List of Jordanian royal consorts
Queen of Jordan | |
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Incumbent | |
Rania Al-Yassin since 7 February 1999 | |
Details | |
Style | Her Majesty |
Formation | 25 May 1946 |
Residence | Raghadan Palace (official) Beit Al Urdun Palace (private) |
This is a list of the women who have been queen/princess consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since the emirate was elevated to the status of a kingdom in 1949. As all monarchs of Jordan have been required by law to be male, there has never been a queen regnant of Jordan although the law can be bypassed by royal decree.
It is necessary for the king to give his wife the title of queen consort after his accession and their marriage; otherwise she would only have the lesser title of princess consort. Only one Jordanian consort has not held the title of queen during her marriage.
List of royal consorts
[edit]Image | Born as | Consort as | Born | Marriage | Consort from | Consort to | Died | Spouse to |
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Musbah bint Nasser | Queen Musbah | 1884 | 1904 | 25 May 1946 Jordan elevated to kingdom | 20 July 1951 husband's death | 15 March 1961 | Abdullah I | |
Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil | Queen Zein | 2 August 1916 | 27 November 1934 | 20 July 1951 husband became king | 11 August 1952 husband's abdication | 26 April 1994 | Talal | |
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid | Queen Dina | 15 December 1929 | 18 April 1955 | 24 June 1957 divorced[1] | 21 August 2019 | Hussein | ||
Toni Avril Gardiner | Princess Muna | 25 April 1941 | 25 May 1961[2] | 21 December 1972 divorced | living | |||
Alia Toukan | Queen Alia | 25 December 1948 | 24 December 1972 | 9 February 1977 her death | ||||
Lisa Halaby | Queen Noor | 23 August 1951 | 15 June 1978 | 7 February 1999 husband died | living | |||
Rania Al-Yassin | Queen Rania | 31 August 1970 | 10 June 1993 | 7 February 1999 husband became king | incumbent | Abdullah II |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Upon divorce Dina was lowered to the title of princess and style of Royal Highness (having been styled Her Majesty as queen).
- ^ Renamed Muna al-Hussein upon marriage, she was given the title of princess and the style of Royal Highness on the birth of her first son Abdullah on 30 January 1962.