Prince Hussain Aga Khan

Prince Hussain Aga Khan (April 10, 1974) is the third child and second son of Aga Khan IV and his first wife, Sarah Croker-Poole.

He attended Deerfield Academy and subsequently Williams College, from which he graduated in 1997. Since then, Prince Hussain has been based in France and working with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Following completion of a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University in 2004, Prince Hussain assumed additional responsibility at the Aga Khan Foundation for the conceptualisation of programmes on environmental issues. ["Engagement of Prince Hussain Aga Khan and Miss Kristin J. White", official press release from the office of the Aga Khan, 24 April 2006; retrieved on 6 September 2006 from [http://www.ismaili.net/timeline/2006/20060424akdn.html Ismaili.net] .]

On 27 April 2006, the Prince has announced his intention to marry Kristin J. White (born 1976), an American whom he met while both were attending graduate school at Columbia, sometime in the autumn of 2006. The intended bride, who has a master's degree in public health, has converted to Islam and has taken the name Khaliya Aga Khan. [The Financial Express, 27 April 2006] .

Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya were married religiously on Saturday September 16, 2006, by Sayyed Mohammad Masawi at Château de Chantilly. Friday September 15 was the civil ceremony at their home in Aiglemont, France, by Mayor of Gouvieux Patrice Marchand.

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