Editing Al-Walid II (section)

{{Short description|Umayyad caliph from 743 to 744}}
{{Infobox monarch
| name         = Al-Walid II<br /> الْوَلِيد بْنِ يَزِيد
| title        = {{transliteration|ar|[[Amir al-Mu'minin]]}}<br />{{transliteration|ar|[[List of Caliphs|Khalifat Allah]]}}
| succession   = 11th [[Caliph]] of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]
| reign        = 6 February 743 – 17 April 744
| full name    = Al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik
| predecessor  = [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]]
| successor    = [[Yazid III|Yazid ibn al-Walid]]
| dynasty      = [[Umayyad dynasty|Umayyad]]
| father       = [[Yazid II]]
| mother       = [[Umm al-Hajjaj bint Muhammad]]
| birth_date   = {{circa|709}}
| birth_place  = [[Bilad al-Sham|al-Sham]], Umayyad Caliphate
| death_date   = 17 April 744 (aged 35)
| death_place  = [[Bilad al-Sham|al-Sham]], [[Umayyad Caliphate]] (present-day [[Jordan]]) <br> Cause of death: Assassination
| image        = [[File:Umayyad fresco of Prince (future caliph) Walid bin Yazid.jpg|250px]]
| caption      = Fresco of Walid ibn Yazid from [[Qusayr Amra]]
| spouse       = Atika bint Uthman ibn Muhammad
| issue        = {{plainlist|
*Al-Hakam ibn Al-Walid ibn Yazid 
*Uthman ibn Al-Walid ibn Yazid}}
| religion     = [[Islam]]
}}

'''Al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik''' ({{langx|ar|الْوَلِيد بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِك|translit=Al-Walīd ibn Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik}}; 709{{Snd}}17 April 744), commonly known as '''al-Walid II''', was the eleventh [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] [[caliph]], ruling from 743 until his assassination in 744. He succeeded his uncle, [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]].