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"First" American Women
11 Oct 2006 12:17:37 -0700
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rickhutto...
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With great fear and trepidation, I ask the members of this group to
consider a listing of the "first" American woman to achieve a
particular royal distinction. All opinions are solicited, but please be
kind in your criticisms.
First to marry a future King - Betsey Patterson (King Jerome
Bonaparte of Westphalia)
First to marry a King Consort/King Regent - Elise Hensler (King
Ferdinand II of Portugal)
First to marry a Crown Prince - Hope Cooke (Chogyal Palden of Sikkim)
First to marry a Reigning Prince - Alice Heine (Prince Albert of
Monaco)
First to marry a Reigning King - Lisa Halaby (King Hussein of Jordan)
First to be mother of a Prince Imperial - Alice Green (Prince
Augustin of Mexico)
First to marry a former Prince Imperial - Mary Louise Kearney (Prince
Augustin of Mexico)
First to marry a Maharajah - Nancy Ann Miller (Sir Yeshwant Rao II
Holkar XIV Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore)
First to marry a formerly reigning King - Wallis Simpson (Duke of
Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of Great Britain)
First to be created a Royal Princess in her own right - Nancy Stewart
Leeds (Princess Anastasia of Greece by King George II of Greece)
First to be recognized as a Princess in her own right by another
sovereign - Anita Stewart (Princess de Braganza by Emperor Franz
Josef I of Austria)
First to be mother of a Queen - Gladys Steuart (Queen Geraldine of
the Albanians)
First to serve as Lady-in-Waiting to a Queen - Elisabeth Field,
Princess Brancaccio (to Queen Margherita of Italy)
First Princess to be born in the White House - Princess Cantacuzene
(Julia Dent Grant)
First to be buried with a royal family - Peggy Green, Princess Viggo
of Denmark
First for whom a Prince renounced his title to marry - Mary Esther
Lee (Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein)
First whose son succeeded as head of a mediatized royal house - Nancy
Leishman, Duchess of Croy
First whose grandchildren were in the line of succession to the British
throne - Elsie Moore, Duchess of Torlonia
Anne...
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No, as Roman Catholics, they were never in the line of succession in
Britain.
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First whose children were allowed princely titles - Elizabeth Reid
Rogers, Princess Christian of Hesse-Phillippstal-Barchfeld
First to marry princely brothers - Louise Astor Van Alen (Mdivanis,
with an admittedly shaky claim)
First to marry a French royal duke - Peggy Watson (the Duc de
Nemours, later Duc de Vendome et d'Alencon)
All additions are welcome. Many thanks.
Rick
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