Americans Who Married Royalty

by Susan Flantzer

Thanks to Emily and Donald for their contributions.  Pictures not credited are from Wikipedia.

Elizabeth Patterson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, married Jerome Bonaparte (brother of Napoleon), later King of Westphalia, on December 24, 1803, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Alice Green married Prince Ángel de Iturbide y Huarte of Mexico, on June 9, 1855, in Washington, DC.

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Agnes Leclerc Joy, born in Franklin, Vermont, married Prince Felix of Salm-Salm on August 30, 1862, at St. Patrick’s Church in Washington, DC

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John Owen Dominis, born in Schenectady, New York, married Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii on September 16, 1862.

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Mary Esther Lee, born in New York, New York, married Prince Friedrich Emil August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, on November 3, 1864, in Paris.

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Alice Heine, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, married Prince Albert I of Monaco on October 30, 1889, in Paris.

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Anita Stewart, born in New York, New York, married Prince Miguel of Braganza on September 15, 1909, at Tulloch Castle near Dingwall, Scotland.

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Daria Pankhurst Wright Pratt married Prince Alexis Karageorgevich of Serbia on June 11, 1913, at the Russian Church in Paris, France.

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Elizabeth Reid Rogers, born in Jackson, Tennessee, married Prince Christian of Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld on January 14, 1915, in Berlin, Germany.

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Mary Louise Kearney, born in Washington, DC, married Prince Augustin de Iturbide y Green of Mexico on July 5, 1915, at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC.

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Nevada Stoody Hayes, born in Sandyville, Ohio, married Prince Afonso of Portugal on September 26, 1917, in Rome, Italy.

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Nancy Stewart Worthington Leeds, born in Zanesville, Ohio, married Prince Christopher of Greece on February 1, 1920, in Vevey, Switzerland.

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William Bateman Leeds, born in New York, New York, married Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia on October 9, 1921, in Paris, France.

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Eleanor Green, born in New York, New York, married Prince Viggo of Denmark (Count of Rosenborg) on June 10, 1924, in New York, New York

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Photo Credit – findagrave.com

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Audrey Emery, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, married Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia on November 21, 1926, in Biarritz, France.

Photo Credit – Wikipedia

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Margaret Watson, born in Richmond, Virginia, married Prince Charles Philippe of Orléans, Duc de Nemours, de Vendôme et d’Alençon on April 14, 1928, at the Convent Garden Registry Office in London, England.

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Photo Credit – http://theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.com/2009/12/franco-american-duchess-marguerite.html

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Estelle Romaine Manville, born in Pleasantville, New York, married Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg on December 1, 1928, in St. John’s Episcopal Church in Pleasantville, New York.

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Aleene McFarland, born in Parker, Texas, married Prince Johann von und zu Liechtenstein on July 29, 1931, at the Church of Our Lady of Assumption in London, England.

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http://theesotericcuriosa.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post.html – Photo Credit

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Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, born in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, married the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, on June 3, 1937, at the Château de Candé, Monts, Indre-et-Loire, France.

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Photo Credit – www.dailymail.co.uk

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Alice Eilken, born in Chicago, Illinois, married Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia on May 7, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois.

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Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn, New York, married Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan known as Aly Khan, the son of Aga Khan III on May 27, 1949, in Cannes, France.

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Photo from http://www.gentlemansgazette.com/prince-aly-khan-man-of-passion/

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Mary Jerrine Soper, born in Boston, Massachusetts, married Archduke Stefan of Austria on August 26, 1954, at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Milton, Massachusetts.

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Grace Kelly, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony) on April 18, 1956, in the Palace Throne Room in Monaco and (religious ceremony) on April 19, 1956, at Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco.

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Photo Credit – hellomagazine.com

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Julia Mullock, born in Pennsylvania, married Prince Yi Gu of Korea on October 25, 1959, at St George’s Church in New York, New York.

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Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield (Jacqueline Kennedy’s sister), born in Southampton, New York, married Prince Stanislas Radziwill of Poland on March 19, 1959, in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Photo Credit – Corbis

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Hope Cook, born in San Francisco, California, married Palden Thondup Namgyal, the 12th Chogyal (King) of Sikkim on March 20, 1963.

Photo: www.beaumontenterprise.com

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Joan Douglas Dillon, born in New York, New York, married Prince Charles of Luxembourg on March 1, 1967, at St. Edward’s Church in Sutton Park, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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Peter Ladd Jensen married Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya of Thailand on July 25, 1972.

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Lisa Halaby, born in Washington, DC, married King Hussein I of Jordan on June 15, 1978, in Amman, Jordan.

Photo: www.people.com

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Julie Elizabeth Huston Ongaro, born in Louisville, Kentucky, married Prince Robert of Luxembourg on January 29, 1994, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Credit – http://www.luxarazzi.com

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Marie-Chantal Miller, born in London, England (was an American citizen, renounced her American citizenship in 2011), married Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece on July 1, 1995, at St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in London, England.

Photo: http://bridetas.com.au

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Alexandra Miller, born in New York, New York, married Prince Alexandre von Fürstenberg on October  28, 1995, at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York, New York.

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Photo Credit – www.pinterest.com

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Sarah Butler, born in Houston, Texas, married Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad of Jordan on July 5, 2000, in Amman, Jordan.

Credit – https://unwatch.org

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Marc Coumeri, born in New Jersey, married Princess Norodom Pekina of Cambodia on May 30, 2002, at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt, born in Pensacola, Florida, married Hereditary Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on May 23, 2009, at Morizkirche in Coburg, Germany.

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Kathleen Elizabeth Walker, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, married Archduke Imre of Austria on September 8, 2012, at Mary, Mother of God Roman Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.

Photo Credit – www.catholicmatch.com

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Christopher O’Neill, who holds dual citizenship from the United States and the United Kingdom, married Princess Madeleine of Sweden on June 8, 2013, at the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.

Engagement Photo; Photo: Ewa-Marie Rundquist, Swedish Royal Court

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Meghan Markle, born in Los Angeles, California, married Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex on May 19, 2018 at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England

Harry and Meghan with the bridesmaids and page boys; Photo Credit – https://www.royal.uk, photo by Alex Lubomirski