Princess Haya Bint Hussein – Net Worth, Career, Education, Children, And More

Princess Haya Bint Hussein, popularly known as the HRH Princess Haya of Jordan is a member of the Jordanian Royal Family as the daughter and the Princess of Jordan.

Haya Bint was born on 3^rd May 1974 to the Hashemite family as the daughter of the King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife Queen Alia. King Abdullah II is her half-brother. In Amman, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s capital, Princess Haya was born.

Who Is Princess Haya Bint Hussein?

Princess Haya’s biological mother was killed in a plane crash at their Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan when Haya was just 3 years old.

Her father died due to complications related to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the year 1999. She is a professional horse rider and the ex-wife of the ruler of Dubai named Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Princess Haya Bint Hussein Education

Princess Haya Bint Hussein is a very well-educated woman. She has also excelled in sports. For her early education, Princess Haya Bint Hussein attended Badminton School in Bristol, the United Kingdom, in the year 1985.

Later on, after some time, she went to the Bryanston School in Dorset. After completing her schooling, Princess Haya Bint Hussein took the admission to Saint Hilda’s College, Oxford University around the year 1993 to 1995.

She enrolled in Saint Hilda’s College for being graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).

Along with her studies, she loves to ride horses. So, she managed to learn horse riding from a very little age and rode internationally from the very young age of 13 years old only.

Name	Princess Haya Bint Hussein
Date Of Birth	3rd May 1974
Age	48
Place Of Birth	Amman, Jordan
Parents	Hussein of Jordan, Alia Toukan
Spouse	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (2004–2019)
Children	Al Jalila bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Zayed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Net Worth	Approximately USD $ 15 Billion
Height	5 ft 6 in
Weight	Unknown
Eye color	Dark Brown
Current Relationship	Unknown

Princess Haya Bint Hussein Career

When Princess Haya Bint Hussein was just 13 years old, she began riding horses internationally. As she is the daughter of the king so she has seen a lot of horses from the day she was born.

Princess Haya got her first bronze medal in individual jumping at the seventh Pan Arab Games in Damascus, Syria, in the year 1992. Then, in the next year i.e., 1993, Princess Haya Bint Hussein was named “Jordan’s Athlete of the Year.”

She is the only woman to have won a medal at the Pan-Arab Equestrian Games and the first to have represented her native Jordan in an international equestrian competition.

She has been trained professionally for many years in Ireland and Germany, with help of which she qualified for the Summer Olympics 2000 in Sydney, Australia. In the Olympics, she represented Jordan in show jumping where Princess was also her country’s flag bearer. Around 2007, Haya Bint Hussein became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Then after three years, in 2010, Haya Bint became an appointee to the International Olympic Committee’s International Relations Committee. Additionally, Princess Haya has served on the IOC’s Athletes’ and Culture and Olympic Education Commissions.

With such a good athletic career, she has a number of honors and awards in her name. On 30 January 2006, she was honored Grand Cordon with Brilliants of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, Jordan.

In 2014, France honored Princess Haya Bint with Officer of the Legion of Honor, France on 26 September. On 22 January 2015, Princess was awarded Hunger Hero Award by United Nations World Food Programme, Davos, Switzerland.

Princess Haya Bint Hussein Net Worth

Princess Haya Bint Hussein is born into Royalty and lived her life with all the luxurious amenities. She also got married to a very royal family to the ruler of Dubai so she has an enormous amount of wealth. Princess Haya Bint Hussein is one of the richest princesses in the world and is listed on the most popular princess list.

As of the year 2023, Princess Haya Bint Hussein has a net worth of approximately USD $ 15 Billion. Princess has collected such wealth by inheritance in a royal family.

Additionally, Haya Bint Hussein is a professional horse rider who is riding horses internationally since the age of just 13 years. She has won a number of medals and wealth through horse riding.

Haya Bint Hussein lives with her children in her own mansion near Kensington Palace worth 102.2 million pounds. She also owns a mansion named Castlewood Mansion in Berkshire. As she is a professional horse rider and adores horses, so she has around 400 racehorses.

With such wealth, she lives a very lavishing, luxurious, and royal life. She always wears branded clothes, accessories, footwear, bags, and others. She also has access to private jets and yachts.

Haya Bint Hussein Husband

Haya Bint Hussein’s husband’s name is Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He is the Prime Minister and the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, he is the ruler of Dubai. Princess Haya Bint Hussein and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum got married in the year 2004 on the 10^th of April.

Princess Haya Bint Hussein is the second official and junior wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum also has other wives.

Their marriage festivities occurred at the Al-Baraka Palace in Amman, Jordan, a country in Western Asia. They have been married for almost 15 years till the year 2019. 

What happened to Haya Bint Hussein?

Since their divorce, everyone is quite curious about knowing what happened to Haya Bint Hussein. 

In order to Catch hold the reason for the divorce and to understand what happened to Haya Bint Hussein, we need to acknowledge the fact that she was a victim of Domestic abuse. She was abused by her husband, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Though she was herself the daughter of the King of Jordan. After that what happened to Haya Bint Hussein was that she started a legal battle in the British court which comes to an end after almost two years. The British Court granted the sole guardianship of their children to Princess Haya Bint Hussein along with the alimony i.e. maintenance allowance etc, for herself and their children.

The British Court gave the sole custody of their children to Princess Haya Bint Hussein along with the alimony for her and the children.

How many wives does the ruler of Dubai have?

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the ruler of Dubai, UAE. This famous ruler of Dubai has six wives but out of these only two of his marriages are official.

The names of all his six wives are Houria Ahmed Lamara, Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, Princess Haya Bint Hussein, Randa Bint Mohammed Al Banna, Delila Aloula, and Zoe Grigorakos.

The first official and the senior wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum. Princess Haya Bint Hussein is the second official and junior wife of the ruler of Dubai.

Princess Haya Bint Hussein Children

Princess Haya Bint Hussein is the mother of two children. Haya Bint Hussein gave birth to her first child on 2 December 2007 and named her Sheikha Al Jalila Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

This coincided with a very auspicious day for the United Arab Emirates as it was their 36^th National Day celebration. After 5 years on 7 January 2012, Princess Haya gave birth to a second child, Sheikh Zayed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

About Princess Haya Divorce Settlement

The divorce settlement of Princess Haya Bint Hussein and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is considered one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British history as the court has ordered the ruler to pay his ex-wife and their children around USD $730 Million.

The settlement also includes 11 million pounds per year as security costs for the Princess and their children. The high court has ordered 72 years old Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to give additional divorce settlement money for the holidays and their luxury needs. Princess Haya Bint Hussein has been rewarded with an additional US $7 million per year for the nine weeks of foreign holidays as per her choice of country, two weeks in the United Kingdom, and three weekends in Jordan. The settlement also includes a security cost per year till the year 2068 which is more than 45 years from now.

Princess Haya Bint Hussein will be provided with an amount of 11 million pounds a year as the security costs for herself and their two children. Furthermore, for the upgradation of a kitchen, security services, and small renovations for her current London home where she lives with her children to be paid by the ruler of Dubai.

Princess Haya Bint Hussein is a member of the Jordanian royal family and is popularly known as the HRH Princess Haya of Jordan.

She is also known as the ex-wife of the famous ruler of Dubai named Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Currently, she got famous due to her divorce which is considered one of the most expensive divorce settlements.