Biographical entries of most of the reigning monarchs and of certain other members of the reigning royal families will be found in their appropriate alphabetical order in the biographical section of this site.

The name under which they can be found in the text of the site is listed and hyperlinked in this section in bold UPPERCASE type.

JORDAN

Reigning King:

KING ABDULLAH II IBN AL-HUSSEIN
b. 30 January 1962; succeeded to the throne 7 February 1999, on the death of his father, King Hussein Ibn Talal; married 10 June 1993, Rania al-Yassin (Queen Rania al-Abdullah) (b. 31 August 1970).

Children of the King:

HRH Prince Hussein, b. 28 June 1994.

HRH Princess Iman, b. 27 September 1996.

HRH Princess Salma, b. 26 September 2000.

HRH Prince Hashem, b. 30 January 2005.

Parents of the King:

King Hussein ibn Talal, b. 14 November 1935, died 7 February 1999; married 1st Dina bint Abdelhamid (Queen Dina) (divorced), one child; married 2nd Antoinette Gardner (Princess Muna) (divorced 1972), four children; married 3rd Alia Toukan (Queen Alia) (deceased), two children; married 4th Lisa Najeeb Halaby (Queen Noor) (b. 23 August 1951), four children.

Brothers and Sisters of the King:

Princess Alia, b. 13 February 1956; married 1st 11 July 1977, Nasser Wasfi Mirza (divorced 1983); son, Prince Hussein Mirza, b. 12 February 1981; married 2nd 30 July 1988, Mohammad Farid as-Saleh; son, Talal as-Saleh, b. 12 September 1989; son, Abdel Hamid as-Saleh, b. 15 November 1991.

Prince Feisal, b. 11 October 1963; married 10 August 1987, Alia at-Tabaa (Princess Alia); daughter, Princess Ayah, b. 11 February 1990; son, Prince Omar, b. October 1993; daughter, Princess Aisha, b. 1996; daughter, Princess Sarah, b. 1996.

Princess Zein, b. 23 April 1968; married 3 August 1989, Majdi Farid as-Saleh; son, Jaafar as-Saleh, b. 9 November 1990; daughter, Jumana as-Saleh.

Princess Aisha, b. 23 April 1968; married 26 July 1990, Zeid Juma'a; son, Aoun Juma'a, b. 27 May 1992; daughter, Muna Juma'a.

Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, b. 3 May 1974; married 10 April 2004, Sheikh Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum (Ruler of Dubai).

Prince Ali, b. 23 December 1975; married 23 April 2004, Rym Brahimi; daughter, Jalilah, b. 16 September 2005.

Prince Hamzah, b. 29 March 1980; married 2003, Princess Noor bint Asem Ben Nayef.

Prince Hashim, b. 10 June 1981; married 15 April 2006, Fahdah Mohammed Abu Neyan.

Princess Iman, b. 24 April 1983.

Princess Raiyah, b. 9 February 1986.