King Edward VIII did something that monarchs do not have the luxury of doing - he fell in love. King Edward was in love with Mrs. Wallis Simpson, not only an American, but also a married woman already once divorced. Yet, in order to marry the woman he loved, King Edward was willing to give up the British throne - and he did
Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a political marriage of convenience that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa. King Barmal of Amer, who needed Akbar's protection for his kingdom, offered his daughter's hand in marriage to Akbar and the great Emperor Akbar decided to marry a rather reluctant Jodhaa. Little did Akbar know that the young girl he agreed to marry in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, was a fiery Rajput princess and he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey-the journey of true love.
European and Indian Royality married for convenience for expanding kingdoms , or increasing wealth sometimes a very young girl being married to aged kings princes and vice versa. Jhansi Lakshmi Bai is one such example.
51 B.C. Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIII become Egypt's rulers/siblings/spouses. In 48 B.C. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar became lovers. She became sole ruler when her brother was drowned during the Alexandrian War (47 B.C.). Cleopatra then had to marry another brother for the sake of formality -- Ptolemy XIV. In 44 B.C. Julius Caesar died. Cleopatra had her brother killed and appointed her 4-year-old son Caesarion as co-regent. Mark Antony became her lover in 41 B.C.
In 48 B.C. Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt and met a 22-year old Cleopatra -- rolled in a carpet, supposedly. An affair followed, leading to the birth of a son, Caesarion. Caesar and Cleopatra left Alexandria for Rome in 45 B.C. A year later Caesar was assassinated.
When Mark Antony and Octavian (to become the Emperor Augustus) came to power in the aftermath of the assassination of Caesar, Cleopatra took up with Antony and had two children by him. Rome was upset with this dalliance since Antony was giving parts of the Roman Empire back to their client Egypt.
Octavian declared war on Cleopatra and Antony. He defeated them at the Battle of Actium.
The wives of Henry VIII were the six queens consort wedded to Henry VIII of England between 1509 and 1547.
The six women to hold the title "queen consort" of King Henry VIII were, in order:
- Catherine Parr (widowed).
A common mnemonic device to remember the fates of Henry's consorts is "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived". There is also a rhyme:
King Henry the Eighth,
to six wives he was wedded.
One died, one survived,
two divorced, two beheaded.
Many Guys and girls are forced to get married according to the wish of their parents. Some Parents even resort to emotional blackmail and threatening to get their children to marry the Guy or girl of their choice. Many times Parents turn a blind eye on whether the girl likes the guy or not. In Indian society, the girls are considered as the property of their married homes and the Parents try to get them married as earlier as possible. In fact, they end up sacrificing their life for the sake of keeping their parents happy.
Just gave a very few examples and no wonder this has also trickled down to all in the common life as well and we have so many shows dealing with love hate force marriages
Since Paro has to marry Rudra against her wishes I thought this will be a interesting topic of discussion,
What say friends lets start the discussion with your examples and POVs
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