Famous Weddings
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1772 Charles Edward Stuart 'the Young Pretender' (52) marries by proxy Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (20)
Felix Mendelssohn
1837 German composer Felix Mendelssohn (27) weds French clergyman's daughter Cécile Jeanrenaud (20), until his death in 1847
Claude Monet
1870 Impressionist Painter Claude Monet (29) weds model Camille Doncieux in Paris
Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks (36) marries actress Mary Pickford (28)
Nat King Cole
1948 Musician Nat King Cole (29) weds jazz singer Maria Hawkins (25) at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York
Billie Holiday
1957 Jazz musician Billie Holiday (41) weds mob enforcer Louis McKay
Jane Goodall
1964 Anthropologist Jane Goodall marries wildlife photographer Baron Hugo van Lawick, at Chelsea Old Church, London (divorced 1974)
Jeremy Irons
1978 Actor Jeremy Irons (29) weds actress Sinéad Cusack (30)
Nora Ephron
1987 Screenwriters Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally) and Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas) marry
Angelina Jolie
1996 Actress Angelina Jolie (20) weds actor Jonny Lee Miller (23)
- 2010 "The Real Housewives of New York City" TV Personality Bethenny Frankel (39) weds Jason Hoppy at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City
Famous Divorces
- 1849 Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate
Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovett
1995 American actress Julia Roberts (26) and American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (37) divorce after less than 2 years of marriage