Alia al-Hussein

Alia al-Hussein

Infobox Jordanian Royalty|queen|consort
name =Alia Baha ed Din Toukan
title =Queen consort of Jordan


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reign =December 24, 1972 - February 9, 1977
spouse =King Hussein
issue =Princess Haya
Prince Ali
royal house =Hashemite
titles ="HM" The Queen of Jordan
"Miss" Alia Baha ed din Toukan
father =Bahauddin Toukan
mother =Hanan Hashim
date of birth =birth date|1948|12|25|mf=y
place of birth =Cairo, Egypt
date of death =death date and age|1977|2|9|1948|12|25|mf=y
place of death =Amman, Jordan|

Alia Baha ed Din Toukan ( _ar. علياء بھاء الدين طوقان) (December 25, 1948 - February 9, 1977), was the third wife of King Hussein of Jordan.

A daughter of Bahauddin Toukan, former Jordanian ambassador to the Court of St. James's, she was born in Cairo, Egypt. The Toukan (or Touqan) family is a prominent Palestinian family of Nablus. She married the king on December 24, 1972, and was titled Queen Alia al Hussein ( _ar. علياء الحسين). They had two children of their own, and adopted a daughter, Abir, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl whose mother had been killed by a plane crash at a refugee camp near the Amman airport.

She died in a helicopter crash in Amman, Jordan, and Amman airport was afterwards renamed Queen Alia International Airport.

s-ttl|title=Queen consort of Jordan
years=24 December 1972 – 9 February 1977

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