List of Americans who married foreign royalty and nobility
(Redirected from List of Americans who married international nobility)
This list includes United States citizens who married members of foreign noble or royal families, including deposed and formerly aristocratic houses.
Throughout history, particularly in the 19th century, advantageous marriages were made between American heiresses and European aristocrats, especially British peers.[1] These women were often referred to as "Dollar princessess" in the press.[2] There were 454 marriages between Gilded Age and Progressive Era American women and European aristocrats.[1]
American citizens born in the United States
[edit]
_(A).jpg)
,_Duchess_of_Manchester.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
_(cropped).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.png)
American citizens born outside the United States
[edit]There are also individuals who were born outside the United States but maintain US citizenship through an American parent:
Americans with foreign titles who married other foreign aristocrats
[edit]| Name | Title after marriage | Birthplace | Spouse | Country | Dates | Ref. | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroness Elizabeth von Hoyningen-Huene | Baroness von Wrangel | Detroit, Michigan | Baron Nikolai Alexandrovitch von Wrangel | Germany |  | ||
| Genevieve Garvan, Duchess of the Holy Roman Church | Hartford, Connecticut | Nicholas Frederic Brady, Duke of the Holy Roman Church | Vatican City | August 11, 1906 – March 27, 1930 (his death) | [97] |  | |
| Nicholas Frederic Brady, Duke of the Holy Roman Church | Albany, New York | Genevieve Garvan, Duchess of the Holy Roman Church | Vatican City | August 11, 1906 – March 27, 1930 (his death) | [97] | ||
| The Hon. Anne Bowes-Lyon | Viscountess Anson | Washington, D.C. | Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson | United Kingdom | April 28, 1938–1948 (divorce)
September 16, 1950–September 26, 1980 (her death) |
[98][99] | .jpg) |
| Princess Nora zu Oettingen-Spielberg | Lady Max Percy | West Palm Beach, Florida | Lord Max Percy | United Kingdom | July 15, 2017–present | [100] |
American spouses of Americans who acquired foreign noble titles
[edit]| Name | Title after marriage | Birthplace | Spouse | Country | Dates | Ref. | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucien B. Price | Katherine E. Price, Countess of the Holy Roman Church | Vatican City | |||||
| Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. | Boston, Massachusetts | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Countess of the Holy Roman Church | Vatican City | October 7, 1914 – November 18, 1969 (his death) | .jpg) | ||
| Yula Webster | Alabama | Faustin E. Wirkus, King of La Gonâve | Haiti | 1937–1945 (his death) |
Naturalized Americans who married foreign nobility
[edit]| Name | Title after marriage | Birthplace | Spouse | Country | Dates | Ref. | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magda Gabor | Countess de Bychowsky | Budapest, Hungary[h] | Count Jan Bychowski | Poland | November 19, 1937 – May 22, 1944 (his death) | |||
| Klára Dán | Madame von Neumann | Budapest, Hungary[i] | John von Neumann | Hungary | 1938 – 1957 (his death) | [101] | ||
| Jolie Gabor | Countess de Szigethy | Budapest, Austria-Hungary[j] | Count Odon Szigethy | Hungary | March 3, 1957 – September 30, 1989 (his death) | [102] | ||
| Diane Simone Michele Halfin | Princess of Fürstenberg | Brussels, Belgium[k] | Prince Egon von Fürstenberg | Germany | 1969–1983 (divorce) | [103] |  | |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | Princess of Anhalt | Budapest, Hungary[l] | Prince Frédéric von Anhalt[m] | Germany | 1986–2016 (her death) | [104] |  |
|
| Jessica Watson | Oolori Oyelowo of Awe | Ipswich, England[n] | Omoba David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo of Awe | Nigeria | 1998–present | .jpg) |
Americans who married untitled members of royal or noble houses
[edit]| Name | Title after marriage | Birthplace | Spouse | House | Dates | Ref. | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan May Williams | Baltimore, Maryland | Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte | Bonaparte | November 1829 – June 17, 1870 (his death) | _Bonaparte.jpg) | ||
| Caroline Le Roy Appleton | Boston, Massachusetts | Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II | Bonaparte | September 10, 1871 – September 3, 1893 (his death) | [105] |  | |
| Ellen Channing Day | Hartford, Connecticut | Charles Joseph Bonaparte | Bonaparte | 1875 – 1921 (his death) | [106] |  |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Made a Prince of the Empire after his marriage was annulled, already a member of the nobility
- ^ Born in France to American parents Leonard Jerome and Clarissa Hall[91]
- ^ Though born in Paris, Gladys Marie Deacon was the daughter of American citizens Edward Parker Deacon and his wife Florence Baldwin.
- ^ Though born in France, was the daughter of American parents Henry Clews Jr. and Louise Morris.
- ^ Though born in Switzerland, was the daughter of American parents Stanley Mortimer and Mathilda Coster.
- ^ Though born in London, Marie-Chantal Miller is the daughter of American-born British businessman Robert Warren Miller and his Ecuadorian wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra.
- ^ Though born in London, Christopher O'Neill is the son of American investment banker Paul O'Neill and his wife Eva Walter O'Neill.
- ^ She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
- ^ She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
- ^ She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
- ^ She was born a Belgian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
- ^ She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
- ^ Frédéric was born a commoner but paid to be adopted by Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
- ^ She was born a British citizen and later acquired American citizenship
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Saelee, Mike. "Research Guides: Dollar Princesses: Topics in Chronicling America: Introduction". guides.loc.gov. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ a b Horowitz, Jason (March 5, 2022). "A Princess from Texas Stakes Her Claim to Italian Nobility (The Saturday Profile: Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi)". The New York Times. Vol. 121, no. 59353. pp. A4. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ Macartney, Clarence E. N, and John G. Dorrance. The Bonapartes in America. Archived February 27, 2024, at the Wayback Machine Philadelphia: Dorrance and Co, 1939.
- ^ "William Henry von Eberstein Papers". ECU Libraries. Greenville, North Carolina: East Carolina University. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
- ^ "Adventures of an army nurse in two wars; ed. from the diary and ... Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von, 1818-1902". Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ "Charette Affiliate Family". Van Leer Family Archives & History.
- ^ Hawaiʻi State Archives (2006). "Pratt marriage record". Marriages – Oahu (1832–1910). Retrieved June 5, 2014 – via Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library.
- ^ a b https://www.nytimes.com/1917/01/06/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-lady-flora-sharon-f/49274104/
- ^ "Lord Mandeville's Wedding". The New York Times. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b https://www.nytimes.com/1901/03/03/archives/don-enrico-ruspoli-weds-is-married-in-washington-to-mrs-bruton-of.html
- ^ "Detroit Baroness is Paris Style Master". Idaho Statesman. Paris. AP. March 4, 1927. p. 4. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Died". Time magazine. December 8, 1961. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- ^ Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie (2005). Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and Mother in the Gilded Age. Harper Perennial. pp. 146–147, 212–213. ISBN 978-0-06-093825-3.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1938/06/24/archives/american-princess-of-san-faustino-75-former-jane-allen-campbell-of.html
- ^ "Travel Split Von Huttens". The New York Times. May 23, 1909. p. C1. Retrieved January 3, 2024 – via Proquest.com.
- ^ "Alice Heine". 64 Parishes.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1892/08/27/archives/baron-roger-de-seilliere-dead-a-deafanddumb-nobleman-who-had.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/16/archives/baroness-r-seilliere-former-mrs-charles-f-livermore-of-new-york.html
- ^ Thomas, Denis (1977). "Cobbold's Diary". The Listener. Vol. 98. British Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Marian Fowler (1987). Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the Raj. Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-670-80748-2. OL 3236422W. Wikidata Q126672688.
- ^ "Maximilian Genealogy Master Database, Mary Victoria Leiter, 2000". Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2015 – via peterwestern.f9.co.uk.
- ^ "An American Princess: Public Wedding of Miss Julia Grant and Prince Cantacuzene". The New York Times. September 26, 1899. p. 6.
- ^ "Julia Dent Grant, Princess Cantacuzène". The New York Times. September 23, 1899. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^ "Grant's Kin Divorces Prince Cantacuzène". The New York Times. October 28, 1934. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1901/08/29/archives/miss-helen-morton-to-wed-count-de-perigord-engagement-rumored-last.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1904/07/01/archives/gets-divorce-from-valencay-levi-p-mortons-daughter-obtains-decree.html
- ^ Nellist, George F., ed. (1925). "Albert Pierce Taylor, Journalist and Author". The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Honolulu: Honolulu Star Bulletin.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/bisbee-daily-review-constance-livermore/3692334/?locale=en-US
- ^ "Ex-Queen Absent as Infanta Becomes Bride to Torlonia". Newspapers.com. Times Union. January 14, 1935. p. 5. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
The Dollar Duchess
- ^ "Anita Stewart Will Wed Prince Miguel; Daughter of Mrs. James Henry Smith to Marry Son of Portuguese Pretender. Grandfather Was King Father of Bride-to-be William Rhinelander Stewart -- First Marriage to Bring American Into Royal Circle". The New York Times. July 10, 1909. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "ANITA STEWART WEDS SOON.; Will Become Prince Miguel's Bride in Scotland Sept. 15". The New York Times. August 20, 1909. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "MISS STEWART WEDS TO-DAY.; American Girl Will Be the Bride of Prince Miguel of Braganza". The New York Times. September 15, 1909. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Miss Stewart Weds; Holds to Her faith; Becomes Bride of Prince Miguel, but Has Not Entered the Catholic Church. Prince Retains Rights Has Not Yielded His Place in Line of Succession to the Throne -- Royalty at the Wedding". The New York Times. September 16, 1909. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ Perea, Alicia (2011). Braganza brooch (in Spanish). CSIC. p. 26. ISBN 978-84-96813-56-4. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. et B. (1994). L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VII: Oldenbourg (in French). France: Laballery. pp. 287, 295, 303–305, 318. ISBN 2-901138-07-1.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstliche Hauser, Band XIX (in German). Limburg an der Lahn, Germany: C.A. Starke Verlag. 2011. pp. 15, 19. ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6.
- ^ Greece, Prince Christopher of (1939). Le Monde et les Cours (in French). Paris, France. p. 169.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). "Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell". Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via thepeerage.com.
- ^ Pecci, Alexandra (November 10, 2012). "Downton Abbey has some Portsmouth roots". The Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Wendell, 6th Countess of Carnarvon (1900–1977)". Retrieved July 31, 2019 – via catherine-wendell.yolasite.com.
- ^ "Marriage of Miss Lihme and Prince Lobkowicz" (PDF). The New York Times. August 23, 1925. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Pace, Eric (December 12, 1990). "Armand Hammer Dies at 92; Industrialist and Philanthropist Forged Soviet Links". The New York Times.
- ^ Heyman, David C. (1983). Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton. New York, NY: Random House. pp. 34–38.
- ^ "MISS SZECHENYI ENGAGED TO WED; Daughter of the Hungarian Minister to London and E. B. Roberts to Marry". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/11/archives/alexandra-dalziel-weds-ad-kinloch-members-of-prominent-families-of.html
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jolie Courtney, Nadine (November 27, 2017). "11 American Women Who Became Princesses". Town & Country. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kim, Eun Kyung (May 18, 2018). "American royals! The exclusive club that Meghan Markle is joining". Today. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pearl, Diana (November 29, 2017). "Red, White and Blue Royalty! 12 Americans Who Found Love With Royals". People. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ "DONNA TORLONIA WED TO FRANK X. SHIELDS; She Becomes Bride of Tennis Player in North Conway, N.H.". Times Machine, The New York Times. July 14, 1940. p. 30. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Milestones: announcement of marriage". Time. July 7, 1947. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ^ https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/new-biography-recount-eventful-life-8852831
- ^ Nicolaou, Elena (May 10, 2018). "The First Celebrity To Marry Into Royalty Had A Shocking Life". Refinery29. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). "Jean Margaret Wallop". Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th ed.). Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage. Retrieved July 27, 2018 – via thepeerage.com.
- ^ "The Big Week in Monaco: Movies' Pretty Princess Assumes a Real Life Title". Life. Vol. 40, no. 18. Time Inc. April 30, 1956. p. 37. ISSN 0024-3019.
- ^ Leigh, Wendy (2007). True Grace: The Life and Death of an American Princess. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-312-34236-4.
- ^ "Howard Oxenberg Obituary". The New York Times. July 4, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Mrs. Hardwicke, Howard Oxenberg Wed". The New York Times. April 26, 1975. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Americans who married into royalty". CNN. November 27, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ "Five American women who married royalty". The Punch. November 27, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Younger Daughter of John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham. Who himself was a younger son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel
- ^ "Current Members". www.supremecourt.gov. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
- ^ Labong, Leilani Marie (May 15, 2015). "Inverness artist is Russian royalty in retirement". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Biodata Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). November 22, 2001. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ Barber, Lynn (May 2, 2015). "Stepping into the frame". The Times. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
- ^ Russian, Ale (December 31, 2016). "RHONY's Luann de Lesseps Marries Tom D'Agostino Jr". People. United States: Time Inc. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ Quick, Harriet (September 19, 2016). "Meet Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz: the Saudi princess launching Vogue Arabia". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Chronicle". The New York Times. August 29, 1994.
- ^ Gerard, Jasper. "Jasper Gerard meets Lynn de Rothschild"[dead link], timesonline.co.uk, July 27, 2003; retrieved June 1, 2025.
- ^ Teeman, Tim (November 6, 2016). "The Liberating Art of LGBTQ Prisoners: Why Curating 'On the Inside' Was Very Personal for Tatiana von Fürstenberg". The Daily Beast.
- ^ a b c Shaw, Gabbi (May 7, 2018). "15 American commoners who married into royalty". Insider. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Lambert, Victoria (September 19, 2017). "Meet Julie Montagu, future Countess of Sandwich and all-American guru of healthy living". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ "AJ Langer's Son Becomes Heir to Royal Title". People. August 27, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ Omilana, Keisha. "I'm an American model who married a Nigerian prince. Like Meghan Markle, we experienced discrimination when we moved to UK". NigeriaAbroad.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/us/black-princess-meghan-markle.html
- ^ Das, Soumitra (February 20, 2021). "We are optimistic that a better future awaits same-sex couples in India: Manvendra Singh Gohil and DeAndre Richardson". Entertainment Times. Times of India. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ Susannah Butter and Phoebe Luckhurst (July 10, 2015). "Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild's trillion dollar wedding at Kensington Palace: the guests, the flowers and Lionel's star turn". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Mendick, Robert (May 28, 2016). "Duke of Wellington triumphs in wedding dress battle as daughter Lady Charlotte Wellesley weds billionaire financier in Spain". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ "Austrian Princess, Married To Indian-Origin Chef, Dies At 31". NDTV.com.
- ^ Cowen, Diane (February 13, 2018). "A wedding fit for a princess -- Houston's princess, that is". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ Swertlow, Meg (June 11, 2017). "Jessica Chastain Marries Fashion Exec Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo in Italy". E!. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ^ "Abigail Kawananakoa, Veronica Gail Worth | Courthouse News Service".
- ^ "Grace Kelly and other Americans who've married into royalty". May 17, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018 – via abc7news.com.
- ^ "Barron Hilton and Tessa von Walderdorff's Stunning Caribbean Wedding". Brides.
- ^ https://people.com/royals/german-prince-casimir-weds-american-fiancee/
- ^ Cope, Rebecca (February 25, 2020). "The Duke of Northumberland's daughter, Lady Melissa Percy, has given birth to her first child". Tatler Magazine.
- ^ https://people.com/movies/all-about-jamie-lee-curtis-kids/
- ^ https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/jamie-lee-curtis-daughter-ruby-gets-married-cosplay-wedding-rcna31163
- ^ "Norway's Princess Märtha Louise marries American shaman". www.bbc.com. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ Mackelden, Amy (September 20, 2024). "Princess Theodora of Greece Marries American Matthew Kumar in Royal Wedding". Marie Claire. Future US. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ "Guide to the Leonie Leslie. Correspondence 1902-1935". University of Chicago.
- ^ Vickers, Hugo (February 17, 2011). "What happened to Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough?". BBC. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ Vickers, Hugo (February 7, 2011). "Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough: the aristocrat with attitude". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 3, 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ David Randall (February 17, 2013). "The scarlet Duchess of Argyll: Much more than just a Highland fling". The Independent. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
- ^ "HRH Crown Princess Pavlos". September 22, 2010. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2019 – via Greekroyalfamily.org.
- ^ "Mr Christopher O'Neill's biography". Swedish Royal Court. February 23, 2012. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "Brady-Garvan Wedding To-day" (PDF). New York Times. August 11, 1906. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- ^ "Society Wedding 1938". British Pathe News. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ "Selected Families/Individuals - pafg711 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File".
- ^ Muncaster, Michael (July 27, 2017). "Son of Duke and Duchess of Northumberland weds in Germany". ChronicleLive. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ Initiative, Katie Hafner, The Lost Women of Science. "Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Women Needed". Scientific American. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mrs. Gabor To Rewed; She Will Be Married to Odon Szigethy Here on Sunday". The New York Times. February 27, 1957.
- ^ Miller, Amanda Christine (December 6, 2017). "Diane von Furstenberg On Wrap Dresses And The Joys Of Aging Gracefully". HuffPost. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "Who is Prince Frederic von Anhalt?". CNN.com. Associated Press. March 3, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "A NOTABLE WEDDING.;The Marriage of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte to a Grand-Daughter of Daniel Webster in Newport". The New York Times.
- ^ "Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851–1921)". msa.maryland.gov.