Weddings & Divorces in History on July 15

Weddings in History

Eleanor of Aquitaine

1137 Louis dauphin of France (later Louis VII) (17) marries Eleanor of Aquitaine (about 15) at Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux

  • 1500 "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
  • 1952 Gerald Lascelles, son of English Princess Mary, weds Angela Dowding
  • 2011 Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy (44) weds Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

Divorces in History

Charles & Diana

1996 Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, sign divorce papers