Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa

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|6 June 2011|2017|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Hessa bint Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa
|8 July 2017}}
{{marriage|Nouf Al Ajmi
|2019}}

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Faisal bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Munirah bint Khalid Al Khalifa
Nasser bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Isa bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Salman bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Hamad bin Khalid Al khalifa

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Operation Restoring Hope

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Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa ({{langx|ar|خالد بن حمد آل خليفة}}; born 13 September 1989) is a member of the Bahraini royal family, and a Bahraini military officer. He is the fourth line of the heir apparent.

Early life and education

Khalid bin Hamad was born on 13 September 1989, the fifth son of Bahraini King Hamad and Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al Ajmi of Kuwait, the king’s second wife.{{cite web |title=Biography|url=http://www.khalidbinhamad.info/en/biography |work=Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425005307/http://www.khalidbinhamad.info/en/biography |archive-date=25 April 2013}}{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks: US wanted 'derogatory' information on Bahrain king's sons |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8331374/WikiLeaks-US-wanted-derogatory-information-on-Bahrain-kings-sons.html |access-date=14 September 2013 |newspaper= The Telegraph |date=17 February 2011 |author=Gordon Rayner}}

He attended Ibn Khuldoon National School and then graduated from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 2008.

Career

He is a military officer with the rank of Major and commands Royal Guard's Rapid Intervention Force.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bna.bh/en/RoyalGuardCommanderpatronisesgraduationceremony.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2BDn4wqUSB2Q%2BcoBbyqC4WuPo%3D |title=Royal Guard Commander patronises graduation ceremony |date=2020-02-25 |work=Bahrain News Agency |access-date=2021-11-11 |language=en}} He is the president of the [https://www.breef.bh Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation]{{cite news |url=http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/547906 |title=HM the King Patronizes HM's Cup for Overall and Young Endurance Competitions |date=23 February 2013 |work=Bahrain News Agency}} and the first deputy chairman of the [https://www.scys.gov.bh/en Supreme Council for Youth and Sports].{{cite news |title=King of Bahrain's son marries Saudi king's daughter |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/637354/king-of-bahrains-son-marries-saudi-kings-daughter |access-date=18 December 2013 |newspaper= Dawn |date=18 June 2011 |location=}}

= Mixed Martial Arts =

From 2016-2017, Al Khalifa participated in two amateur MMA bouts, winning his debut via TKO in the first round against [https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/130913-aditya-ps Aditya PS], and his second bout via unanimous decision against [https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/57557-manish-kumar Manish Kumar].{{Cite web |title=Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa ("Sheikh") {{!}} MMA Fighter Page |url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/130912-khalid-bin-hamad-al-khalifa |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Tapology |language=en}}

Personal life

Khalid bin Hamad married Sahab bint Abdullah Al Saud (born 14 February 1993), daughter of Saudi Arabia's former ruler King Abdullah, on 16 June 2011 in Riyadh.{{cite news |url=http://5.153.12.16/portal/en/news/461140?date=2012-06-3 |title=Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad marries daughter of Saudi Monarch |date=16 June 2011 |work=Bahrain News Agency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329011522/http://5.153.12.16/portal/en/news/461140?date=2012-06-3 |archive-date=29 March 2014}} The couple divorced six years later, in 2017. They share two sons:

Faisal (b. 12 December 2012){{Cite news |url=https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2015/02/07/birth-hh-sheikh-abdullah-bin-khalid-bin-hamad-al-khalifa/ |title=Birth of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa |date=2015-02-07 |work=The Diplomat |access-date=2021-11-11 |language=en}}
Abdullah (b. 6 February 2015){{cite news |title=Birth of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa |url=https://www.bahrainmirror.info/en/news/40333.html |access-date=9 February 2020 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=8 July 2017}}

In 2017, Al Khalifa married Hessa, the daughter of Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa, chief of the National Guard.