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Elise Hensler: the first American girl to marry a king
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Elise Hensler: the first American girl to marry a king

Expresso2 September 2026 at 08:00

Elise Hensler (1836-1929) was an American-Swiss opera singer, known for being the first American girl to marry a king. Her marriage was to King Ferdinand II of Portugal, as his second wife.

This episode was covered in the program "History Repeats Itself", presented by Lourenço Pereira Coutinho and Margarida Magalhães Ramalho, who recalled the story of this unconventional figure in Portuguese monarchy.

The marriage between Elise Hensler and King Ferdinand II took place thirteen years after the death of Queen Maria II, the king's first wife. Elise Hensler thus became queen consort of Portugal, representing an unusual case in the history of European monarchy.

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