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The Library of Congress claimed in a reference guide that "American heiresses married more than a third of the House of Lords". [2] The Spectator claims that among the marriages were 102 "British aristocrats", including "six dukes". [3]
Catherine Murat, Princess Murat (née Catherine Daingerfield Willis) This is a non-exhaustive list of some American socialites, so called American dollar princesses, from before the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who married into the European titled nobility, peerage, or royalty. The titles in this list are all mentioned or ...
Cornelia Craven, Countess of Craven (née Martin; September 22, 1877 – May 24, 1961) was an American-born heiress who married into the British aristocracy and was known as one of the "Dollar Princesses". She was also a prominent art collector.
Princess Louis de Scey-Montbéliard Princess Edmond de Polignac Yonkers, New York: Prince Louis de Scey-Montbéliard Prince Edmond de Polignac. France (1887–1892) (1893–1901) John Owen Dominis: Prince consort of HawaiĘ»i: Schenectady, New York: Lili'uokalani: Hawaii: January 29, 1891 – August 27, 1891 (his death) Consuelo Vanderbilt ...
After her death, he married dynastically to Anna Juliana Gonzaga and fathered Anna of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empress. 4 July 1568: King Eric XIV of Sweden and Karin Månsdotter, daughter of a prison guard. He was deposed within a year. 1698: Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Anna Luise Föhse
Princess Anne was born to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 1950, and she's kept royal watchers enamored for more than 70 years. Anne married British army Captain Mark Phillips in 1973. The ...
Margaret "Daisy" Howard, Countess of Suffolk (born Margaret Hyde Leiter; 1 September 1879 – 5 March 1968) was an American-born heiress who married into the British aristocracy and was known as one of the "Dollar Princesses".
In 1920, Crown Prince Yi Un of Korea married Princess Masako of Nashimoto and, in May 1931, Yi Geon, grandson of Gojong of Korea, was married to Matsudaira Yosiko, a cousin of Princess Masako. The Japanese saw these marriages as a way to secure their colonial rule of Korea and introduce Japanese blood in to the Korean royal House of Yi .