The document lists numerous historical examples of marriages where one or both partners were under the age of 18, some as young as age 9 or 11. Many cases involved political marriages between royalty or nobility where large age gaps between partners were common, with females usually younger than their husbands. Child marriage was accepted and prevalent in many cultures and time periods throughout history.
The document lists numerous historical examples of marriages where one or both partners were under the age of 18, some as young as age 9 or 11. Many cases involved political marriages between royalty or nobility where large age gaps between partners were common, with females usually younger than their husbands. Child marriage was accepted and prevalent in many cultures and time periods throughout history.
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The full refutation of the Aisha’s age complication
The document lists numerous historical examples of marriages where one or both partners were under the age of 18, some as young as age 9 or 11. Many cases involved political marriages between royalty or nobility where large age gaps between partners were common, with females usually younger than their husbands. Child marriage was accepted and prevalent in many cultures and time periods throughout history.
The document lists numerous historical examples of marriages where one or both partners were under the age of 18, some as young as age 9 or 11. Many cases involved political marriages between royalty or nobility where large age gaps between partners were common, with females usually younger than their husbands. Child marriage was accepted and prevalent in many cultures and time periods throughout history.
Cases of people getting married before the age of 18
- Olivera Despina (aged 17) was married to Bayezid I in 1389 or 1390.
- Darejan Dadiani (aged 12) was married to Heraclius II of Georgia (aged 30) in 1750. - Asukabe-hime (aged 16) was married to the future Emperor Shōmu (aged about 16) in c. 717. - Princess Seishi (aged 16/17) was married to the future Emperor Junna (aged about 42) in 827. - Chikako, Princess Kazu (aged 15), daughter of Emperor Ninkō, was married to Tokugawa Iemochi (aged 15) in February 1862. - Sadako Kujō (aged 15) married Crown Prince Yoshihito of Japan (aged 20) in May 1900. - Shigeko, Princess Teru (aged 17), daughter of Emperor Hirohito, was married to Morihiro Higashikuni (aged 26) in October 1943. - Ushabati Ghosh (age 11) was married to the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (aged 20) in 1914 - Eadgifu of Wessex (aged 16/17) was married to Charles the Simple, King of West Francia (aged about 40), in 919. - Bertha of Swabia (aged about 15) was married to Rudolph II of Burgundy (aged about 42) in 922. - Adelaide of Italy (aged about 15) was married to Lothair II of Italy (aged 19–20) in 947. - Liutgard of Saxony (aged 14/15) was married to Conrad, Duke of Lorraine (aged about 25), in 947. - Emma of Italy (aged about 17) was married to Lothair of France (aged 23/24) in 965. - Theophanu (aged about 17) was married to the future Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (aged 16/17), in 972. - Hedwig of France (aged about 13) was married to Renauld I, Count of Nevers, in 1016. - Adela of Normandy married the future Stephen, Count of Blois (aged around 35-38), between 1080 and 1083. - Gisela of Burgundy (aged 14/15) was married to Humbert II, Count of Savoy (aged 24/25), in 1090. - Constance of France (aged between about 15 and 17) was married to Hugh I, Count of Troyes (aged between about 19 and 21), between 1093 and 1095. - Sybilla of Normandy (aged about 15) was married to Alexander I of Scotland (aged about 29) circa 1107. - Matilda of Anjou (aged about 13) was married to William Adelin (aged 15), son and heir of Henry I of England in 1119. - Sibylla of Anjou (aged about 11) was married to William Clito (aged 20/21) in 1123. - Eleanor of Aquitaine was about 15 when she married Louis VII of France (aged 17) in 1137; their marriage was annulled in 1152. She went on to marry Henry II of England that same year. - Petronilla of Aquitaine (aged about 15) was married to Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, in 1140. - Constance of France (aged about 15/16) was married to Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (aged about 12/13), in 1140. - Agnes of Courtenay was no more than 15-years-old when she was married to Reynald of Marash, sometime before 29 June 1149. - Sancha of Castile (aged about 14) was married to Sancho VI of Navarre (aged 21) in 1153. - Constance of Castile (born between 1136 and 1140) was at most 18-years-old when she married Louis VII of France (33/34) in 1154. - Theodora Komnene was about 13-years-old when she was married Baldwin III of Jerusalem (aged 27/28) in 1158. - Elisabeth of Vermandois (aged 16) was married to Philip I, Count of Flanders (aged 15/16), in 1159. - Princess Yoshiko (aged 17) was married to her nephew, the future Emperor Nijō (aged 15), in March 1159. - Alix of France (aged about 14) was married to Theobald V, Count of Blois (aged 33/34), in 1164. - Gertrude of Bavaria (aged about 11 or 14) was married to Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia (aged 20/21), in 1166. - Eleanor of England, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitane and Henry II of England, married 15-year-old Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1170, when she was about 9-years-old. - Margaret of France (aged 13/14) was married to Henry the Young King (aged 17) in 1172. They had been betrothed since 1160, when Margaret was about 2 and Henry was 5. - Matilda of Boulogne (aged 9) was married to Henry I, Duke of Brabant (aged about 14), in 1179. - Isabella of Hainault (aged 10) married Philip II of France (aged 14) in 1180. She had previously been betrothed to Henry, future Count of Champagne, when he was 5 and she was only 1. - Berengaria of Castile married Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (aged 13/14), in 1187, when she was about 8-years-old. - Matilda of Saxony (aged 16/17) was married to Geoffrey of Perche in 1189. - Theresa of Portugal (aged 14) married Alfonso IX of León (aged about 20) in 1191. - Matilda of Brabant (aged about 12) was married to Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine (aged about 16), in 1212. - Philippa of Champagne (aged about 17) was married to Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt (aged about 44) in 1214. - Margaret of Provence (aged 12/13) was married to Louis IX of France (aged 20) in 1234. - Joan of Dammartin (aged 16/17) was married to Ferdinand III of Castile (aged 35–38) in 1237. - Beatrice of Provence (aged about 17) was married to Charles I of Sicily (aged about 20) in 1246. - Adelaide of Holland (aged about 16) was married to John I, Count of Hainaut (aged 28), in October 1246. - Beatrice of England (aged 17) was married to John de Dreux (aged 20/21) in January 1260.