The American diaspora includes multiple instances in which United States citizens have emigrated after marrying members of international noble families.
There are also individuals who were born outside the United States but maintain US citizenship through an American parent:
Name | Title after marriage | Birthplace | International noble | Country | Marriage | Ref. | Image |
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Gladys Deacon | Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough | Paris, France [lower-alpha 1] | Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough | United Kingdom | 1921–1934 | [28] [29] | |
Marie-Chantal Miller | Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece | London, England [lower-alpha 2] | Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece | Greece | July 1, 1995–present | [14] [16] [23] [30] | |
Christopher O'Neill | London, England [lower-alpha 3] | Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland | Sweden | June 8, 2013–present | [16] [25] [31] |
Prince Miguel Januário of Braganza was the Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920. He used the title Duke of Braganza.
Catherine Oxenberg is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty. Oxenberg is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and her first husband, Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010). She twice played Diana, Princess of Wales on screen, in The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992), and has appeared in many other films.
Group Captain Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness, was a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (1931–1945), business magnate and philanthropist. Guinness also financed the purchase of the Calypso, leasing her for one symbolic franc a year to famous oceanic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his movie The Silent World (1956).
Jessie Smither, Duchess of Leinster, known by her stage name Denise Orme, was an English music hall singer, actress and musician who appeared regularly at the Alhambra and Gaiety Theatres in London in the early years of the 20th century. Married, successively, to an English baron, a Danish millionaire, and an Irish duke, she was the maternal grandmother of Aga Khan IV.
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy was a British Conservative Party politician who held a title in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Berthold Prinz und Markgraf von Baden, styled Margrave of Baden and Duke of Zähringen, was the head of the House of Baden, which had reigned over the Grand Duchy of Baden until 1918, from 1929 until his death. He was the brother-in-law of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, through his marriage to Philip's sister, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.
Prince Miguel of Braganza, Duke of Viseu was a member of the exiled branch of the House of Braganza. The eldest son of the Miguelist pretender to the throne of Portugal he married an American heiress in 1909 and in 1920 renounced his rights to the throne. His full given names were Miguel Maria Sebastião Maximiliano Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis e de Paula Eustáquio Carlos Afonso José Henrique Alberto Clemente Inácio Martinho António Gerardo Jorge Emerico Maurício.
Anita Rhinelander Morris was an American socialite and heiress who married Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu, grandson of King Miguel I of Portugal, and the eldest son of Dom Miguel, Duke of Braganza, who was Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920.
Olive, Lady Baillie was an Anglo-American heiress, landowner and hostess. She is best known as the owner of Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent, England. On her death the castle was bequeathed to a charitable trust to enable it to be open to the public.
Gladys Marie Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough was a French American aristocrat and socialite. She was the mistress and later the second wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.
The wedding of Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, and the British-born American financier Christopher O'Neill took place in Stockholm on 8 June 2013.
Lewis Gouverneur Morris II was a banker and prominent social figure in New York and Newport Society.
Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank is a British marketing executive who is married to Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles III.
Jean Templeton Ward, Lady Ward CBE DStJ was an American-born philanthropist and society hostess. The only daughter of Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, she lived in London after her marriage to Sir John Hubert Ward, second son of the William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley.
Margaretta Armstrong Finch-Hatton, Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham was an American heiress who married into the English aristocracy.
Prince Ferdinand Aloys Andreas Joseph Anton Maria of Liechtenstein was a Prince of the House of Liechtenstein and nephew of Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein and cousin of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein. Prince Ferdinand was an internationally known banker, athlete and big game hunter.
Prince Johannes Baptist Alois Ferdinand Lucas Anton Joseph Maria of Liechtenstein was a Prince of the House of Liechtenstein and nephew of Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein and cousin of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein. Prince Johannes married two Americans and became a rancher.
Edward Parker Deacon was an American heir known for killing his wife's lover in her apartments at Cannes, France.
Count Franz Paul Rudolf Maria Josef Pálffy ab Erdöd was a Hungarian aristocrat, landowner, and author best known for his eight marriages.
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