Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan
| Hussein bin Abdullah الحسين بن عبد الله | |||||
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| Crown Prince of Jordan | |||||
 Hussein in 2021 | |||||
| Born | 28 June 1994 Wadi Al-Seer, Amman, Jordan | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Father | Abdullah II of Jordan | ||||
| Mother | Rania Al-Yassin | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Signature |  | ||||
| Allegiance |  Jordan | ||||
| Service/branch |  Royal Jordanian Army | ||||
| Years of service | 2012–present | ||||
| Rank | Captain | ||||
Hussein bin Abdullah (Arabic: حسين بن عبد الله, Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbdullāh; born 28 June 1994) is the heir apparent of King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Early Life
[change | change source]Hussein was born on 28 June 1994 at King Hussein Medical City in Amman , He is eldest son Prince Abdullah and Princess Rania.[1][2], He has two sisters and one brothers .
Hussein is the eldest child of King Abdullah and Queen Rania. His paternal grandfather was the then-reigning King Hussein and his grandmother is the English-born Princess Muna, who was his second wife. He has three siblings: Princess Iman, Princess Salma and Prince Hashem.
Hussein started his primary education at the International School of Choueifat and the International Amman Academy, He finished his high school at King's Academy in 2012, obtained a bachelor's degree in International History at Georgetown University in 2016, and graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2017. He is a major in the Jordanian Armed Forces.
On 17 August 2022, the Royal Hashemite Court announced the engagement of Crown Prince Hussein to Saudi citizen Rajwa Al Saif. The couple met via a mutual friend. The engagement ceremony was held at the home of Al Saif's father in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Al Saif is the daughter of Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saif and Azza bint Nayef bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Sudairi (daughter of a maternal first cousin of King Salman of Saudi Arabia). She attended the Syracuse University School of Architecture. The couple married on 1 June 2023 at Zahran Palace. On 3 August 2024, the couple had their first child, a daughter named Princess Iman.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdullah II". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- ↑ jordanianroyals. "The Hashemites". Tumblr. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
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