Prince Feisal of Jordan

by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2014

 

Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan was born on October 11, 1963, in Amman, Jordan. He is the second son of King Hussein of Jordan and Princess Muna al-Hussein (the former Antoinette Gardiner).

Prince Feisal has one elder brother and two younger twin sisters:

Feisal has a number of half-siblings from his father’s other three marriages.

From his father’s first marriage to Sharifa Dina bint ‘Abdu’l-Hamid (Queen Dina):

  • Princess Alia (born 1956), married (1) Lieutenant-Colonel Nasser Wasfi Mirza, had one child, divorced  (2) Sayyid Mohammed Al-Saleh, had two children

From his father’s third marriage to Alia Baha ad-Din Toukan (Queen Alia):

From his father’s fourth marriage to Lisa Najeeb Halaby (Queen Noor):

Prince Feisal attended school for a year in England (St Edmund’s School) before continuing his education in the United States. There he attended the Bement School and the Eaglebrook School, both in Deerfield, Massachusetts, before completing high school at St Alban’s School in Washington, DC. He graduated from Brown University in 1985 with a BSc in Electrical Engineering.

Prince Feisal had trained with the Royal Jordanian Air Force before graduating college. After graduating, he received his officer training and Basic Flying Training with the British Royal Air Force at Cranwell. He then moved to RAF Valley where he received his RAF wings in 1987. He returned to Jordan and the Royal Jordanian Air Force.

Prince Feisal; Credit – Wikipedia

In addition to his military duties, Feisal has been President of the Jordan Olympic Committee since 2003, Founder and Chairman of Generations for Peace since 2007, and a Member of the International Olympic Committee since 2010.

Prince Feisal has been married three times. His first wife was Alia Tabbaa, daughter of Sayyid Tawfik al-Tabbah, founder and president of Royal Jordanian Airlines. They married on August 9, 1987, and had four children before divorcing in April 2008.

Prince Feisal was then married to Sarah Bassam Kabbani from May 2010 until their divorce in September 2013. Their marriage was childless. He then married his third wife Zeina Lubbadeh, a Jordanian radio presenter and daughter of businessman Dr. Fares Lubbadeh, on January 4, 2014. Feisal and Zeina have two sons:

  • Prince Abdullah bin Feisal (born 2016)
  • Prince Muhammad bin Feisal (born 2017)

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