Photo: Getty Images1/8Queen Noor of Jordan
Jordan’s Queen Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby. She grew up in Washington, D.C., and went on to study architecture and urban planning at Princeton University. While working at Royal Jordanian Airlines, she met Jordan’s King Hussein. The two became friendly, and then married in 1978. The couple was together until the king’s death in 1999.
Photo: Getty Images2/8Lee Radziwill
Lee Radziwill was the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy. She was born Caroline Lee Bouvier, and in 1959 married Prince Stanislaw Albrecht Radziwill, whose family had historically controlled a Polish principality. The couple had two children together, and divorced in 1974.
Photo: Getty Images3/8Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson rose to international fame when King Edward VIII of England abdicated in order to marry her. Simpson’s status as a twice-divorced American caused quite a bit of controversy in her day and age. After the abdication, Edward was styled as Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor.
Photo: Getty Images4/8Rita Hayworth
Actress Rita Hayworth became famous in the 1940s for her films such as Gilda and Cover Girl. In 1949, after the end of her marriage with Orson Welles, Hayworth married Prince Aly Khan, son of the then-current Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili faction of Shia Islam. They had one child together, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, before ultimately divorcing.
Photo: Getty Images5/8Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly was born in Philadelphia. She went on to become a famous actress, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Country Girl. In 1956, Kelly married Monaco’s Prince Rainier III. Afterward, she became known as Princess Grace. In 1982, Princess Grace died in a car accident.
Photo: Getty Images6/8Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
Marie-Chantal Miller was one of the three famous Miller sisters. In 1995, she married Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece. Pavlos’s father is Constantine II, the deposed king of Greece. Pavlos and Marie-Chantal are also styled as Prince and Princess of Denmark. The couple has five children together.
Photo: Getty Images7/8Alexandra von Furstenberg
Alexandra Miller, sister of Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Pia Getty, married Prince Alexander von Furstenberg in 1995. (Alexander is the son of designer Diane von Furstenberg and her former German husband, Prince Egon von Furstenberg.) Alexandra and Alexander have two children together, Princess Talita and Prince Tassilo. The couple divorced in the early 2000s. Alexandra previously worked for Diane von Furstenberg, and now has her own line of design products.
Photo: REX8/8Kelly Rondestvedt
Kelly Rondestvedt, an American investment banker and UCLA MBA alum, married Hubertus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 2009. The couple has three children, the youngest of whom was born last month.
