External links [ ] Queen Noor 2003 , Miramax Books, Royal titles Preceded by 1999—2004 Succeeded by Lines of succession Preceded by 8th position Succeeded by | Queen Noor states in her autobiography that she and King Hussein named Hamzah after |
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Knight Grand Cordon of the• On 7 April 2021, King Abdullah II publicly hinted that his tension with Hamzah, who had pledged loyalty to him two days after his house arrest began, was ending and that Hamzah was now "in his palace under my protection | Succession issue [ ] On 7 February 1999, King Hussein died and his eldest son Prince Abdullah bin Hussein acceded to the throne of Jordan, having two weeks previously been designated to succeed his father as ruler in place of the king's brother, |
Suleiman Al-Khalidi, , Reuters 5 April 2021.
9Prince Hamzah received his elementary education in Jordan and Amman, and then attended in England | Prince Hamzah and Princess Noor divorced on 9 September 2009 |
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In the year 2006, he graduated from | The couple have four daughters and a son:• Princess Badiya bint Hamzah born 8 April 2016• On the same day, in compliance with his father's wish, King Abdullah II decreed that he, in turn, would be succeeded not by a son of his own but by his half-brother, Hamzah, who was therefore accorded the title of |
Sweis, , The New York Times 5 April 2021.
10Hamzah is a qualified rotor and fixed wing aircraft pilot, and participates in other sports such as and target-shooting | Princess Zein bint Hamzah born 3 November 2012• He was named in 1999, a position he held until his older half-brother, , rescinded it in 2004 |
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Biography [ ] Born on 29 March 1980, Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein claims ancestry with the Islamic Prophet through the Hashemite family | Nearly six years later, on 28 November 2004, King Abdullah removed Hamzah as crown prince |
Currently holding the rank of Brigadier in the Jordan Arab Army, he served with the Jordan-United Arab Emirates force operating in former Yugoslavia under the umbrella of international peacekeepers.
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