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This is a list of American citizens who have held titles of nobility from other countries. Nobility is not granted by the United States itself under the Title of Nobility Clause of the Constitution .
The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the gentry of the British Isles. Though the UK is today a constitutional monarchy with strong democratic elements, historically the British Isles were more predisposed towards aristocratic governance in which power was largely inherited and shared amongst a noble class.
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
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United Kingdom: 1900–1931 1937–1966 Mary Goelet Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe: New York, New York: Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe: United Kingdom: November 10, 1903 – 29 September 1932 (his death) Alberta Sturges Alberta Montagu, Countess of Sandwich: Chicago, Illinois: George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich: United Kingdom
List of Americans who married international nobility; United Empire Loyalist (American royalists) those 13 Colonies Colonials who disagreed with the Declaration of Independence; Loyalist (American Revolution), those 13 Colonies Colonials who sided with the King during the American Revolutionary War; Canadian royalty
The ranks of the peerage are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. [7]The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1874, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. . Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have been created hereditary peers sinc
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 translated into English.