Famous Weddings
Peter the Cruel
1353 Peter of Castile [Peter the Cruel] (18) marries Blanch of Bourbon (14) in Valladolid, Spain. Peter abandons her 2 days later for his secret wife Maria de Padilla.
William Lamb
1805 Lady Caroline Ponsonby (19) marries future Prime Minister William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (26) in London
Georges Bizet
1869 French "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet (30) weds Genevieve Halevy (20)
Georges Vezina
1908 NHL goaltender Georges Vezina (21) weds Marie Adelaide Stella Morin in Chicoutimi, Canada
Joan Crawford & Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1929 American actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr (19) weds American actress Joan Crawford (24) at St. Malachy Catholic church in NYC's theatre district; divorce in 1933
Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson
1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) weds Mrs Wallis Simpson in France
- 1941 Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
Crystal Gayle
1971 Singer Crystal Gayle marries Bill Gatzimos
Amitabh Bachchan
1973 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan marries actress Jaya Bhaduri
- 1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Eddie Vedder
1994 American "Pearl Jam" singer Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27) in the Eternal City
- 2005 Earl of Mornington, Arthur Wellesley (27) weds great-granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrook and model and make-up artist Jemma Kidd (30) in a seaside ceremony on the beach near Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados
Casey Affleck
2006 American actor and film maker Casey Affleck (30) weds American actress and model Summer Phoenix (28) in McIntosh County, Georgia; divorce in 2017
- 2006 Pop band Hanson member Zac Hanson (20) weds Kate Tucker (22) at the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
- 2006 Telenovela actress Adamari Lopez (35) weds Latin singing sensation Luis Fonsi (28) at La Iglesia de San Jose in Villa Caparra, Puerto Rico
- 2017 Actress, singer and Broadway star Bell Bundy (36) weds TBS executive Thom Hinkle at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California