List of Jordanian consorts
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This is a list of the women who have been queen consort of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since the sultanate 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.
It is necessary for the king to give his wife the title of Queen after his accession and their marriage; otherwise she has only the lesser title of Princess. Only one Jordanian consort has not held the title of Queen during her marriage.
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 | Queen Zein | 2 August 1916 | 27 November 1934 | 20 July 1951 husband became king | 11 August 1952 husband's abdication | 26 April 1994 | Talal I | |
Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid | Queen Dina | 1929 | 18 April 1955 | 24 June 1957 divorced[1] | living | Hussein I | ||
Toni Gardiner | Princess Muna as princess consort | 25 April 1941 | 25 May 1961[2] | 21 December 1971 divorced | living | |||
Alia Toukan | Queen Alia | 25 December 1948 | 24 December 1971 | 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
- ↑ 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 on 30 January 1962.
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