This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2012) |
Alia Toukan | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queen consort of Jordan | |||||
Tenure | 24 December 1972 – 9 February 1977 | ||||
Born | Alia Bahauddin Toukan 25 December 1948 Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt | ||||
Died | 9 February 1977 Amman, Jordan | (aged 28)||||
Burial | |||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue |
| ||||
| |||||
Father | Bahauddin Toukan | ||||
Mother | Hanan Hashim |
Alia Bahauddin Toukan (Arabic: علياء بهاء الدين طوقان, romanized: 'Āliyā' Bahāʾ ud-Dīn Ṭūqān; 25 December 1948 – 9 February 1977), also known as Alia Al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين),[1] was Queen of Jordan as the third wife of King Hussein from their marriage on 24 December 1972 until her death in a helicopter crash in 1977. Alia was of Palestinian origin.