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
- Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh. Married before the age of nine years to his stepsister Ankhesnamun.[1]
- Louis VII of France (aged 17) married Eleanor of Aquitaine (aged about 15) in 1137; their marriage was annulled in 1152.
- Henry the Young King (aged 17) was married to Margaret of France (aged 13/14) in 1172. They had been betrothed since 1160, when Henry was 5 and Margaret was about 2.
- Alfonso VIII of Castile (aged 14/15) married Eleanor of England in 1170, when she was about 9-years-old.
- Alexios II Komnenos was 10 when he is reported to have married Agnes of France (aged 9) in 1180.
- Philip II of France (aged 14) married Isabella of Hainault (aged 10) in 1180.
- Humphrey IV of Toron (aged about 17) married Isabella of Jerusalem (aged 10/11) in 1183. They had been betrothed when Humphrey was about 14/15 and Isabella was 8-years-old.
- Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (aged 13/14), married Berengaria of Castile in 1187, when she was about 8-years-old. The marriage was never consummated due to Berengaria's young age.
- William IV, Count of Ponthieu (aged 15/16), was married to Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (aged 34) in 1195.
- Henry I of Castile married his cousin Mafalda of Portugal (aged about 20) in 1215, when he was either 10- or 11-years-old. The marriage was never consummated due to Henry's young age; and the marriage was annulled by the Pope in 1216 on the grounds of consanguinity. Later that year, Henry was betrothed to his second cousin Sancha, heiress of León, but he died in 1217 at the age of 13.
- Edward I of England (aged 15) was married to Eleanor of Castile (aged 13) in 1254.
- John II, Duke of Brabant (aged 14), was married to Margaret of England (aged 15) in 1290. John and Margaret had been betrothed since they were 2 and 3, respectively.
- John I, Count of Holland (aged 12/13), was married to Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (aged 14) in 1297.
- John III, Duke of Brabant (aged 10/11), was married to Marie of Évreux (aged 7/8) in 1311.
- Charles, Duke of Orléans (aged 11), married his cousin Isabella of Valois (aged 16) in 1406.
- John II, Duke of Alençon (aged 15), married Joan of Valois (aged 15), daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, in 1424.
- John de la Pole (age 7) was married to Margaret Beaufort, (age 7; approximately) in 1450 by the arrangement John's father.[2] The marriage was annulled in 1453.[3]
- Ferdinand II of Aragon (aged 17) was married to his second cousin Infanta Isabella of Castile (aged 18; later Isabella I of Castile) in 1469. They became the parents of Catherine of Aragon.
- Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (age 4), was married to Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (age 6), in 1477. She died at age 10 and he, as one of the Princes in the Tower, is believed to have been murdered at age 10.[4]
- Arthur, Prince of Wales (aged 15), was married to Catherine of Aragon (aged 15) in 1501. He died a few months later and she eventually married his younger brother, Henry VIII of England.
- Henry VIII of England (aged 17), married Catherine of Aragon (aged 23) in June 1509, a couple of weeks before his 18th birthday.
- Henry, Duke of Orléans (aged 14), was married to Catherine de' Medici (aged 14) in 1533.
- Philip, Prince of Asturias (aged 16; later Philip II of Spain), was married to Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal (aged 16), in 1543.
- Alfonso, Hereditary Prince of Modena (aged 16/17), was married to Isabella of Savoy (aged 16) in 1608.
- Frederick V, Elector Palatine (aged 16), married Elizabeth Stuart (aged 16), eldest daughter of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark, in 1613.
- The future William II, Prince of Orange (aged 15), married Mary, Princess Royal (aged 9), in 1641. The marriage was reported to not have been consummated for a number of years due to the bride's age.
- Sir Edward Lee (aged 14) was married to Lady Charlotte FitzRoy (aged 13) in 1677. They had been betrothed since 1674, before Charlotte's tenth birthday.
- Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (aged 17), married his first cousin Françoise Marie de Bourbon (aged 14) in 1692.
- Peter of Holstein-Gottorp (later Peter III of Russia) was 17-years-old when he married his 16-year-old second cousin Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (later known as Catherine the Great) in 1745.
- Christian VII of Denmark (aged 17) was married to Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (aged 15) in 1766.
- Charles Philippe, Duke of Artois (aged 16; later Charles X of France), was married to Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy (aged 17) in 1773.
- The future Alexander I of Russia (aged 15) married Princess Louise of Baden (aged 14) in 1793.
Ceremonial marriages
- Sanele Masilela, a nine year old South African boy married 62-year-old Helen Shabangu.[5]
- Jose Griggs, at the age of seven, married nine-year-old Jayla Cooper[6]
See also
- List of child brides
- Teen marriage
References
- Zaki, Mey (2008). Legacy of Tutankhamun: Art and History. p. 19.
- Jones, Michael K. (1993-04-22). The King's Mother: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521447942. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- Ralph A. Griffiths, King and Country: England and Wales in the Fifteenth Century, (Hambledon Press, 1991), 91.
- Tunis, David L. (2005-01-01). Fast Facts on the Kings and Queens of England. Author House. pp. 125–. ISBN 9781467065238. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- "Saneie Masilela, 9, marries Helen Shabangu, 53 years his senior, for the second time". The Independent.
- ABC News. "Dying Wishes: Weddings to Helping Homeless". ABC News.
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