Princess Noor bint Asem

Princess Noor
Born (1982-10-06) 6 October 1982
Amman, Jordan
Spouse Prince Hamzah bin Hussein
(m. 2003; div. 2009)
Issue Princess Haya
House Hashemite (by birth)
Father Prince Asem bin Nayef
Mother Firouzeh Vokhshouri

Princess Noor bint Asem (Arabic: نور بنت عاصم‎‎; born 6 October 1982[1]) is a member of the Jordanian Royal Family.

Family

Jordanian royal family

HM Queen Noor

Extended royal family

Her father is Prince Asem bin Al Nayef, a grandson of King Abdullah I of Jordan and her mother is Firouzeh Vokhshouri. Her mother currently lives in Madrid, Spain, where she is an attaché for the Jordanian Embassy.

Princess Noor's parents divorced in 1985 and in 1986 her father married Princess Sana Asem.

Education

Having studied her IGCSE's at Kings College, Madrid, Spain, she then went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree in Political Communication from Emerson College in 2004.

Marriage

On 29 August 2003, the Royal Jordanian Court announced Princess Noor's marriage to Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, her second cousin, had taken place. The marriage ceremony was held at al-Baraka Palace in Amman. The celebration of the marriage (Zifaf) was held on 27 May 2004 at Zahran Palace in Amman. The marriage produced one daughter, Princess Haya bint Hamzah (born 18 April 2007).

They divorced on 9 September 2009. Although the divorce wasn't confirmed by the Royal Jordanian Court until an announcement was made in March 2010. Thereafter Princess Noor reverted to the use of her maiden name Princess Noor bint Asem.

Honours

National Honours

Foreign Honours

References

  1. ↑ jordan2
  2. 1 2 Royal Ark, Jordanian genealogy details
  3. ↑ PPE Agency, State visit of Jordan in Netherlands 2006, Noor Hamzah


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