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, until her death in 1928
Georges Bizet
1869 French "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet (30) weds Genevieve Halevy (20) in Paris, until his death in 1875
Georges Vezina
1908 Canadian NHL goaltender Georges Vezina (21) weds Marie Adelaide Stella Morin in Chicoutimi, Quebec, until his death in 1926
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 Edward VII, Duke of Windsor (42) weds American socialite Mrs Wallis Simpson (40) at the Château de Candé, in Monts, France, until his death in 1972
- 1941 American novelist Irving Wallace (25) weds Amwerican writer Sylvia Kahn (24), until his death in 1990
Crystal Gayle
1971 Amrican pop-country singer Crystal Gayle (20) weds high school sweetheart and future lawyer and business manager Bill Gatzimos
Amitabh Bachchan
1973 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan (30) weds actress Jaya Bhaduri (25)
- 1989 American country singer Rebe McEntire (34) weds her manager Narvel Blackstone (32), at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; the second marriage for both, divorce in 2015
Eddie Vedder
1994 American "Pearl Jam" singer Eddie Vedder (29) weds high school sweetheart and "Hovercraft" bassist Beth Liebling (27) in Rome, Italy; divorce in 2000
- 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" drummer 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