List of child bridegrooms

This page contains a list of child bridegrooms or child husbands wherein notable or historically significant examples have been singled out.

List

  • Sanele Masilela, a nine year old South African boy married 62-year-old Helen Shabangu.[1]
  • Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh got married before the age of nine years to his step sister Ankhesnamun.[2]
  • Jose Griggs, at the age of seven, married nine-year-old Jayla Cooper[3]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Saneie Masilela, 9, marries Helen Shabangu, 53 years his senior, for the second time". The Independent.
  2. ↑ Zaki, Mey (2008). Legacy of Tutankhamun: Art and History. p. 19.
  3. ↑ ABC News. "Dying Wishes: Weddings to Helping Homeless". ABC News.
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