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List of Americans who married international nobility

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The American diaspora includes multiple instances in which United States citizens have emigrated after marrying members of international noble families.

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[29] Though born in Paris, Gladys Marie Deacon was the daughter of American citizens Edward Parker Deacon and his wife Florence Baldwin.

[32] 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.

[34] Though born in London, Christopher O'Neill is the son of American investment banker Paul O'Neill and his wife Eva Walter O'Neill.

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Name	Title after marriage	Birthplace	International noble	Country	Marriage	Ref.
Antoinette Van Leer Polk	Baroness de Charette	Nashville, Tennessee	Athanase Charette de la Contrie	France	October 30, 1865	^[1]
Alice Heine	Princess consort of Monaco	New Orleans, Louisiana	Albert I of Monaco	Monaco	October 30, 1889	^[2]^[3]
Anita Rhinelander Stewart	Princess of Braganza	Elberon, New Jersey	Miguel of Braganza, Duke of Viseu	Portugal	September 15, 1909	^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Nevada Stoody Hayes	Duchess of Porto	Sandyville, Ohio	Afonso of Braganza, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Porto	Portugal	September 26, 1917	^[8]
Nonie May Stewart	Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark	Zanesville, Ohio	Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark	Kingdom of Greece	February 1, 1920 – August 29, 1923 (her death)	^[9]^[10]^[11]
Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell	Countess of Carnarvon	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon	United Kingdom	July 17, 1922 – 1936 (divorce)	^[12]^[13]^[14]
Wallis Simpson	Duchess of Windsor	Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania	Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor	United Kingdom	June 3, 1937 – May 28, 1972 (his death)	^[15]^[16]^[17]
Rita Hayworth		Brooklyn, New York	Prince Aly Khan	Pakistan	May 27, 1949–January 1953	^[15]^[16]^[18]
Jean Wallop	Countess of Carnarvon	Big Horn, Wyoming	Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon	United Kingdom	January 7, 1956 – September 11, 2001 (his death)	^[19]
Grace Kelly	Princess consort of Monaco	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rainier III, Prince of Monaco	Monaco	April 18, 1956 – September 14, 1982 (her death)	^[15]^[16]^[20]^[21]
Caroline Lee Bouvier	Princess Caroline Lee Radziwiłł	Southampton, New York	Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł	Poland	March 19, 1959 – 1974 (divorce)	^[15]^[16]^[17]
Howard Oxenberg		New York City, New York	Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	January 21, 1961 – 1966 (divorce)	^[22]^[23]
Hope Cooke	Queen of Sikkim	San Francisco, California	King Palden Thondup Namgyal	Kingdom of Sikkim	March 20, 1963 – 1980 (divorce)	^[15]^[24]^[25]
Lisa Halaby	Queen Noor of Jordan	Princeton, New Jersey	Hussein of Jordan	Jordan	June 15, 1978 – February 7, 1999 (his death)	^[15]^[16]^[17]
Alexandra Miller	Princess Alexandra von Fürstenberg	New York City, New York	Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg	Germany	October 28, 1995 – 2002 (divorce)	^[15]^[17]^[24]
Lisa Davi	Cik Puan Nur Lisa Idris Abdullah	San Francisco, California	Sharafuddin of Selangor	Malaysia	1988–1997 (divorce)
Sarah Butler	Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan	Houston, Texas	Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein	Jordan	July 5, 2000–present	^[15]
Olivia Wilde		New York City, New York	Prince Tao Ruspoli	Italy	June 7, 2003 – September 29, 2011 (divorce)	^[26]
Kelly Rondestvedt	Kelly, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony	Pensacola, Florida	Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony	Germany	May 21, 2009–present	^[15]^[17]^[24]
Kendra Spears	Princess Salwa Aga Khan	Seattle, Washington	Prince Rahim Aga Khan	Pakistan	August 31, 2013–present	^[15]^[16]^[17]
Ariana Austin	Princess of Ethiopia	Washington, D.C.	Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen	Ethiopia	September 9, 2017–present	^[17]^[26]
Meghan Markle	Meghan, Duchess of Sussex	Los Angeles, California	Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex	United Kingdom	May 19, 2018–present	^[16]^[17]^[27]
Eugene Bowie Roberts	Count Széchényi	Bowie, Maryland	Countess Cornelia "Gilia" Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék	Hungary	1933–1958	^[28]
Consuelo Vanderbilt	Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough	Manhattan, New York City, New Yorl	Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough	United Kingdom	1895–1921

Name	Title after marriage	Birthplace	International noble	Country	Marriage	Ref.
Gladys Deacon	Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough	Paris, France ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough	United Kingdom	1921–1934	^[29]^[30]
Marie-Chantal Miller	Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece	London, England ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece	Greece	July 1, 1995–present	^[15]^[17]^[24]^[31]
Christopher O'Neill		London, England ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland	Sweden	June 8, 2013–present	^[17]^[26]^[32]

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List of Americans who married international nobility

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