- A select few Americans have married European royals
- Find out who in the video above
Alice Heine was the first American to marry a European monarch to the throne. She went with Prince Albert I of Monaco, in Paris, on October 30, 1889. When the hapless lovers first met on the island of Madeira, both already had children from their previous marriages (Alice had become a widow at 22 and Albert's first marriage was annulled after the birth of his son, Prince Louis II) and it is said that their attraction was immediate. Watch the video above to learn more!