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This article contains a list of child bridegrooms or child husbands wherein notable or historically significant examples have been singled out.
List
Antiquity
8th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
Pons, Count of Tripoli (aged 13/14), was married to
Cecile of France (aged 14/15) in 1112.
William Adelin (aged 15), son and heir of
Henry I of England , was married to
Matilda of Anjou (aged about 13) in 1119.
Louis VII of France (aged 17) married
Eleanor of Aquitaine (aged about 15) in 1137; their marriage was annulled in 1152.
Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (aged about 12/13), was married to
Constance of France (aged about 15/16) in 1140.
Philip I, Count of Flanders (aged 15/16), was married to
Elisabeth of Vermandois (aged 16) in 1159.
The future
Emperor Nijō (aged 15) was married to his paternal aunt
Princess Yoshiko (aged 17) in March 1159.
Alfonso VIII of Castile (aged 14/15) married
Eleanor of England in 1170, when she was about 9-years-old.
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.
Canute VI of Denmark (aged about 13/14) was married to
Gertrude of Bavaria (aged 22 or 25) in 1177. They had been engaged since 1171, since he was about 7/8 and she was about 16 or 19.
Henry I, Duke of Brabant (aged about 14), was married to
Matilda of Boulogne (aged 9) in 1179.
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.
13th century
Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine (aged about 16), was married to
Matilda of Brabant (aged about 12) in 1212.
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.
Baldwin II of Constantinople (aged about 17) was married to
Marie of Brienne (aged about 10) in 1234.
Alexander III of Scotland (aged 10) was married to
Margaret of England (aged 11) in December 1251.
Edward I of England (aged 15) was married to
Eleanor of Castile (aged 13) in 1254.
The future
Philip III of France (aged 17) was married to
Isabella of Aragon (aged 13/14) in May 1262. They had been betrothed since May 1258, when he was 13 and she was 9/10.
John I, Duke of Brabant (17/18), was married to
Margaret of France (aged 15/16) in 1270.
The future
Ladislaus IV of Hungary (aged 7/8) was married to
Elizabeth of Sicily (aged 8/9) in 1270.
Philip of Sicily (aged about 15/16) was married to
Isabella of Villehardouin (aged either 8 or 11) in May 1271.
The future
Philip IV of France (aged 16) was married to
Joan I of Navarre (aged 11) in August 1285.
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (aged 13) was married to
Judith of Habsburg (aged 13) in January 1285.
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.
Henry, Count of Luxembourg (aged about 13/14), was married to
Margaret of Brabant (aged 15) in July 1292.
John I, Count of Holland (aged 12/13), was married to
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (aged 14) in 1297.
14th century
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (aged 14), was married to
Joan de Geneville (aged 15) in 1301.
The future
Gaston I, Count of Foix (aged 13/14), was married to
Joan of Artois (aged 11/12) in 1301.
The future
Louis X of France (aged 15) was married to
Margaret of Burgundy (aged about 15) in 1305.
Philip V of France (aged about 13/14) was married to
Joan of Burgundy (aged 14/15) in 1307.
The future
Charles IV of France (aged 13) was married to
Blanche of Burgundy (aged about 11/12) in January 1308.
John of Luxembourg (aged 14) was married to
Elizabeth of Bohemia (aged 18) in September 1310.
John III, Duke of Brabant (aged 10/11), was married to
Marie of Évreux (aged 7/8) in 1311.
Edmund Mortimer (aged about 13/14, possibly younger) was married to
Elizabeth de Badlesmere (aged 3) in 1316.
Thomas Beauchamp (aged about 6) was married to
Katherine Mortimer (aged about 5) in 1319.
Louis I, Count of Flanders (aged about 15/16), was married to
Margaret of France (aged 9/10) in 1320.
Guigues VIII of Viennois (aged 13/14) was married to
Isabella of France (aged 10/11) in 1323.
Alfonso XI of Castile (aged 13/14) was married to
Constanza Manuel of Villena (aged at most 10) in 1325. He had the marriage annulled two years later, and in 1328, at the age of 16/17, married his double first cousin
Maria of Portugal (aged 14/15).
Edward III of England (aged 15) was married to
Philippa of Hainault (between the ages of 12 and 17) in 1327.
The future
David II of Scotland (aged 4) was married to
Joan of the Tower (aged 7) in 1328.
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (aged about 9/10), was married to
Agnes Mortimer (aged about 11/12) in 1328 or 1329. Laurence was a ward of Agnes's father,
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March .
Charles IV, King of Bohemia (aged about 12/13; later Holy Roman Emperor), was married to
Blanche of Valois (aged about 12/13) in 1329.
Reginald II, Duke of Guelders (aged about 16), was married to Sophia Berthout in 1311. After Sophia's death in 1329, he married
Eleanor of Woodstock (aged 13) in 1332, when he was about 37-years-old.
John, Duke of Normandy (aged 13), was married to
Bonne of Luxembourg (aged 17) in July 1332.
Andrew of Hungary (aged 6) was married to the future
Joanna I of Naples (aged about 6/7) in 1333.
William IV, Count of Holland (aged 10/11), was married to
Joanna of Brabant (aged 11/12) in 1334.
Marie de Namur (aged about 13/14) was married to Henry II, Graf of Vianden, in 1335/36. Henry was murdered in 1337; about three years later, in 1340, Marie (now about 17/18) was married to
Theobald of Bar, Seigneur de Pierrepont (aged about 25/26), her second cousin, once removed.
Philip of Burgundy (aged about 14/15) was married to
Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (aged about 11/12), circa 1338.
William Montagu (aged 12) was married to
Joan of Kent (aged 13) in either late 1340 or early 1341. In 1348, it was revealed that Joan had secretly married
Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent , in 1340; and, as a result, Montagu's marriage to Joan was annulled.
Gaston III, Count of Foix (aged 16/17), was married to
Agnes of Navarre (aged 13/14) in 1348.
Charles V of France (aged 12) was married
Joanna of Bourbon (aged 12) to in April 1350.
Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (aged about 15), was married to
Maud de Ufford (born 1345/46) sometime before 10 June 1350, when Maud was about 5-years-old.
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (aged 13/14), was married to
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (aged 20), in 1352.
Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (aged 10/11), was married to the future
Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (aged 6/7), in 1357.
Richard Fitzalan (aged 12/13) was married to
Elizabeth de Bohun (aged about 9) in 1359.
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (aged 11), was married to
Margaret of England (aged 12), daughter of
Henry III of England , in 1359.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (aged 8) was married to
Isabella of Valois (aged 11/12) in October 1360, about a week before Gian's 9th birthday.
Albert III, Duke of Austria (aged 16/17), was married to
Elisabeth of Bohemia (aged 7/8) in 1366.
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (aged 15/16), was married to
Philippa of Clarence (aged 12/13) in 1368.
The future
Charles III of Navarre (aged 13/14) was married to
Eleanor of Castile (aged about 12) in May 1375.
John V, Lord of Arkel (aged 14), was married to
Joanna of Jülich in October 1376.
John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (aged 8), was married to
Elizabeth of Lancaster (aged 17) in 1380. The marriage remained unconsummated due to John's age, and was annulled after Elizabeth became pregnant by
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter , whom she later married.
Henry Bolingbroke (aged 13; later King Henry IV of England) was married to
Mary de Bohun (aged about 10/11) in 1380.
Richard II of England (aged 15) was married to
Anne of Bohemia (aged 15) in January 1382.
John, Count of Nevers (aged 14) was married to
Margaret of Bavaria (aged 21/22) in April 1385.
The future
John V, Duke of Brittany (aged 6/7), was married to
Joan of France (aged 4/5) in 1396.
John of Perche (aged 10/11) was married to
Marie of Brittany (aged 5) in July 1396.
15th century
Louis, Duke of Guyenne (aged 7), married
Margaret of Nevers (aged 10) in August 1404.
Charles, Duke of Orléans (aged 11), married his cousin
Isabella of Valois (aged 16) in June 1406.
Philip the Good (aged 12) was married to
Michelle of Valois (aged 14) in June 1409.
John, Duke of Touraine (aged 16), was married to
Jacqueline of Hainaut (aged 14) in 1415.
John IV, Duke of Brabant (aged 14), was married to
Jacqueline of Hainaut (aged 16) in March 1418, following her first husband's death the year before.
John II, Duke of Alençon (aged 15), married
Joan of Valois (aged 15), daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, in 1424.
Louis, Dauphin of France (aged 12), was married to
Margaret Stewart (aged 11), daughter of
James I of Scotland , in June 1436. The wedding took place a little over a week before Louis's thirteenth birthday.
Henry IV of Castile (aged 14/15) was married to his cousin
Blanche of Navarre (aged 15/16) in 1440.
Afonso V of Portugal (aged 15) was married to
Isabel of Coimbra (aged 15) in May 1447.
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 .
John, Prince of Portugal (aged 14) was married to his first cousin
Eleanor of Viseu (aged 11) in January 1470.
Louis, Duke of Orléans (aged 14) was married to his cousin
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (age 12), in 1476.
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]
Afonso, Prince of Portugal (aged about 15), was married by proxy to
Isabella of Aragon (aged 19) in the spring of 1490.
16th century
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 .
Charles, Count of Montpensier (aged 15), was married to
Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (aged 14), in 1505.
Henry VIII of England (aged 17), married Catherine of Aragon (aged 23) in June 1509, a couple of weeks before his 18th birthday.
Claude, Duke of Guise (aged 16), was married to
Antoinette de Bourbon (aged 18) in 1513.
Henry, Duke of Orléans (aged 14), was married to
Catherine de' Medici (aged 14) in 1533.
Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset (aged 15/16), was married to
Lady Frances Brandon (aged 15/16) in 1533.
Henry Clifford (aged 17/18) was married to
Lady Eleanor Brandon (aged 15/16) in 1535.
Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (aged 14), grandson of
Pope Paul III , was married to
Margaret of Parma (aged 15), illegitimate daughter of
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor , in November 1538.
Philip, Prince of Asturias (aged 16; later Philip II of Spain), was married to
Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal (aged 16), in 1543.
João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (aged 14), was married to his double first cousin
Joanna of Austria (aged 16) in 1552.
Lord Guildford Dudley (aged about 17/18) was married to
Lady Jane Grey (aged about 16/17) in 1553.
Henry, Lord Herbert , who was at most 15-years-old, was married to
Lady Katherine Grey (aged 12), younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, in 1553. The marriage was annulled in 1554.
Francis, Dauphin of France (aged 13/14), was married to
Mary, Queen of Scots (aged 15/16), in 1558. The pair had been betrothed since Mary was five and Francis was three.
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (aged 15), was married to
Claude of France (aged 11), daughter of
Henry II of France , in 1559.
17th century
Tamahime (aged 2) was married
Maeda Toshitsune (aged 7) in 1601.
Senhime (aged 6) was married
Toyotomi Hideyori (aged 10) in 1603.
Alfonso, Hereditary Prince of Modena (aged 16/17), was married to
Isabella of Savoy (aged 16) in 1608.
César, Duke of Vendôme (aged 14), was married to
Françoise de Lorraine (aged 15/16) in July 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.
Louis XIII of France (aged 14) was married to his second cousin
Anne of Austria (aged 14) in November 1615.
The future
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (aged 14), was married to
Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (aged 14) in December 1650.
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.
Walter Scott of Highchester (aged 14) was married to
Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch (aged 11), in 1659.
James Crofts, 1st Duke of Monmouth (aged 14), illegitimate son of
Charles II of England and his mistress
Lucy Walter , was married to
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (aged 12), in April 1663.
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.
Ivan V of Russia (aged 17) was married to
Praskovia Saltykova (aged 18/19) in either late 1683 or early 1684.
Louis, Prince of Condé (aged 16), was married to his distant cousin
Louise Françoise de Bourbon (aged 11) in 1685.
Philippe, Duke of Chartres (aged 17), married his first cousin
Françoise Marie de Bourbon (aged 14), legitimated daughter of
Louis XIV , in February 1692.
Louis, Duke of Burgundy (aged 15), was married to
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (aged 12) in December 1697.
18th century
Philip V of Spain (aged 17) was married to
Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy (aged 12) in September 1701, five days before Maria Luisa's 13th birthday.
Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (aged 17), was married to
Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (aged 19) in July 1713.
Jules, Prince of Soubise (aged 17), was married to
Anne Julie de Melun (aged 15/16) in September 1714.
Louis, Prince of Asturias (aged 14), was
married by proxy to
Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (aged 11) in November 1721.
Louis XV of France (aged 15) was married to
Marie Leszczyńska (aged 22) in 1725.
José, Prince of Brazil (aged 14), was married to
Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain (aged 10) in January 1729.
Louis François, Prince of Conti (aged 14), was married to
Louise Diane d'Orléans (aged 15) in January 1732.
Gaston, Count of Marsan (aged 17), was married to
Marie Louise de Rohan (aged 16) in June 1736.
Ercole Rinaldo d'Este (aged 13/14) was married to
Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa (aged 15/16) in 1741.
Louis, Dauphin of France (aged 15), was married to
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (aged 18) in 1744. After Maria Teresa's death in early 1746, Louis was required to remarry quickly in order to secure the succession to the French crown. Thus, he married again in February 1747, at the age of 17, to
Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony (aged 15).
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.
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (aged 16), was married to
Charlotte de Rohan (aged 15) in 1753.
Christian VII of Denmark (aged 17) was married to
Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (aged 15) in 1766.
Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (aged 17) was married by proxy to
Maria Carolina of Austria (aged 15) in April 1768.
Louis Henri, Duke of Enghien (aged 14), was married to
Bathilde d'Orléans (aged 19) in 1770.
Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France (aged 15), was married to
Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (aged 14; later known as Marie Antoinette) in April 1770.
Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence (aged 15; the future King Louis XVIII of France), was married to
Marie Joséphine of Savoy (aged 17) in 1771.
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.
19th century
20th century
Ceremonial marriages
These ceremonial marriages are not recognized by law
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
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"Saneie Masilela, 9, marries Helen Shabangu, 53 years his senior, for the second time" . The Independent . 21 July 2014.
^ ABC News.
"Dying Wishes: Weddings to Helping Homeless" . ABC News .