Princess

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Asma of Morocco ( ar, الأميرة لالة أسماء, born 29 September 1965,

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

) is the second daughter and third eldest child of

Hassan II of Morocco Hassan II ( ar, الحسن الثاني, translit=al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī;), with the prefix "Mulay" before his enthronement 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was the King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Ala ...

and his wife,

Lalla Latifa Hammou Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune (; ar, لالة لطيفة أمحزون – born in 1941 a member of the Zayane tribe ( khouribga, Morocco), She is the widow of King Hassan II and the mother of Princess Lalla Meryem, King Mohammed VI, Prin ...

Biography

She was educated at the

Royal College (Rabat) The Royal College ( ''al-madrasa al-mawlawiya'', ) is an education establishment located inside the royal palace in Rabat. Since its foundation in 1942 during the French Protectorate, it has specialized in the education of princes and princesses of ...

. Lalla Asma got married in a private ceremony to Khalid Bouchentouf on 5 November 1986, a businessman and General Director of S.E.V.A.M. (Société d’exploitation de verreries au Maroc). He is a son of

Hajj The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...

Belyout Bouchentouf, mayor of

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

from 1976-1994. Their wedding was officially celebrated in

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...

on June 6, 7 and 8, 1987. They have two children, a son and a daughter: * ''Moulay'' Yazid Bouchentouf (born 25 July 1988). * ''Lalla'' Nuhaila Bouchentouf (born 29 May 1992). She married Ali El Hajji on 14 February 2021 in Rabat.

Patronages

She is Honorary President in Morocco of: * Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA). * Lalla Asma Foundation for Deaf Children.

Honours

National honours

* Knight Grand Cordon of the

Order of the Throne The Order of the Throne (Arabic: ''Wissam al-Arch'', French: ''Ordre du Trône'') is a state decoration of the Kingdom of Morocco awarded for distinguished services of a civil or military nature. The Order was instituted on 16 May 1963 by King H ...

Foreign honours

* Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(United Kingdom, 14 July 1987). * Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of Leopold II The Order of Leopold II is an order of Belgium and is named in honor of King Leopold II. The decoration was established on 24 August 1900 by Leopold II as Sovereign of the Congo Free State and was in 1908, upon Congo being handed over to Belgi ...

(Kingdom of Belgium, 5 October 2004). * Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (Kingdom of Spain, 14 January 2005).Boletín Oficial del Estado
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References

Links

"Lalla Asma"
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''; retrieved 6 November 2010. Moroccan princesses 1965 births Living people People from Rabat Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Moroccan businesspeople Alumni of the Collège Royal (Rabat) Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II Honorary Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Daughters of kings {{Africa-royal-stub