section_path: Personal life
section_name: Personal life
paragraph_text: Personal life
  
  In 1964, Sports Illustrated wrote that despite Karim al-Husseini's reputation as "a gallivanting jet-setter who wants his horses, cars and women to be fast", he avoided most parties, never appeared in gossip columns, and had been associated with only one woman for the previous five years. In 1969, al-Husseini married former British model Sarah Frances Croker Poole, who assumed the name Begum Salimah Aga Khan upon marrying him. Sarah Frances was a divorcee, having previously been married to Lord James Charles Crichton-Stuart, son of John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute.
  
  The wedding ceremonies were held on 22 October 1969 (civil) and 28 October 1969 (religious) at Karim Aga Khan's home in Paris. By 1984, al-Husseini and Begum Salimah had taken to living separate lives. Al-Husseini and Begum Salimah had one daughter and two sons together, Zahra Aga Khan (born 18 September 1970), Rahim Aga Khan (born 12 October 1971), and Hussain Aga Khan (born 10 April 1974). In 1994, the couple's divorce was made public.
  
  On 30 May 1998, al-Husseini married for the second time at his chateau Aiglemont, in Gouvieux, France. The bride was Gabriele Renate Thyssen, who assumed the name Begum Inaara Aga Khan at her wedding. Born to Roman Catholic German entrepreneur parents in 1963, Gabriele was twenty-seven years younger to al-Husseini. She was also a divorcee, having previously been married to Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen, by whom she had a daughter, Teresa. On 7 March 2000, two years after the wedding, a son, Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, was born. On 8 October 2004, after six years of marriage, the couple announced they would be getting divorced. In September 2011, seven years later, a divorce settlement was reached between them in the French courts, and the divorce settlement amount was agreed upon in March 2014.
  
  Al-Husseini was an ardent yachtsman. He founded the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, in 1967. Since then, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV served as the Club’s President, guiding it to achievements that have shaped the history of Italian sailing and established the YCCS as an international benchmark in the yachting world. He also owned several yachts, including a 164-foot yacht, Alamshar, named after a prized racehorse of his, with a price tag of £100 million.
  
  Al-Husseini owned Bombardier jets. In 2005, it was reported that he owned a Bombardier Global Express and another transcontinental jet.
  
  In 1964, Sports Illustrated wrote that despite Karim al-Husseini's reputation as "a gallivanting jet-setter who wants his horses, cars and women to be fast", he avoided most parties, never appeared in gossip columns, and had been associated with only one woman for the previous five years. In 1969, al-Husseini married former British model Sarah Frances Croker Poole, who assumed the name Begum Salimah Aga Khan upon marrying him. Sarah Frances was a divorcee, having previously been married to Lord James Charles Crichton-Stuart, son of John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess of Bute.
  
  The wedding ceremonies were held on 22 October 1969 (civil) and 28 October 1969 (religious) at Karim Aga Khan's home in Paris. By 1984, al-Husseini and Begum Salimah had taken to living separate lives. Al-Husseini and Begum Salimah had one daughter and two sons together, Zahra Aga Khan (born 18 September 1970), Rahim Aga Khan (born 12 October 1971), and Hussain Aga Khan (born 10 April 1974). In 1994, the couple's divorce was made public.
  
  On 30 May 1998, al-Husseini married for the second time at his chateau Aiglemont, in Gouvieux, France. The bride was Gabriele Renate Thyssen, who assumed the name Begum Inaara Aga Khan at her wedding. Born to Roman Catholic German entrepreneur parents in 1963, Gabriele was twenty-seven years younger to al-Husseini. She was also a divorcee, having previously been married to Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen, by whom she had a daughter, Teresa. On 7 March 2000, two years after the wedding, a son, Aly Muhammad Aga Khan, was born. On 8 October 2004, after six years of marriage, the couple announced they would be getting divorced. In September 2011, seven years later, a divorce settlement was reached between them in the French courts, and the divorce settlement amount was agreed upon in March 2014.
  
  Al-Husseini was an ardent yachtsman. He founded the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, in 1967. Since then, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV served as the Club’s President, guiding it to achievements that have shaped the history of Italian sailing and established the YCCS as an international benchmark in the yachting world. He also owned several yachts, including a 164-foot yacht, Alamshar, named after a prized racehorse of his, with a price tag of £100 million.
  
  Al-Husseini owned Bombardier jets. In 2005, it was reported that he owned a Bombardier Global Express and another transcontinental jet.