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Alia Toukan
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “third wife of king hussein of jordan”. Today it says “queen of jordan as the third wife of king hussein from their marriage on 24 december 1972 until her death in a”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “third wife of king hussein of jordan”. Today it says “queen of jordan as the third wife of king hussein from their marriage on 24 december 1972 until her death in a”.
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Alia Baha ed Din Toukan ( December 25 , 1948 - February 9 , 1977 ), was the third wife of King Hussein of Jordan . A daughter of Bahauddin Toukan, former Jordanian ambassador to the Court of St. James's , she was born in Cairo, Egypt . She married the king on December 24 , 1972 , and was titled Queen Alia al Hussein . They had two children of their own, and adopted a daughter. She died in a helicopter crash in Amman, Jordan , and Amman airport was afterwards renamed Queen Alia International Airport .1
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queen of jordan as the third wife of king hussein from their marriage on 24 december 1972 until her death in a
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