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List of Americans who married foreign royalty and nobility

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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]

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American citizens born in the United States

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American citizens born outside the United States

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There are also individuals who were born outside the United States but maintain US citizenship through an American parent:

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Americans with foreign titles who married other foreign aristocrats

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American spouses of Americans who acquired foreign noble titles

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Naturalized Americans who married foreign nobility

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Americans who married untitled members of royal or noble houses

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Notes

  1. Made a Prince of the Empire after his marriage was annulled, already a member of the nobility
  2. Born in France to American parents Leonard Jerome and Clarissa Hall[97]
  3. Though born in Paris, Gladys Marie Deacon was the daughter of American citizens Edward Parker Deacon and his wife Florence Baldwin.
  4. Though born in France, was the daughter of American parents Henry Clews Jr. and Louise Morris.
  5. Though born in Switzerland, was the daughter of American parents Stanley Mortimer and Mathilda Coster.
  6. 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.
  7. Though born in London, Christopher O'Neill is the son of American investment banker Paul O'Neill and his wife Eva Walter O'Neill.
  8. She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
  9. She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
  10. She was born a Belgian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
  11. She was born a Hungarian citizen and later acquired American citizenship
  12. Frédéric was born a commoner but paid to be adopted by Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
  13. She was born a British citizen and later acquired American citizenship
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