Jackson marriages and children

In 1994 Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley; the marriage lasted less than two years, ending in divorce. In 1996 he married Debbie Rowe. They had a son, Prince Michael, and a daughter, Paris Katherine. They were divorced in 1999. Rowe later said that she let Jackson have the children as a 'gift'. Around February 2002 Jackson had another son, Prince Michael II, also called 'Blanket', with a surrogate mother whose identity has not been disclosed. In late 2002, Jackson stirred up controversy while staying in a hotel in Berlin by briefly suspending him over the edge of the railing of a balcony.In what Jackson explains as a security measure against kidnapping, the children's faces are masked or veiled when they are in public.In December 2003 Jackson's parents promised they would look after the three children if they were taken away from their son. Reportedly the children have been interviewed by social workers.In March 2004 it was confirmed there was an unspecified family matter between Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe, to be handled in mediation.In July 2004 news was released that Jackson is to be the father of quadruplets, via artificial insemination. The mother is said to be a 'struggling actress'. Jackson however, strongly denied the allegations.Rumours last year claimed that he had another seventeen-year-old son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, who apparently has an almost identical resemblance of him as a young man.by - Rajmani