The romantic life of British rock and pop singer, Rod Stewart is frequently characterized as complicated. Along with his talents, the entertainer is well-known for his relationships with many women. The popular musician was previously married to Alana Collins from 1979 to 1984, Rachel Hunter from 1990 to 2006, and Penny Lancaster in 2007. He has also fathered 8 children with 5 different women.
While we will come to know more about his love life, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide.
Meet Rod Stewart’s Wives
1. He was Married to Alana Collins for 5 Years
Rod Stewart and Alana got married in 1979 and divorced five years later, with Alana retaining Rod’s surname. Their union was blessed with 2 kids namely Kimberly Stewart and Sean Stewart. Although the marriage was Rod’s first, it was the second for Kimberly who had previously tied the knot in 1972 to American actor, George Hamilton with whom she shares a son named Ashley Hamilton; also an actor, comedian, and singer. The couple divorced in 1975 as a result of irreconcilable differences.
Meanwhile, Alana is a former model and actress from the United States. She was born on May 18, 1945, in San Diego, California, the United States, and raised in Houston and Nacogdoches before moving to New York to pursue a career as a model.
Alana started her acting career in 1970, playing a small part in the historical movie Evel Knievel (1971). She later made brief appearances in television series such as The Bionic Woman (1972) and Fantasy Island (1977 to 1984).
The actress has also been featured in several movies and TV shows and she is also known for her 2009 New York Times bestseller My Journey with Farrah: A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship is dedicated to her journey with Fawcett. Similarly, in 2012, she published a book titled Rearview Mirror: A Memoir, detailing her upbringing, early career as a model, her marriages and subsequent divorces, and the deaths of her mother and Fawcett.
2. Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter had 2 Kids in the course of their 6-year-long marriage
Rachel first encountered rock icon Rod Stewart, who was 24 years older than her, in a Los Angeles bar when she was 21. They married on December 15, 1990, at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California, three months later. Renée and Liam are the couple’s two children however, in January 1999, they separated and their divorce was finalized on November 2, 2006.
Meanwhile, Hunter is 55 years old New Zealand model, actor, and the host of Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty on Imagination Television. Additionally, she has been featured on the covers of numerous magazines, such as Vogue, Elle, and Rolling Stone. Currently, she is also recognized for her work in a number of movies and TV shows.
3. He Married His third wife, Penny Lancaster in 2007
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster first came into contact in 1999 after he permitted her to photograph him while he was on tour. The pair soon later fell in love and began their seven-year courtship. Alastair Wallace Stewart, their first child, was born in Lancaster on November 27, 2005, before the lover decided to tie the knot on June 16, 2007, at La Cervara, an Italian village close to Portofino. The birth of Aiden Patrick Stewart, the couple’s second child and Rod Stewart’s eighth, was announced on February 17, 2011.
Meanwhile, Penny Lancaster was born on March 15 March 1971 and she is a known English model and television personality.
Throughout the 1990s, Lancaster was in a long-term relationship with city trader Mickey Sloan and they lived in Bermuda from 1996 to 1998 but separated in 1999. Within this point, Lancaster made the decision to take photography classes in order to understand more about the business side of modeling.
Moving on, Lancaster was listed as a sporadic panelist on the lunchtime television chat show Loose Women on September 15, 2014. She continued acting after leaving Loose Women, appearing in And They’re Off! (2018) and Marcus Brigstocke on Channel 4.
After starring on Channel 4’s Famous and Fighting Crime in 2020, Lancaster became a volunteer special constable with the City of London Police. She finished her special police constable training in April 2021. During the Queen’s funeral and King Charles III’s coronation, she was on duty as a police officer.
Apart From His Wives, Rod Has also Been involved with Other Women
We told you earlier that Rob has been involved with several women in his life right? Well, those listed above are only the ones he has been formally married to at one point in time or the other.
Aside from Alana, Rachel, and Penny, Rob has also been romantically involved with women like Susannah Boffey between 1963 and 1964. He met Susannah in a London nightclub but their relationship barely lasted a year, with Rob’s heart left broken.
Moving on, the entertainer also dated Jennie Rylance between 1965 and 1967. After he broke up with Jennie, he found himself in the arms of Dee Harrington in 1971. The pair seemed all good until their relationship hit the rocks in 1975.
In the same year, Rod met Swedish actress, Britt Ekland, and the duo had a much-publicized romance before they called it quits in 1977.
Moving on, Stewart met Kelly Emberg, an American model, in 1983. However, the pair parted ways in the summer of 1990 with Stewart maintaining that Emberg had chosen to end the relationship because of his infidelity with Rachel Hunter, the woman who would become his wife. Early in 1991, Emberg initiated a palimony lawsuit and it was resolved in 1993 for an undisclosed sum.
