Famous Weddings
Richard II
1396 Richard II of England (31) marries Isabella of Valois (6) in a dynastic marriage
Gustav IV Adolf
1791 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (18) marries Frederica of Baden (16) at Drottningholm Palace for the second time (1st by proxy) (divorced 1812)
Will Durant
1913 Historian and philosopher Will Durant (27) weds researcher Ariel Kaufman (15) at New York's City Hall
Davy Jones
1968 British "Monkees" singer Davy Jones (22) weds American actress Linda Haines (23); divorce in 1975
Dennis Hopper
1970 American "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (34) weds American "The Mamas & the Papas" singer Michelle Phillips (26) in Mexico; divorce 8 days later
- 1978 American "All By Myself" singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (29) weds Marcy Hill; divorce in less than a year
Al Sharpton
1980 American Baptist minister Al Sharpton (26) weds American back-up singer (to James Brown) Kathy Jordan; separate in 2004
- 1988 Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (32) weds four queens (25 to 31) in Punakha Dzong, Bhutan
Famous Divorces
Larry Bird
1976 NBA legend Larry Bird (19) divorces highschool sweetheart Janet Condra only 11 months after getting married
Elizabeth Taylor
1996 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 8th (and final) divorce from American construction worker Larry Fortensky, after 5 years of marriage
Kim Kardashian
2011 Socialite and model Kim Kardashian (31) divorces basketball player Kris Humphries (26) due to irreconcilable differences only 72 days after getting married
