Jordan's Queen Rania: 5 Facts You Should Know About King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein II's Wife

Jordan's reigning Queen Rania Al-Abdullah is one of the most educated and forward-thinking women in the world. Not only is she married to King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein II, one of the most powerful kings in the Middle East, but she's an advocate for human rights, is educated and is an avid user of social media.

Here are five facts that you should know about Rania, one of most important royal figure to watch.

1. Rania Al-Yassin was born Aug. 31, 1970, in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. She attended an English school growing up and received a business administration degree from American University in Cairo. She held positions at both Apple and Citibank. Not many royals has had the opportunity to work outside of the palace walls, but since she was not born in to a royal household, Rania has had experience in the work force.

2. The Queen consort married her king on June 10, 1993. Hello magazine says, "Rania and Abdullah first met at a dinner party thrown by the then prince's sister in January 1993. It was clearly love at first sight and a mere two months later, the couple announced their engagement. In June, five months after they first crossed paths, Rania and Abdullah married." She wore a gold trimmed Elie Saab designed wedding gown.

3. The couple has four children together: Crown Prince Hussein, who is the next in-line to the throne, Princess Iman, Princess Salma and Prince Hashem. The young prince's and princesses must be lucky to taste their mom's desserts, since she once bragged about baking "a mean chocolate chip cookie."

مع العد التنازلي لهذا العام، بحب أشارككم صورة العائلة للعام الجديد #الأردن #حب_الأردن pic.twitter.com/JGbt7cRhld

— Rania Al Abdullah (@QueenRania) December 21, 2015

4. This year, the "tech-savvy" queen celebrated 22 years of marriage and took to Instagram to profess her affection for her King. She said, "22 years on and my heart still skips a beat," Rania captioned a photo of herself looking lovingly at King Abdullah. "So blessed to be at your side. Happy anniversary, Your Majesty #Wedding #Anniversary #Love."

5. Rania wears fashionable digs from luxury brands from all over the world but is known to support local design house owner like Sarah Bedydoun, who's company designed the clutch she wore to a dinner hosted by the royal family of Spain. The National reported, "It was the same silver-toned Arabesque box clutch that Queen Rania carried at the UN Foundation for Gender Equality Discussion.

"Queen Rania is the ultimate Sarah's Bag woman: a woman of impeccable style and substance who has also campaigned for the empowerment of women and girls," says Bedyoun. "We are thrilled she chose to wear a Sarah's Bag at a special occasion like the UN Foundation's Gender Equality Discussion."

All hail to one of the Middle East's most influential queen's. MStars News will keep you informed!