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This is a list of notable individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a cousin.
Notable people[edit]
A
- John Adams II (1803–1834), American government functionary and businessman, and his first cousin, Mary Catherine Hellen
- Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin and his first cousin, Fatimah bint Hasan
- 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 his first cousin Margaret 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
- Henry Nelson Coleridge (1798–1843) and his first cousin, Sara Coleridge
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 (1799-1871), American diplomat and his first cousin, Emily Donelson (1807-1836)
E
- Albert Einstein and his first cousin, Elsa Löwenthal née Einstein[8]
- William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900), 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 (1902-1976), 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 first 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 first 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
- Shaykh Haydar and his first cousin Alam-Shah Begum
- 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 (700 or 702 - 765), Muslim scholar, and his first cousin, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali
- Jesse James (1847-1882), American outlaw and guerilla, and his first cousin, Zerelda "Zee" Mimms (1845-1900)[18]
- Jón Sigurðsson, leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement, and his first cousin, Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir
K
- Naoto Kan (b. 1946), former Prime Minister of Japan, and his first cousin, Nobuko Himei (b. 1945), essayist[19]
- Nobusuke Kishi (1896-1987), former Japanese statesman, and his first cousin, Yoshiko Kishi[20]
- Kujō Michiie (1193-1252), Japanese regent, 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
- 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[22]
- Maeda Toshiie, Japanese Daimyō in the 15th century, and his first cousin, Matsu.[citation needed]
- Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), and her first cousin, William Gannin Ormsby
- Delarivier Manley, British playwright and political satirist, and her first cousin John Manley[23]
- Francis Marion, American revolutionary leader also called the "Swamp Fox," and his first cousin, Mary Esther Videau[24]
- Humphrey Marshall and his first cousin, Anna Maria ("Mary") Marshall.
- Abraham Maslow, father of humanistic psychology, and his first cousin, Bertha Goodman[25]
- 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[26]
- 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[27]
- 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 (c. 570 - 632) and his first cousin, Zaynab bint Jahsh
N
- Naoe Kanetsugu (1559-1620), Japanese samurai and Karō of the Uesugi clan in 15th and 16th century, and his first cousin, Osen.[citation needed]
O
- Ōtomo no Yakamochi (c. 718 - 785), 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[28]
- John J. Pettus and his first cousin, Permelia Virginia Winston
- Peter A. Porter and his first cousin, Mary Cabell Breckinridge
R
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, and his first cousin, Natalia Satina[29]
- Satyajit Ray, Indian film-maker, and his first cousin, Bijoya Ray[30]
- Lionel de Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte von Rothschild
- Nathaniel de Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte de Rothschild
- Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803-1874) and his first cousin, Charlotte Nathan Rothschild
- Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886) and his first cousin, Louise von Rothschild
- Hassan Rouhani (b. 1948), 7th president of Iran and his first cousin Sahebeh Rouhani née Arabi (b. 1954)
S
- Greta Scacchi, actress of Presumed Innocent, and her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza[31]
- Igor Stravinsky, composer, and his first cousin, Katerina Nossenko[32]
T
- John Edward Taylor (1791–1844), 1821 founder of the The Manchester Guardian (since 1959 The Guardian), in 1824 married his first cousin, Sophia Russell Scott.[33]
- Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese daimyō, a son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his first cousin Senhime[34]
U
- Uthman Abu Quhafa (538 or 540 - 635), father of the first Rashidun Caliph, Abu Bakr and his first cousin, Salma Umm al-Khair (d. between 632 and 634)
V
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel laureate, and his first cousin Patricia Llosa[35]
W
- H. G. Wells (1866–1946), author, and his first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells (his first wife)[36]
- William Whipple (1730-1785), signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Catherine Moffatt[37]
- John A. Winston (1812-1871), 15th Governor of Alabama and his first cousin, Mary Agness Jones
- Henry Winthrop (1608-1630), son of founder and Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and his first cousin Elizabeth Fones (1610 - c. 1673)
Y
- Annie Henrietta Yule, breeder of Arab horses at Hanstead Stud in England, and her first cousin Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet, Scottish business based in British India[38]
Royalty in Europe[edit]
Royalty outside Europe[edit]
Aristocracy[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Goodrich, Charles A. (1829). Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. New York: William Reed & Co. pp. 131–38.
- ^ Jenny Uglow, "Big Talkers" (review of Leo Damrosch, The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age, Yale University Press, 473 pp.), The New York Review of Books, vol. LXVI, no. 9 (23 May 2019), p. 28.
- ^ "Christine Boutin poursuivra en justice ceux qui l'attaquent sur son mari (et cousin germain)", ozap.com, 5-29-2013.
- ^ Ward, Bob. Dr. Space: The Life of Wernher von Braun. p. 72.
- ^ Charles Bulfinch biography, nndb.com. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Intimate Disclosures in Darwin Letters, The New York Times, 8-29-1915. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Raven, Peter; Johnson, George (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.
- ^ Riffenburgh, Beau. Encyclopedia of the Antarctic – Volume 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 424.
- ^ Flood, John J.; McGough, Jim. "Carlo Gambino, His Rise As New York's Mafia King". ipsn.org. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Van Tuyl, Jocelyn (2012). Andre Gide and the Second World War: A Novelist's Occupation. SUNY Press. p. 5.
- ^ Biographies – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Gale Group. Retrieved 3-13-2008. Archived April 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Spalding, Frances (1998). Duncan Grant: A Biography. Random House. ISBN 0-7126-6640-0.
- ^ Edward and Nina Grieg, Peter Hughes. Retrieved 3-13-2008. Archived March 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ebenstein, Alan O. (2001). Friedrich Hayek: A Biography. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Trade. p. 169. ISBN 978-0312233440.
- ^ Partridge, Monica. Alexander Herzen: 1812–1870. p. 21.
- ^ Weiser, Kathy. "Zee James – Wife of Jesse James". legendsofamerica.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
- ^ "Subtle change of seasons". The Economist. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ "Nobusuke Kishi Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
- ^ Maxford, Howard. David Lean. p. 14.
- ^ Gerardo Machado, History of Cuba. Retrieved 1-29-2010.
- ^ "Delarivier Manely". enotes.com.
- ^ Brigadier General Francis Marion of the American Army, myrevolutionarywar.com. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Abraham Maslow, nndb.com. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Madeleine Milhaud: Actress wife of the composer, The Independent. Retrieved 9-6-2010.
- ^ "Marina Mora se casa con su primo hermano". terra.com.pe (in Spanish). Peru. July 31, 2005. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Outlines of English and American Literature, William J. Long. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Biography of Sergei Rachmaninoff Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, Sonal Panse. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Kr De, Arup (27 April 2008). "Ties that Bind". The Statesman. Calcutta, India.
Satyajit Ray had an unconventional marriage. He married Bijoya (born 1917), youngest daughter of his eldest maternal uncle, Charuchandra Das, in 1948 in a secret ceremony in Bombay after a long romantic relationship that had begun around the time he left college in 1940. The marriage was reconfirmed in Calcutta the next year at a traditional religious ceremony
- ^ This much I know: Greta Scacchi, actor, 48, Sussex, The Observer. Retrieved 1-04-2009.
- ^ Igor Stravinsky, nndb.com. Retrieved 3-13-2008.
- ^ Alan Rusbridger, "Two Centuries of 'The Guardian'", The New York Review of Books, vol. LXVIII, no. 9 (27 May 2021), pp. 30–32. (P. 31.)
- ^ Shogun and Samurai – Tales of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu, Okanoya Shigezane. 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". TheFreeLibrary.com. March 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.
- ^ Russell, Iain F. (2004). "Yule family (per. 1863–1928), merchants and industrialists". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61112. Retrieved 15 January 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)