Alia Toukan

Alia Bahauddin Toukan (علياء بهاء الدين طوقان); 25 December 1948 – 9 February 1977), also known as Alia Al Hussein (Arabic: علياء الحسين), 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 Toukan
Queen Alia in 1976
Queen consort of Jordan
Tenure24 December 1972 – 9 February 1977
BornAlia Bahauddin Toukan
(1948-12-25)25 December 1948
Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died9 February 1977(1977-02-09) (aged 28)
Amman, Jordan
Burial
Raghadan Palace
Spouse
(m. 1972)
Issue
Regnal name
Alia Al Hussein
FatherBahauddin Toukan
MotherHanan Hashim
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