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Weddings & Divorces in History on April 15

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Weddings in History

  • 1595 William I of Orange's daughter Elisabeth of Nassau (17) weds Duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Bouillion (39), becoming Duchess of Bouillon, until his death in 1623
  • 1909 Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo

Vladimir Nabokov

1925 Russian writer ("Lolita") Vladimir Nabokov (26) marries fellow Russian writer Vera Evseevna Slonim (23) in Berlin

Vladimir Nabokov

Danielle Steel

1978 American romance novelist Danielle Steel (30) weds (her third time) William George Toth; divorce in 1981

Danielle Steel
  • 2006 Miss Nigeria 2002 Sylvia Ansa Edem weds businessman Chris Emecheta at the Recreation Park, Victoria Garden City, Lekki Lagos

Divorces in History

  • 1994 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson


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