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.
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) |
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
editImage | 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.