List of Princesses By Marriage Since 1714
| Title of Princess where spouses title was eliminated by Letters Patent issued 30 November 1917 or Order in Council in 1919 |
| Princess | Birth | Death | Marriage | Husband | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 1683 | 1737 | 1705 | George, Prince of Wales | Gained title by accession of her father-in-law as George in 1714 and held it until her husband's accession as 1727 |
| Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha | 1719 | 1772 | 1736 | Frederick, Prince of Wales | |
| Maria Walpole | 1736 | 1807 | 1766 | Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh | |
| Anne Horton | 1742 | 1808 | 1771 | Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn | Gained title by her second marriage |
| Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia | 1767 | 1820 | 1791 | Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany | |
| Duchess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 1768 | 1821 | 1795 | George, Prince of Wales | Held title until her husband's accession as George IV in 1820. |
| Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1778 | 1841 | 1815 | King Ernest Augustus of Hanover | Gained title by her third marriage |
| Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | 1786 | 1861 | 1818 | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn | Gained title by her second marriage in 1818 and held it until her death. |
| Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | 1792 | 1849 | 1818 | Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews | Held title until her husband's accession as William IV in 1830. |
| Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel | 1797 | 1889 | 1818 | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge | |
| Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg | 1818 | 1907 | 1843 | King George V of Hanover | |
| Princess Alexandra of Denmark | 1844 | 1925 | 1863 | Albert Edward, Prince of Wales | Held title until her husband's accession as Edward VII in 1901. |
| Princess Thyra of Denmark | 1853 | 1933 | 1878 | Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale | Husband lost British title of Prince in 1917 |
| Grand Duchess Maria of Russia | 1853 | 1920 | 1874 | Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh | |
| Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia | 1860 | 1917 | 1879 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | |
| Princess Helena of Waldeck | 1861 | 1922 | 1882 | Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany | |
| Princess Mary of Teck | 1867 | 1953 | 1893 | George, Prince of Wales | Held title until her husband's accession as George V in 1910. |
| Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein | 1885 | 1970 | 1905 | Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany | Husband lost British title of Prince in 1919 |
| Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia | 1892 | 1980 | 1913 | Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick | Husband lost British title of Prince in 1917. Princess Viktoria Luise was born Princess of Prussia being the only daughter of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. |
| Wallis Simpson | 1895 | 1986 | 1937 | Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor | See notes |
| Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 1900 | 2002 | 1923 | Prince Albert, Duke of York | Held title until her husband's accession as George VI in 1936. |
| Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott | 1901 | 2004 | 1935 | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester | When she was widowed in 1974 she was granted special permission to style herself as a princess suo jure. |
| Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark | 1906 | 1968 | 1934 | Prince George, Duke of Kent | Princess Marina was a princess of Greece and Denmark by birth. However when she was widowed she reverted her title to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, styling herself as a princess suo jure in the UK. |
| Katharine Worsley | 1933 | 1961 | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent | ||
| Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz | 1945 | 1978 | Prince Michael of Kent | Gained title by her second marriage | |
| Birgitte van Deurs | 1946 | 1972 | Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester | ||
| Camilla Shand | 1947 | 2005 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | Gained title by her second marriage. Although she is also legally The Princess Charles and Princess of Wales, she uses the subsidiary style Duchess of Cornwall as not to confuse the public and cause upset due to Diana, Princess of Wales, previously having this title. | |
| Sarah Ferguson | 1959 | 1986 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | Lost royal title upon divorce. | |
| Lady Diana Spencer | 1961 | 1997 | 1981 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | Lost style of Royal Highness upon divorce, but as the mother of the second and third in line to the throne, remained a Princess of the United Kingdom and member of the royal family. |
| Sophie Rhys-Jones | 1965 | 1999 | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | ||
| Catherine Middleton | 1982 | 2011 | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge |
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