Zeid bin Hussein

Zaid bin Hussein
Rey De Irak
Head of the royal houses of Iraq and Syria
Tenure14 July 1958 – 18 October 1970
PredecessorFaisal II
SuccessorRa'ad bin Zeid
Born28 February 1898
Ottoman Empire
Died18 October 1970(1970-10-18) (aged 72)
Paris, France
SpouseFahrelnissa Zeid
IssuePrince Ra'ad bin Zeid
HouseHashemite
FatherHussein bin Ali
MotherAdila Khanum
Map presented by TE Lawrence to the Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet in November 1918

Zaid bin Hussein, GCVO, GBE (Arabic: زيد بن الحسين; (28 February 1898 – 18 October 1970) was an Iraqi prince who was a member of the Hashemite dynasty and the head of the Royal House of Iraq from 1958 until his death, after the royal line founded by his brother Faisal I of Iraq died out.