Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri | |
Succession: | Consort to the Emir of Qatar |
Reign: | 25 June 2013 – present |
Reign-Type: | Tenure |
Full Name: | Al-Anoud bint Mana Abdul Al-Hadi Al-Hajri |
Father: | Mana bin Abdul Hadi Al Hajri |
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House: | Thani (by marriage) |
Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri (Arabic: العنود بنت مانع الهاجري; born 1990) is a Qatari royal and the second wife of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mana bin Abdul Hadi Al Hajri, who served as the Qatari ambassador to Jordan. Sheikha Al-Anoud married into the Qatari royal family in 2009 and is the mother of five of the Emir's children. She is the owner of Erbilginler Yalısı, the most expensive house in Turkey.
Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri is the daughter of Sheikh Mana bin Abdul Hadi Al Hajri, a businessman who served as Qatar's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Jordan.[1] On 3 March 2009, she married Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, a Qatari prince and the son of Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. She is Sheikh Tamim's second wife, as he married his second cousin Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani in 2005.[2] He married a third wife, Sheikha Noora bint Hathal Al Dosari, in 2014. Her husband succeeded his father as Emir of Qatar on 25 June 2013.Sheikha Al-Anoud and the Emir have five children, three daughters and two sons:[3]
On 15 December 2011, in honor of National Day, Sheikha Al-Anoud attended a performance of the operetta Homeland of Freedom And Peace at Al Bayan Primary School for Girls in Doha.[1]
In 2015, the Emir paid 100 million euros to purchase Erbilginler Yalısı in Istanbul, the most expensive house in Turkey, as a gift for Sheikha Al-Anoud.[4] [5] Officially, the purchase was made for Sheikha Al-Anoud's father by a London-based real estate company in order to conceal the Emir's involvement.[5] The 64-room mansion, located on the banks of Bosporus, is 5,800 square-meters in size.[5]
Royal Name: | Sheikha Al-Anoud |
Dipstyle: | Her Highness |
Offstyle: | Your Highness |
Altstyle: | Sheikha |