List of coupled cousins
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This is a list of notable individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a cousin.
Notable people
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A
- John Adams II (1803-1834) and his first cousin, Mary Catherine Hellen
- Mark Antony and his first cousin, Antonia Hybrida Minor
B
- Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795), second signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Mary Bartlett[1]
- Ilsley Boone (1879-1968) and his first cousin, Ella Murray "Mae" Boone, founder of the American Sunbathing Association, which today is known as the American Association for Nude Recreation
- James Boswell (1740–95) (biographer of Samuel Johnson) and Boswell's cousin Peggie Montgomerie married in 1769.[2]
- Christine Boutin (b. 1944), French politician and her first cousin, Louis Boutin[3]
- Wernher von Braun and his first cousin, Maria Luise von Quistorp[4]
- Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844), American architect, and his first cousin, Hannah Apthorp[5]
C
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and his first cousin, Clodia
D
- Charles Darwin and his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood[6] Their respective siblings Caroline Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood III also married.[7]
- Pierre S. du Pont married his first cousin, Alice Belin, in 1915
- Andrew Jackson Donelson and his first cousin, Emily Donelson; later, his first cousin, Elizabeth Martin Randolph
E
- Albert Einstein and his first cousin, Elsa Löwenthal née Einstein[8]
- William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis (and grandfather of poet T. S. Eliot), married his first cousin.
- William Crowninshield Endicott, former US Secretary of War, and his first cousin, Ellen Peabody[9]
F
- Vivian Fuchs, British explorer, and his cousin Joyce Connell[10]
G
- Carlo Gambino, a mob boss, and his first cousin, Catherine Castellano[11]
- Buddha Gautama and first cousin Yaśodhara
- André Gide, Nobel Prize-winning French author, and his cousin Madeleine Rondeaux[12]
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American author, and her first cousin, George Houghton Gilman[13]
- Carl Giles, cartoonist, and his cousin, Joan Giles
- A. D. Gordon and his cousin, Faige Tartakov.
- Laurent Gouvion, French general and later Marshal of the Empire, and his first cousin, Anne Gouvion
- Samuel L. Gouverneur and his first cousin, Maria Hester Monroe
- Duncan Grant, Scottish painter, who was in a relationship with his male cousin, the English writer Lytton Strachey.[14]
- Bibb Graves, and his first cousin, Dixie Bibb
- Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, and his first cousin, Nina Hagerup[15]
H
- Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-British economist, and his cousin Helene Bitterlich[16]
- Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and political activist, and his cousin Natalya Zakharina[17]
- Saddam Hussein and his first cousin Sajida Talfah
J
- Jacob was married to two of his first cousins, sisters Leah and Rachel
- Ja'far al-Sadiq and his first cousin, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali
- Jesse James and his first cousin, Zerelda "Zee" Mimms[18]
- Jón Sigurðsson, leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement, and his first cousin, Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir
K
- Naoto Kan, former Prime Minister of Japan, and his first cousin, Nobuko Himei[19]
- Nobusuke Kishi, former Japanese statesman, and his first cousin, Yoshiko Kishi[20]
- Kujō Michiie and his first cousin, Saionji Rinshi
L
- David Lean, British film director, and his first cousin, Isabel Lean (his first wife)[21]
- Charles Lilburn Lewis and his first cousin, Lucy Jefferson Lewis
- Li Ka-shing, founder of Cheung Kong Holdings, married his first cousin Chong Yuet Ming, who died in 1990
- John Amory Lowell and his first cousin, Susan Cabot Lowell
M
- John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, and his first cousin, Isabella Clark[22]
- Rob Roy MacGregor and his cousin Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar, who married in January 1693
- Gerardo Machado y Morales, fifth president of Cuba, and his first cousin, Elvira Machado Nodal[23]
- Maeda Toshiie, Japanese Daimyō in the 15th century, and his cousin, Matsu.[citation needed]
- Delarivier Manley, British playwright and political satirist, and her first cousin John Manley[24]
- Francis Marion, American revolutionary leader also called the "Swamp Fox," and his first cousin, Mary Esther Videau[25]
- Humphrey Marshall and his first cousin, Anna Maria ("Mary") Marshall.
- Abraham Maslow, father of humanistic psychology, and his first cousin, Bertha Goodman[26]
- Matthew Fontaine Maury married his first cousin, Ann Hull Herndon, sister of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who died on his ship SS Central America[citation needed]
- Darius Milhaud, French composer, and his first cousin Madeleine Milhaud[27]
- Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne who was the model for the character 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[28]
- Mōri Terumoto, Japanese Daimyo in late 15th and early 16th century, and his cousin (first wife), Minami no Kata.[citation needed]
- Ignacy Mościcki, Polish chemist and president and his first cousin, Michalina Czyżewska
- Muhammad, Islamic prophet and his first cousin, Zaynab bint Jahsh
N
- Naoe Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai and Karō of the Uesugi clan in 15th and 16th century, and his cousin, Osen.[citation needed]
O
- Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Japanese statesman and waka poet in the Nara period, and his cousin, Sakanoue no Ōiratsume.[citation needed]
P
- Edgar Allan Poe and his first cousin, Virginia Clemm[29]
- Peter A. Porter and his first cousin, Mary Cabell Breckinridge
- Bolesław Prus, Polish novelist, and his cousin Oktawia Trembińska[30]
R
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, and his cousin, Natalia Satina[31]
- Satyajit Ray, Indian film-maker, and his first cousin, Bijoya Ray[32]
- Lionel de Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte von Rothschild
- Nathaniel de Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte de Rothschild
- Anselm Salomon von Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte Nathan Rothschild
- Mayer Carl von Rothschild and his first cousin, Louise von Rothschild
- Hassan Rouhani, 7th president of Iran and his first cousin Sahebeh Rouhani née Arabi
S
- Eisaku Satō, prime minister of Japan, and his cousin, Hiroko Sato[33]
- Greta Scacchi, actress of Presumed Innocent, and her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza[34]
- Igor Stravinsky, composer, and his first cousin, Katerina Nossenko[35]
T
- Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese daimyō, a son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his cousin Senhime[36]
V
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel laureate, and his first cousin Patricia Llosa[37]
W
- Gordon Welchman, Bletchley Park mathematician-cryptologist, and his cousin, Elisabeth Huber (his third wife)[38]
- H. G. Wells, author, and his first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells (his first wife)[39]
- William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Catherine Moffatt[40]
- John A. Winston and his first cousin, Mary Agness Jones
- Henry Winthrop and his first cousin Elizabeth Fones
Y
- Annie Henrietta Yule, breeder of Arab horses at Hanstead Stud in England, and her cousin Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet, Scottish business based in British India[41]
Royalty in Europe
The royal couples listed below are marriages that have occurred between first cousins from royal or noble houses. Such royal intermarriages have been common, as it has generally been deemed inappropriate for royals to marry commoners.
Royalty outside Europe
Japan
- Emperor Montoku and his first cousin, Fujiwara no Akirakeiko
- Emperor Reizei and his cousins, Princess Masako, Fujiwara no Kaishi, and Fujiwara no Chōshi
- Emperor Ichijō and his first cousin, Empress Shōshi
- Emperor Go-Suzaku and his first cousin, Princess Teishi
- Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousins, Princess Kaoruko and Fujiwara Shigeko
- Emperor Go-Reizei and his first cousin, Princess Shōshi
- Emperor Toba and his first cousin, Fujiwara no Tamako
Saudi Arabia
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia and his first cousin, Al Jawhara bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Al Kabir
- Salman of Saudi Arabia and his first cousin, Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi
- Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Hessa bint Abdullah Al Sudairi
- Sara bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and her first cousin, Faisal bin Saad bin Abdulrahaman
- Khalid bin Sultan and his first cousins, Lulua bint Fahd and Abeer bint Turki bin Abdulaziz
- Muhammad bin Fahd and his first cousin, Jawahir bint Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Noura bint Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdullah
- Muhammad bin Nayef and his first cousin Reema bint Sultan
- Salman bin Sultan and his first cousin, Falwa bint Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Hassa bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Faisal bin Fahd and his first cousin, Munira bint Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
- Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Nuf bint Khalid bin Abdallah Al Abdul Rahman
- Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud and his first cousin, Adila bint Abdulla Al Saud
- Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud and his first cousin, Nouf bint Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
Qatar
- Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his first cousin, Sheikha Noora bint Khalid Al-Thani
- Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and his first cousin, Lolwa bint Jassim bin Hamad
- Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani and his first cousin, Aisha bint Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
- Saud bin Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani and his first cousins, Roda bint Jassim bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and Lolwa bint Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
- Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani and his cousins, Amna bint Hassan bin Abdulla Al Thani, Rudha bint Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani, and Moza bint Ali bin Saud Al Thani
- Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and his first cousin, Sarah bint Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani
- Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani and his first cousin, Aisha bint Ahmed
Others
- Airlangga, regional king of Bali, Indonesia and his first cousin
- Abdullah I of Jordan and his first cousin, Musbah bint Nasser
- Talal of Jordan and his first cousin, Zein al-Sharaf Talal
- Princess Maqbula bint Abdullah and her first cousin Hussein ibn Nasser
- Zaitian, the Guangxu Emperor and his first cousin, Yehenara Jingfen
- Rama II and his first cousin, Sri Suriyendra
- Prajadhipok and his first cousin, Rambai Barni
- Vajiralongkorn and his first cousin Soamsavali Kitiyakara
- Yugala Dighambara and his first cousin, Chalermkhetra Mangala
- Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and his first cousin Lady Zhao
- Emperor Wen of Western Wei and his first cousin Empress Yifu
- Emperor Wu of Han and his first cousin Empress Chen Jiao
- Princess Taiping (daughter of Emperor Gaozong of Tang) and her first husband and first cousin Xue Shao,
- Li Xianhui, Lady Yongtai (daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang) and her first cousin Wu Yanji, Prince of Wei
- Princess Anle and her second husband and first cousin Wu Yanxiu, Prince of Huaiyang
- Xerxes I of Persia and his first cousin Amestris
- Antiochus III the Great and his first cousin Princess Laodice of Pontus
- Mithridates III of Commagene and his first cousin Princess Isias Philostorgos of Cappadocia
- Antiochus VIII Grypus and his first cousin Tryphaena
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and his first cousin, Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum
- Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his first cousin, Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa
- Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and his first cousin, Hessa bint Ali Al Khalifa
- Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and his first cousin, Hessa bint Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa
- Mohammed V of Morocco and his first cousin, Lalla Abla bint Tahar
- Moulay Ali Alaoui and his first cousin, Lalla Fatima Zohra
- Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and his first cousin, Aliya bint Thuwaini Al Said
- Hassanal Bolkiah and his first cousin, Queen Saleha of Brunei
- Ghazi of Iraq and his first cousin, Aliya bint Ali
- Mohammed Nadir Shah and his first cousin, Mah Parwar Begum
- Mohammed Zahir Shah and his first cousin, Humaira Begum
- Taw Phaya and his first cousin, Phaya Rita
- Hazza bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his first cousins, Maryam bint Said bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and Maryam bint Hamdan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
Aristocracy
See also
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