List of foreign-born spouses of monarchs
This is a list of foreign-born spouses of Monarchs. The list considers only 20th-century Monarchs and non-royal spouses. Some spouses are members of nobility by birth.
Monarchs
Person |
Country |
Title |
Spouse |
Nationality |
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Zog I, Skanderbeg III |
King of Albania |
Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony |
American |
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Leopold II |
King of Belgians |
Lilian Baels |
British |
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Baudouin I |
Fabiola of Belgium |
Spanish |
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Albert II |
Queen Paola of Belgium |
Italian |
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Norodom Sihanouk |
King of Cambodia |
Norodom Monineath |
French |
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Mam Manivan Phanivong |
Laotian |
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Margrethe II |
Queen of Denmark |
Henri de Laborde de Monpezat |
French |
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Shah of Iran |
Fawzia Fuad |
Egyptian |
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Hussein |
King of Jordan |
Antoinette Avril Gardiner |
British |
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Queen Noor |
American |
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Abdullah II |
Queen Rania |
Kuwaiti |
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Franz I |
Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein |
Elisabeth von Gutmann |
Austrian |
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Franz Joseph II |
Countess Georgina von Wilczek |
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Hans-Adam II |
Marie Aglaë |
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Henri |
Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
Maria Teresa |
Cuban |
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Rainier III |
Prince of Monaco |
Grace Kelly |
American |
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Albert II |
Charlene Wittstock |
South African |
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Juliana |
Queen of the Netherlands |
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld |
German |
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Beatrix |
Claus von Amsberg |
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Willem-Alexander |
King of the Netherlands |
Queen Máxima |
Argentinian |
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Palden Thondup Namgyal |
Chogyal of Sikkim |
Hope Cooke |
American |
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Carl XVI Gustaf |
King of Sweden |
Queen Silvia |
German / Brazilian |
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Taimur bin Feisal |
Sultan of Oman |
Kiyoko Ooyama |
Japanese |
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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Emir of Dubai |
Haya bint Hussein |
Jordanian |