Romaine Dahlgren Pierce

Slim and natural, Romaine Dahlgren Pierce was born on the 17th of July 1923 in Biltmore, North Carolina. She was an American business woman, a profession she pursued before her marriages took center stage.

Romaine was the daughter of Ulric Dahlgren Pierce and Margaret Knickerbocker Clark. She married William Simpson in New York City on 23 May 1946, but the union ended in divorce two years later. In 1950, she wed David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, in Washington, D.C.; they divorced in 1954. Her third husband was James Busch Orthwein, whom she married on 10 July 1964. They had one daughter. Romaine passed away on 15 February 1975 in New York City at age 51.