Weddings & Divorces in History on May 18

Weddings in History

The Most Expensive Divorce in History

1152 Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henri of Anjou, handing the future King Henry II of England most of France, allowing future kings of England to claim France for centuries thereafter

Francis I of France

1514 Francis, Duke of Valois, later Francis I, King of France, marries Claude, Duchess of Brittany