PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The Emirate
of Transjordan formed in March 1921, it becomes the Hashemite Kingdom
of
Transjordan on the 25th May 1946, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
on
the 3rd April 1949. Rulers were...
-
 HM
King ABDULLAH I 1921/1951, born November 1881 in Mecca, Emir of
Transjordan
1921/1946, married 1stly, 1904/1905 in Constantinople, Sharifa Mousbah
bint Nasr, born 1884/1885 in Mecca, (daughter of Nasser bin Ali Pasha),
died 15th March 1961 in Irbid, Jordan, married 2ndly, HH Princess
Souzdil,
died 16th August 1968 in Amman, and had issue. He died 21st July 1951
in
Jerusalem, buried Amman.
- HRH Princess Hayya bint Abdullah (by Mousbah), born 1907
in
Constantinople.
- HM King TALAL (qv)
- HRH Prince NAYEF bin Abdullah (by Souzdil), born 1914 in
Taif, Saudi
Arabia,
Regent of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from the 20th July 1951 to
5th
September 1951, married 7th October 1940 in Cairo, HIH Princess
Mihrimâh
Selcuk Sultana, born 11th November 1922, (daughter of HIH
Prince
Mehmed Ziyaeddin Efendi and Neshemend Hanim Efendi),
died
March 2000 in Amman, buried 2nd April 2000 in Istanbul, and had issue.
- HRH Prince Ali bin Nayef Sultanzade, born 10th
August 1941,
married
11th April 1966, HRH Princess Wijan Ali [née Wijan Fawaz
Muhana],
born 29th August 1939 in Baghdad, (daughter of Fawaz Muhana and Sharifa
Nafia bint Jamal Ali), and has issue.
- HRH Princess Nafaa bint Ali Hanim, born 27th
December
1966.
- HRH Princess Rajwa bint Ali Hanim, born 29th
June 1968.
- HRH Princess Basma Fatima bint Ali Hanim,
born 24th March
1970.
- HRH Prince Mohammad Abbas bin Ali Bey, 17th
February 1973.
- HRH Prince Asem Abu Baker bin Nayef Sultanzade,
born 1948,
married
1stly (div. 1985), Princess Firouzeh Vokhshouri, born 7th August 1948,
married 2ndly, HRH Princess Sana Asem bin Nayef, born 16th November
1960,
and has issue.
- HRH Princess Yasmine bint Asem (by 1st wife), born
30th June 1975,
married
31st August 2005, Mr. Basel Yaghnam, a Jordanian national, at the home
of the brides father in Amman. The official wedding was held on 2nd
September
2005 in Aqaba, Amman, and was attended by H.M. Queen Noor, along with
H.R.H
Prince Asem and his wife, H.R.H Pricess Sana Asem, H.R.H. Prince Hamzah
bin Al-Hussein and his wife, H.R.H Princess Noor Hamzah.
- HRH Princess Sarah bint Asem (by 1st wife), born 12th
August 1978.
- HRH Princess Noor bint Asem (by 1st wife), born 6th
October 1980 in
Amman,
married 29th August 2003 in El Baraka Palace, HRH Crown Prince Hamzah
bin
Husain (see below).
- HRH Princess Salha bint Asem (by 2nd wife), born 14th
June 1987.
- HRH Princess Nejla bint Asem (by 2nd wife), born 9th
May 1988.
- HRH Prince Nayef bin Asem (by 2nd wife), born 22nd
January 1998.
- HRH Princess Munira bint Abdullah (by Souzdil), born 1915
in Mecca.
- HRH Princess Makboula bint Abdullah (by Souzdil), born
1917, married
1943,
HE Emir Sharif Husain bin Nasser, born 30th November 1902, (son of
Nasser
bin Ali Pasha), Prime Minister of Jordan 1963/1964 and in 1967, died
1st
May 1982, and had issue.
 - HM
King TALAL 1951/1952 (abdicated), born 26th February 1909 in Mecca,
married
27th November 1934 in Amman, Sharifa Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamal Ali,
born
2nd August 1916, (daughter of Jamal Ali bin Nasr), died 26th April
1994,
and had issue. He died 8th July 1972 in Istanbul.
- HM King HUSSEIN (qv)
- HRH Princess Asma bint Talal, born 1937, died 1937.
- HRH Prince Muhammed bin Talal, born 2nd October 1940 in
Amman, Crown
Prince
of Jordan 1952/1962, married 1stly, 9th January 1964 in Amman, (div.
1976),
Jeredel Firyal Resheid, born 1945, married 2ndly, 22nd April 1981,
Taghris
al-Majali, and has issue.
- HRH Prince Talal bin Muhammed (by Jeredel), born 26th
July 1965,
married
July 1991, HRH Princess Ghaida Salaam, born 11th July 1963, and has
issue.
- HH Prince Hussein bin Talal, born 15th October 1999.
- HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammed (by Jeredel), born 15th
October 1966,
married
HRH Princess Areej Zawawi, and has issue.
- HH Princess Tasnim bint Ghazi, born 27th August 1999.
- HH Prince Abdullah bin Ghazi, born November 2001.
- HH Princess Jannah bint Ghazi, 20th September 2003.
- HRH Prince Muhsin bin Talal, died young.
-
 HRH
Prince Hassan bin Talal, born 20th March 1947, Regent of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan from the 14th July 1998 to 19th January 1999,
educated
at Christ Church College, Oxford (B.A.(Hons) in Oriental Studies in
1967),
subsequently recieved his M.A., Crown Prince 1965/1999, founded the
Royal
Scientific Society in 1972, married 28th August 1968 in Karachi,
Pakistan,
HRH Princess Sarvath bint Muhammed Ikramullah, born 24th July 1947 in
Calcutta,
India, Patron of the Young Woman's Muslim Association in 1972,
established
the Jordan Dyslexia Society in 1993, Honourary Vice-President of the
Jordan
Red Crescent Society, Member of the Council of UNESCO's International
Boards
of the United World Colleges and of the Voluntary Services Overseas,
and
has issue.
- HRH Princess Rahmya bint Hassan, born 13 August
1969.
- HRH Princess Sumaya bint Hassan, born 14th May 1971 in
Amman.
- HRH Princess Badiya bint Hassan, born 28th March
1974.
- HRH Prince Rashid bin Hassan, born 20th May 1979.
- HRH Princess Basma bint Talal, born 11th May 1951 Amman.
 HM
King HUSSEIN 1952/1999, born 14th November 1935 in Amman, married
1stly,
19th April 1955 in Amman, (div. 1957), Queen Dina al-Husain [née
Dina bint Abd al-Hamid], born 1929 in Cairo, (daughter of Abd al-Hamid
bin Muhammed and Fahriah Brav), married 2ndly, 25th May 1961 in Amman,
(div. 1972), Princess Munia al-Husain [née Antoinette Avril
Gardiner],
born 25th April 1941 in Chelmondiston, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, married
3rdly,
24th December 1972 in Amman, Queen Alia al-Husain [née Alia
Bahaeddin
Toukan], born 25th December 1948 in Cairo, died 9th February 1977 near
Amman, married 4thly, 15th June 1978 in Amman, HM Queen Noor al-Husain
[née Lisa Najeeb Halaby], born 23rd August 1951 (#2)
in Washington, DC, USA, (daughter of Najeeb Elias Halaby and Doris
Carlquist),
Recieved a B.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning in 1974 from
Princeton
University, Patron of several national institutions including, The
Cerebral
Palsy Foundation, The Petra National Trust and others, and had issue.
He
died 7th February 1999 in Amman.
- HRH Princess Alia bint Al Husain (by Queen Dina), born
13th
February 1956
in Amman.
- HM King ABDULLAH II bin Al Husain (by Princess Munia) (qv)
- HRH Prince Faisal bin Al Husain (by Princess Munia), born
11th October
1963
in Amman, married 10th August 1987, Alia al-Tabba, and has issue.
- HRH Princess Haya bint Faisal, born 11th February 1990.
- HRH Prince Omar bin Faisal, born October 1993.
- HRH Princess Sara bint Faisal, born 27th March 1997.
- HRH Princess Aisha bint Faisal, born 27th March 1997.
- HRH Princess Aisha bint Al Husain (by Princess Munia),
born
23rd April
1968
in Amman
- HRH Princess Zein bint Al Husain by Princess Munia), born
23rd April 1968
in Amman
- HRH Princess Haya bint Al Husain (by Queen Alia), born
3rd
May 1974 in
Amman,
married 10th April 2004 in Beit Al-Barkat Palace, Amman, Lt.-Gen.
Shaikh
Muhammed bin Rashid al-Maktum of Dubai.
- HRH Prince Ali bin Al Husain (by Queen Alia), born 23rd
December 1975 in
Amman,
married 23rd April 2004 in Paris, Reem Brahimi.
- HRH Crown Prince Hamzah bin Al Husain (by Queen Noor),
born
29th March
1980,
married 29th August 2003 at El Beraka Palace, HRH Princess Noor bint
Asem
(see above).
- HRH Prince Hashem bin Al Husain (by Queen Noor), born
10th
June 1981, engaged 8th January 2006 in Riyadh, to HRH Princess Fahdah,
daughter of Mohammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Salman Abu Niyan.
- HRH Princess Iman bint Al Husain (by Queen Noor), born
24th
April
1983.
- HRH Princess Raiyah bint Al Husain (by Queen Noor), born
9th
February 1986.
- HM King ABDULLAH II (see above)
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born
30th January 1962 in Amman, Jordan, Crown Prince of Jordan 1962/1965
and
1999/1999, married 10th June 1993 (#1) in
Amman,
HM Queen Rania Al-Abdullah [née Rania Al-Yassin], born 31st
August
1970 in Kuwait, and has issue.