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==Age 14== |
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*[[Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)]]<ref>Born 24 January 1779 married 28 September 1793</ref> |
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*[[Helen Mar Kimball]]<ref>Born 20 August 1828 married May 1843</ref> |
*[[Helen Mar Kimball]]<ref>Born 20 August 1828 married May 1843</ref> |
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*[[Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]]<ref>Born 23 September 1781 married 26 February 1796</ref> |
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==Age 15== |
==Age 15== |
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==Age 16== |
==Age 16== |
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*[[Catherine the Great]]<ref>Born 2 May 1729 married 21 August 1745</ref> |
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*[[Fanny Alger]]<ref>Born 30 September 1816 married 16 November 1838</ref> |
*[[Fanny Alger]]<ref>Born 30 September 1816 married 16 November 1838</ref> |
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*[[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)]]<ref>Born 8 August 1824 married 16 April 1841</ref> |
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*[[Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)]]] <ref>Born 25 October 1759 married 26 September 1776</ref> |
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*[[Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800–1831)]]<ref>Born 21 December 1800 married 3 July 1817</ref> |
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==Age 17== |
==Age 17== |
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*[[Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]<ref>Born 28 August 1694 married 25 October 1711</ref> |
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*[[Princess Charlotte of Württemberg]]<ref>Born 9 January 1807 married 20 February 1824</ref> |
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*[[Sarah Ann Whitney]]<ref>Born 22 March 1825 married 1843</ref> |
*[[Sarah Ann Whitney]]<ref>Born 22 March 1825 married 1843</ref> |
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==Fictional examples in popular culture== |
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*age 12: [[Klara Prast]], Yvette Hagal-Corrino (the great grandmother of [[Paul Atreides]]) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 07:00, 25 October 2013
This is a list of youngest wives, women of historical significance who married at a young age. Women have traditionally married at younger ages than men[1] although the average age of marriage has increased for both sexes with time. The youngest wives are historically more numerous in the past due to both law (increases in the minimum age required for marriage) and trends.[2]
Following are categories which organize such females by the age they were upon first marriage.
Age 6 or 7
Age 12
Age 13
Age 14
- Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)[8]
- Helen Mar Kimball[9]
- Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld[10]
Age 15
Age 16
- Catherine the Great[12]
- Fanny Alger[13]
- Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)[14]
- Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg)] [15]
- Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800–1831)[16]
Age 17
- Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg[17]
- Princess Charlotte of Württemberg[18]
- Sarah Ann Whitney[19]
Fictional examples in popular culture
- age 12: Klara Prast, Yvette Hagal-Corrino (the great grandmother of Paul Atreides)
References
- ^ Population Studies Vol. 32, No. 1 page 21: Average Age at First Marriage for Women in Mid-Ninteenth-Century England and Wales: A Cross-Sectional Study by N.F.R. Crafts, published March 1978
- ^ Median age at first marriage by sex: 1890 to 2012 by the United States Census Bureau
- ^ Criticism of Muhammad#Aisha
- ^ Born 23 April 1464 married 8 September 1476
- ^ Born 25 January 1477 married 19 December 1490
- ^ Born 11 July 1944 married 12 December 1957
- ^ Born 15 August 1822 married 16 May 1836
- ^ Born 24 January 1779 married 28 September 1793
- ^ Born 20 August 1828 married May 1843
- ^ Born 23 September 1781 married 26 February 1796
- ^ Born 14 April 1932 married 10 January 1948
- ^ Born 2 May 1729 married 21 August 1745
- ^ Born 30 September 1816 married 16 November 1838
- ^ Born 8 August 1824 married 16 April 1841
- ^ Born 25 October 1759 married 26 September 1776
- ^ Born 21 December 1800 married 3 July 1817
- ^ Born 28 August 1694 married 25 October 1711
- ^ Born 9 January 1807 married 20 February 1824
- ^ Born 22 March 1825 married 1843