American royalty


American royalty may refer to American citizens who are members of royal families, through birth, naturalization or marriage; or American dynastic families that are given the epithet or moniker as American royalty.

Former monarchies of the United States

The territory of the United States of America was once ruled by monarchies, as such, the royalty of these territories included:

Indigenous royals

Colonial monarchies of the territory now the United States

Royalty of foreign nations

Americans may remain American and hold titles of nobility. However no American governments can bestow titles of nobility, and no one holding such title can hold a government job.

Monarchs born in the United States

Only two people born in the United States have become head of state in a monarchy.
  • Bhumibol Adulyadej, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, became King of Thailand and the first monarch born in the United States.
  • Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, Illinois, was elected the 267th pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City, becoming the first monarch to also hold US citizenship.

Americans who married into royalty

Royalty who were born in America

Royalty who became naturalized Americans

Royalty who were born abroad with dual American citizenship

Politics and popular culture

Political dynasties

Business dynasties

Celebrities

Documentaries