- 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 KingHussein of Jordan .A daughter of Bahauddin Toukan, former Jordanian ambassador to the
Court of St. James's , she was born inCairo ,Egypt . The Toukan (or Touqan) family is a prominent Palestinian family ofNablus . She married the king onDecember 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 renamedQueen Alia International Airport .s-ttl|title=Queen consort of Jordan
years=24 December 1972 – 9 February 1977
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