-Hussein (1948–1977), on 24 December 1972, after whom Jordan’s international airport (Queen Alia International Airport) is named. She died in a helicopter crash in Amman, Jordan, in 1977. An Egyptian-born daughter of Jordan’s first ambassador to the United Nations, Sayyid Baha ud-din Toukan.
• Lisa Najeeb Halaby (born in 1951), renamed Queen Noor Al-Hussein on her conversion to Islam, married in Amman on 15 June 1978. An Arab-American of Syrian descent, daughter of Najeeb Halaby.