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

Zog I, Skanderbeg III

King of Albania

Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony

American

Leopold II

King of Belgians

Lilian Baels

British

Baudouin I

Fabiola of Belgium

Spanish

Albert II

Queen Paola of Belgium

Italian

Norodom Sihanouk

King of Cambodia

Norodom Monineath

French

Mam Manivan Phanivong

Laotian

Margrethe II

Queen of Denmark

Henri de Laborde de Monpezat

French

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Shah of Iran

Fawzia Fuad

Egyptian

Hussein

King of Jordan

Antoinette Avril Gardiner

British

Queen Noor

American

Abdullah II

Queen Rania

Kuwaiti

Franz I

Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein

Elisabeth von Gutmann

Austrian

Franz Joseph II

Countess Georgina von Wilczek

Hans-Adam II

Marie Aglaë

Henri

Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Maria Teresa

Cuban

Rainier III

Prince of Monaco

Grace Kelly

American

Albert II

Charlene Wittstock

South African

Juliana

Queen of the Netherlands

Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

German

Beatrix

Claus von Amsberg

Willem-Alexander

King of the Netherlands

Queen Máxima

Argentinian

Palden Thondup Namgyal

Chogyal of Sikkim

Hope Cooke

American

Carl XVI Gustaf

King of Sweden

Queen Silvia

German / Brazilian

Taimur bin Feisal

Sultan of Oman

Kiyoko Ooyama

Japanese

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Emir of Dubai

Haya bint Hussein

Jordanian