Weddings in History
Peter the Cruel
1353 Peter of Castile [Peter the Cruel] (18) marries Blanch of Bourbon (14) in Valladolid, Spain. Peter abandons her 2 days later for his secret wife Maria de Padilla.
William Lamb
1805 Lady Caroline Ponsonby (19) marries future Prime Minister William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (26) in London
Wedding of Interest
1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) weds Mrs Wallis Simpson in France
- 1941 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn