Talal of Jordan

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Jordanian Royalty
Hashemite Dynasty

Abdullah I
Children
   Prince Talal
   Prince Nayef
   Princess Hayd
   Princess Munera
   Princess Maqbouleh
Grandchildren
   Prince Asem
Great Grandchildren
   Princess Yasmine
   Princess Sarah
   Princess Noor
   Princess Salha
   Princess Nejla
   Prince Nayef
Talal
Children
   Prince Hussein
   Prince Mohammed
   Prince Hassan
   Princess Basma
Hussein
Children
   Princess Alia
   Prince Abdullah
   Prince Faisal
   Princess Aisha
   Princess Zein
   Princess Haya
   Prince Ali
   Prince Hamzah
   Prince Hashim
   Princess Iman
   Princess Raiyah
Abdullah II
Children
   Prince Hussein
   Princess Iman
   Princess Salma
   Prince Hashem
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Talal I bin Abdullah, King of Jordan (Arabic: طلال بن عبد الله Ṭalāl ibn `Abd Allāh) (February 26, 1909July 7, 1972) was King of Jordan from July 20, 1951 until forced to abdicate due to health reasons (he suffered from schizophrenia[citation needed]) on August 11, 1952. Talal had ascended the Jordanian throne after the assassination in Jerusalem of his father Abdullah I, whose son, Hussein, was also a near victim. Hussein formally succeeded his father in 1952 (but did not reign immediately, as he was not yet 18 years old).

Born in Mecca in 1909, in 1934 he married Zein al Sharaf Talal. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from which he graduated in 1939.

During his short reign he was responsible for the formation of a liberalised constitution for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which made the government collectively, and the ministers individually, responsible before the Jordanian Parliament. The constitution was ratified on January 1, 1952. King Talal is also judged as having done much to smooth the previously strained relations between Jordan and the neighbouring Arab states of Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Preceded by
Abdullah I
Hashemite King of Jordan
1951–1952
Succeeded by
Hussein