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List of American heiresses

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List of American heiresses

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.

Catherine Murat, Princess Murat (née Catherine Daingerfield Willis)

Before 1865

From 1865 to 1965

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After the beginning of the Reconstruction Era and the Gilded Age (at the end of the American Civil War on 9 May 1865):

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Lady George Hugo Cholmondeley (née Clara Elizabeth Taylor, previously Stirling)
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Baroness Eugène von Rothschild; formerly Countess Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim (née Kitty Wolff)
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Princess Alfred zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (née Catherine Britton)

After 1965

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No hereditary peerages have been created in the UK since Baron Margadale on 1 January 1965.

Fictional American heiresses

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Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    The comital title of Eliot Zborowski and the title "Count de Montsaulnin" are considered doubtful although tolerated in society.
  2. [N 2]
    The title "Duke de Valençay" is one of the titles of the Duke of Talleyrand, but assumed by his younger son Count Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord before he inherits it (in 1937, after his divorce from Helen S. Morton), a pretension tolerated in society.
  3. [N 3]
    The princely title of Houreddin Vlora is considered non-genuine although tolerated in society.
  4. [N 4]
    The comital title of André de Limur (born into a French ancienne bourgeoisie family with noble connections) is considered non-genuine although tolerated in society.
  5. [N 5]
    The princely title of Serge Mdivani is considered doubtful although tolerated in society.
  6. [N 6]
    The princely title "and Denmark" of Princess Anastasia of Greece (née Stewart) is unlawful by a consideration of the morganatic nature of her marriage for Denmark, although tolerated in society.
  7. [N 7]
    The princely title of David Mdivani is considered doubtful although tolerated in society.
  8. [N 8]
    The princely title of Alexis Mdivani is considered doubtful although tolerated in society.
  9. [N 9]
    The princely title of Artchil Tchkonia is considered non-genuine although tolerated in society.
  10. [N 10]
    The baronial title of Arnaud de Rosnay (born into a French ancienne bourgeoisie family with noble connections) is considered non-genuine although tolerated in society.

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