List of coupled cousins
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See also: Cousin marriage
This is a list of prominent individuals who have married a first-degree cousin (a fourth-degree relative; including double first cousins, not including half-first cousins and first cousins once removed).
See avunculate marriage for a list of marriages between third-degree relatives.
[edit] First-degree cousins
First cousins have a coefficient of relationship r=12.5% (1/8). Double first cousins have r=25% and are as closely related as half-siblings.
- Zaitian, the Guangxu Emperor and his first cousin, Yehenara Jingfen
- Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand and his first cousin Mom Luang Soamsavali Kitiyakara
- Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and his first cousin Lady Zhao[2]
- Emperor Wen of Western Wei and his first cousin Lady Yifu
- Emperor Wu of Han and his first cousin Chen Jiao
- Princess Baling of Tang (daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang) and her first cousin Chai Lingwu, Duke of Xiangyang[3]
- Princess Taiping of Tang (daughter of Emperor Gaozong of Tang) and her first husband and first cousin Xue Shao,[4] as well as her second husband and second cousin Wu Youji, Prince Zhongdian of Ding
- Li Xianhui, Lady Yongtai (daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang) and her first cousin Wu Yanji, Prince of Wei[5][6]
- King Xerxes I of Persia and his first cousin Amestris
- King Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid Empire and his first cousin Princess Laodice of Pontus
- King Mithridates III of Commagene and his first cousin Princess Isias Philostorgos of Cappadocia
- King Antiochus VIII Grypus of the Seleucid Empire and his first cousin Princess Tryphaena of Egypt
- Josiah Bartlett, second signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Mary Bartlett[7]
- Wernher von Braun and his first cousin, Maria Luise von Quistorp[citation needed]
- Charles Bulfinch and his first cousin, Hannah Apthorp [8]
- Charles Darwin and his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood.[9] In addition, their grandparents, Sarah Wedgewood and Josiah Wedgwood, were also cousins.[10]
- Andrew Jackson Donelson and his first cousin, Emily Donelson.
- Andrew Jackson Donelson and his first cousin, Elizabeth Martin Randolph.
- Albert Einstein and his first cousin (through his mother) and second cousin (through his father), Elsa Löwenthal née Einstein[11]
- William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis (and grandfather of poet T. S. Eliot), married his first cousin once removed but more notable is that his father, mother, and wife were first cousins of each other.
- William Crowninshield Endicott, former US Secretary of War, and his first cousin, Ellen Peabody[12]
- Carlo Gambino, a mob boss, and his first cousin, Catherine Castellano[13]
- André Gide, Nobel Prize-winning French author, and his cousin, Madeleine Rondeaux.[citation needed]
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American author, and her first cousin, George Houghton Gilman
- Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, and his first cousin, Nina Hagerup[14]
- Jesse James and his first cousin, Zerelda "Zee" Mimms [15]
- Thomas Jefferson and his third cousin, Martha Wayles[citation needed]
- Jón Sigurðsson, leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement, and his first cousin, Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir.
- Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, and his first cousin, Nobuko[16]
- Nobusuke Kishi, former Japanese statesman, and his first cousin, Yoshiko Kishi[17]
- David Lean, British film director, and his first wife (first cousin, Isabel Lean).[citation needed]
- John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, and his first cousin, Isabella Clark[18]
- Rob Roy MacGregor married his cousin Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar in January 1693.
- Gerardo Machado y Morales, fifth president of Cuba, and his first cousin, Elvira Machado Nodal[19]
- Maeda Toshiie, Japanese Daimyō in 15th century, and his cousin, Matsu.[citation needed]
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and his first cousin, Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum
- Delarivier Manley, British playwright and political satirist, and her first cousin John Manley[20]
- Francis Marion, American revolutionary leader also called the "Swamp Fox," and his first cousin, Mary Esther Videau[21]
- Abraham Maslow, father of humanistic psychology, and his first cousin, Bertha Goodman[22]
- Darius Milhaud, French composer, and his first cousin, Madeleine Milhaud.[23]
- Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne and the Christopher Robin of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, and his first cousin Lesley Sélincourt.
- Marina Mora, Peruvian beauty queen and former Miss Peru, and her first cousin Gustavo Mora.[24]
- Satyajit Ray, Indian film-maker, and his first cousin, Bijoya Ray[citation needed]
- Greta Scacchi, actress of Presumed Innocent, and her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza [25]
- Igor Stravinsky, composer, and his first cousin, Katerina Nossenko[26]
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel Prize laureate, and his first cousin Patricia Llosa.[27]
- H. G. Wells, author, and his first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells (first wife)[28]
- William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Catherine Moffatt[29]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ Also uncle and niece
- ^ His father (Emperor Gaozong) and her mother (Princess Changle) were siblings.
- ^ They were both grandchildren of Emperor Gaozu of Tang and his wife Duchess Dou
- ^ Xue Shao was the son of Princess Chengyang, Emperor Gaozong's sister, by her second husband Xue Yao
- ^ Both were grandchildren of Wu Shihuo, Duke Ding of Ying.
- ^ Eldest son of Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Chengsi, Prince Xuan of Wei.
- ^ Goodrich, Charles A. (1829). Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, pp. 131-38. New York: William Reed & Co.
- ^ Charles Bulfinch biography, nndb. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Intimate Disclosures in Darwin Letters, The New York Times, 8-29-1915. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Peter Raven & George Johnson (1995). Understanding Biology 3rd Edition. Wm. C. Brown Communications. p. 287. ISBN 0-697-22213-6.
- ^ Albert Einstein -- Great Minds, Great Thinkers, edInformatics. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Notable Kin: Boston Cousins of Queen Victoria and Yankee Ancestors of Mrs. Thomas Philip, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Carlo Gambino, His Rise As New York's Mafia King, John J. Flood and Jim McGough. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Edward and Nina Grieg, Peter Hughes. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Zee James - Wife of Jesse James, Kathy Weiser. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Subtle change of seasons, The Economist. Retrieved 8-06-2010.
- ^ Nobusuke Kishi Biography, Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ The Great Enterprise, CBC. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Gerardo Machado, History of Cuba. Retrieved 1-29-2010.
- ^ [1], Delarivier Manely
- ^ Brigadier General Francis Marion of the American Army, myrevolutionarywar.com. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Abraham Maslow, nndb. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Madeleine Milhaud: Actress wife of the composer, The Independent. Retrieved 9-6-2010.
- ^ [2], "Marina Mora se casa con su primo hermano ". Retrieved 9-21-2010.
- ^ This much I know: Greta Scacchi, actor, 48, Sussex, The Observer. Retrieved 1-04-2009.
- ^ Igor Stravinsky, nndb. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Williams, Raymond L. (2001), Vargas Llosa: otra historia de un deicidio, Mexico: Taurus, p. 54, ISBN 968-19-0814-7
- ^ H.G. Wells, Free Online Library. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ William Whipple and the Declaration of Independence, Speech given by Comrade Joseph Foster, Paymaster U.S. Navy, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 11-20-1892. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
