King Hussain And His Family

[nicole]

All these pictures that I'll be posting are from the following Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejordanroyalfamily/

1. king Hussain w/ his sons Princes Abdullah and Faisal

2. Abeer and the King

3. Princess Aisha and her parents at her wedding

4. Ali, haya and Abeer w/ dad

[salma]

With her mother, Queen Zein Al Sharaf

Now with his father king Talal

with his second wife, Princess Muna (Abdullah´s mother)

with his brothers Prince Hassan and Prince Muhammad and his sister Princess Basma

other with Muna

KHussein

With haya, Abber and Ali

with QNoor and Hamzah

other with Hamzah

with QNoor

[syima]

Prince Abdullah when he was a little, he's looks like his son prince Hussein.
Do you think so?

[salma]

with QNoor, Hya and Ali

with QNoor in Aqaba

at harrow school

in his wedding with Elisabeth Najeeb Halaby

with Prince Hassan

with Prince Hamzah and QNoor

with QNoor

with QZein

with QNoor and Ali,Haya,Abber,Hamzah,Hashim,Rayah and Iman, and of course the cat

with Haya

[salma]

with Princess Alia and Prince hussein

with Faysal and Zein and sarah

with Hassan,Basma, and QZein

with Noor and Iman

with Hamzah and Iman

with Hamzah in his birthday

with Noor and childrens in Aqaba

official portrait

official portrait2

with Hashim and Noor in France

[salma]

with Abdullah

the last birthday of KHussein in November 1998

with QNooor, PHassan and PSarvath

with Noor

next

with Noor and Iman

with Muna

with Abdullah and Aisha

[Alexandria]

Wonderful pictures Nicole and Salma. King Hussein was by the looks of these pictures the most doting and loving father to his kids, despite his hectic and busy schedule. He looks like he had tremendous affection for his kids.

[salma]

Yes Alexandría I think that KHussein was a wonderfoul father, but some journalists say that Hussein only love Haya and Ali, because they are the Alia´s children.

[nicole]

prince abdullah and his parents

king hussain and haya playing the piano

king hussain, princess muna and their children

king hussain and iman and noor

king hussain and hashim

king hussain

[pegassuss2525]

"with Noor and Iman"

I believe that the daughter is Princess Raiyah and not Iman. This picture was taken for the 1997 New Year celebration.

[zhontella]

Was Princess Muna British, and was she a queen too? Was she KH's 1st wife? If it was legal for him to have 4 wives at the same time, would that not have been easier than the multiple divorces?

[nicole]

King Hussain's frist marriage was arranged by his parents when he was just 17 or 18 I think. He married his distant cousin who was also a princess--princess Dina. They had one daughter princess Alia and then shortly after her birth divorced since they were both too young when they got married.

His second marriage was much later and he married a British woman by the name of Antionette Gardner--later given the name Princess Muna. She never became queen b/c she wasn't Arabic. They divorced after several years of marriage and after having 4 kids, King Abdullah, Princess Faisal and the twins princesses Aisha and Zain.

His third wife died--the beautiful Queen Alia and he later married Queen Noor aka Lisa Halaby. They adopted Abeer and had princess Haya and Ali. The queen died when Ali was around 2 years old.

The king was a modern man and didn't believe in multiple marriages.

Hope this answers your questions.
nicole

[Sean.~]

King Hussain's frist marriage was arranged by his parents when he was just 17 or 18 I think.  He married his distant cousin who was also a princess--princess Dina.  They had one daughter princess Alia and then shortly after her birth divorced since they were both too young when they got married.

She was actually only a Sharifa, not a princess (a title given to female descendants of the prophet within the extended Hashemite family). Sharif Dina Abdul Hamid was her name. She later married a gent named Assad and is currently residing in Egypt (IIRC). Anyway, she was a few years older than the King.

His second marriage was much later and he married a British woman by the name of Antionette Gardner--later given the name Princess Muna.  She never became queen b/c she wasn't Arabic.  They divorced after several years of marriage and after having 4 kids, King Abdullah, Princess Faisal and the twins princesses Aisha and Zain.

IMO, it wasn't that she wasn't Arab per se. It had more to do with her being British and it was more of a a timing. Remeber, this was the era of post-colonialism, Nasserism,Arab nationalism, the Arab Israeli conflict (many Arabs blamed the British for the Balfour decleration), nationalization of the Suez, the 1956 war against Egypt (Britain, France & Israel against Egypt), etc. Thus a British "Malika" would have offended Arab sensibilities.

The king was a modern man and didn't believe in multiple marriages.

At least not at once :))

[zhontella]

Originally posted by nicole@Nov 5th, 2003 - 3:25 pm
Hope this answers your questions.
nicole

Thanks, that helps put Princess Muna into some category. I suppose she is a closer part of the royal family now since she is the king's mother.

[nicole]

zhonetella--you're welcome.

[salma]

with aisha, zein and abdullah

In Wadi Rum

with Princess Rania, Prince Abdullah, QNoor and Prince Hussein

with Prince Abdullah and Prince Hussein

with QNoor and Prince Ali in his graduation in the Academy of Sandhurst

with Princess Zein and Aisha

with princess Alia

with prince Hamzah

QNoor with prince faysal and his wife, princess alia and the newborn: princess haya

with princess iman

[salma]

The Royal Family of Jordan portrait

in stamp with Queen Dina, his first wife

with Noor

with Muna

with Noor and Hamzah

KHusein´s childrens:Hamzah,Hashim,Ali,Haya,Iman and Rayah

now their majesties with them

with Noor

with Queen Noor

other

[salma]

royal family portrait:
front row:Abber, Prayah,PIman,Phaya, Prince Ali.
middle row:PZein,QNoor,Khussein,PAisha and PAbdullah.
last row:PHamzah,PFaysal,PAlia and PHashim.

royal family portrait

with noor in the royal stables

with noor in Indonesia

with noor in Jerash festival

with Queeen Alia

with Queeen Alia

with Muna

with Alia and Haya and Ali

with abdullah