A History of Royal Weddings: Middle Ages - Enlightenment 

anddd on top of that her husband died three months before she gave birth, and she never got to marry the man she actually loved! pretty crap if you ask me

I new a girl that had a baby at 14. She came from a poor family. It was quite the scandal. All her fault of coarse. I never new who the father was, but I wonder how she ended up. She was one of the reasons I told dates that I don't really think they were in that much pain when compared to giving birth...

Lara Maria MB married the kings Half brother...She is also the person who had the two princess in the tower murdered (who btw were more likely than not, not the Kings sons), so that Henry would have a weak claim to the throne. Also, at that time, if you had your monthly, you were considered mature and ready to marry...I’m not sure were LH got her information from.

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Penny Wells How was it a 14 year’s fault she got pregnant. Legally a 14 yro can’t consent to sex. There is a reason why we have an age of consent.

My brother wanted to be an elephant so we sent him to the zoo. The things you do for family. 😁

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@@savannahherrera8280 Some people have no sense of humor.

High ranking women-especially royal women rarely saw their children. Other people in the court took care of and brought up the children.

Or died during childbirth.... I'm good here in 21th century lol.

Loooool, I can barely take care of myself

If you would survive the birth. 😂

Ah yes, the day of the marriage of my daughter, at the ripe age of 13, was bittersweet. I recall how we watched in awe the consummation, and after she hath been prick’d, her groom (my nephew) did wipe her hymenal blood upon my forehead as a sign of his gratitude... he having used his... scabbard... still at the ready, to do so.

She was also only 12 when she got pregnant. Today that would be a criminal offence.

Poor Margaret

Margaret Beaufort* Not Tudor. Margaret Tudor is her granddaughter.

BEAUFORT*

She could afford to choose not to because her husband was dead and she wisely did not remarry.

Poki :3 imagine the plot of romeo and juliet with this new development

This is soo The Sims

Rach exactly

cute and wholesome

Also illegal af

Sad thing is, this still happens today just not as often.

Cringe is an understatement

I feel like at the time it was still cringe for most people, but I guess your pickings are slim when you have to marry other royals/nobles.

Horses by Hulachowdown Later on you also had to take religious issues into account; James I was looking for a suitable Protestant match for his daughter, Elizabeth... & she had to have been both one of the luckiest & unluckiest royals- she got to meet her intended well before a wedding- liked him- her beloved elder brother also approved of him, & when his untimely death elevated her position on the world political stage & her father might thus have changed his mind, & arranged a grander match for her... she was able to stick to her guns & commit to the marriage. They only had a few short years together, & the religious & political confusion in the German States would eventually cost them their thrones & kicked off the 30 Years’ War. But through their marriage came Prince Rupert of the Rhine, & one of their daughters was the mother of George I, I believe.

Well at one wedding men had to pull the wife’s underwear under her dress one person could do it and it was her husband that was a very entertaining thing

No they don't

Elizabeth Loves BtsVkook soo much I don’t like them much, but they’re at least a lot less emotionally scarring than what happens at most modern weddings.

Idk what the reason was for that, but nowadays Catholicism only seems that marriage cant happen holy week, Raster Sunday, and christmas day. It's also not advised during lent because those are very solemn times that should keep attention on Christ rather than a personal event. That's literally like 2 months out of the year when it's not advised to get married and only 8 days that you cannot do so.

That's very interesting because in the Orthodox church, weddings were traditionally held on Sundays. Now people can marry any day that's not a fast, but traditionally it was Sundays right after the church service

@@evelynkrull5268 I've also been told that no one can have a funeral service during Holy Week. So if you die December 23rd for example the funeral home will just put your body on ice till the following week.

Maybe that was because of practical reasons? The priests would have a lot to do on holy days, so maybe they simply didn't have the time to also do weddings on these days.

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*Don't lose your head*

Lol

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Catherine Howard too

Go to some old 'traditional' Indian villages and find the answer 😃

That they should be thankful, probably- it was likely assumed if you weren’t married by your mid-20’s, that you weren’t getting married - losing one’s prime childbearing years was considered pretty tragic; look at how late Mary Tudor married- & what happened there...

@mansirat kaur What? Some Indian villages still practice child marriage. It recently happened to one of neighbours in my hometown in West Bengal, where a 15 year old girl was married to 17 year old boy Periodt.

Not just women but men too.

A woman would’ve been considered quite old at that point. As mentioned in the video, the life expectancy of people living in the Middle Ages (and long after) was very short. Considering the fact that the point of marriage was to produce heirs (in the form of children), it was obviously best to have a young wife; this meant the couple had more time to bear offspring and could keep trying-a lot of children died in infancy. Mary I of England was considered quite old when she finally married and never even had a child, so her sister became queen after she died.

i paused the video and looked for your comment lol

The Christians can say 'Meh' because they have the concept of divorce but the condition was much more severe here among Hindus in the past. Since marriage vows included the vows of being husband & wife for 7 consecutive births, there is no concept of divorce in Hindu religious code, so if a wife offended her husband, she would be sent back to her paternal household, never to be recalled back by her in-laws while the husband would marry another time & there was no restriction on the number of wives a Hindu man could take. The practice of civil divorce was introduced in the Hindu society in the 1950 by the Hindu Code Bill, which had received much criticism from the orthodox Hindus. Even today, a divorcee Hindu woman marrying for the second time is somewhat looked down upon by the society.

I remember researching Viking marriages and betrothal, and they believed that love would develop once the couple was married and weren’t too concerned about that. Guess that’s been common throughout history and cultures.

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I hope work was alright and you got to finish the day relaxing to this video

Thank you guys! ❤️

Ah yes, the day of the marriage of my daughter, at the ripe age of 13, was bittersweet. I recall how we watched in awe the consummation, and after she hath been prick’d, her groom (my nephew) did wipe her hymenal blood upon my forehead as a sign of his gratitude... he having used his... scabbard... still at the ready, to do so.

That depends on on the country. In Jerusalem it was 15, just one year younger than today.

hammertapping So what? By “today” I meant the law today in the majority of the Western World

hammertapping Oh ok sorry my mistake. (I thought you were saying what you think should be the case instead if what was the case) However, I don’t really think that what you said generally applied (we are talking about time periods such as 11th-14th century, “history” itself is too vast). At that era all countries had vastly different laws but this is a general remark (with Jerusalem mostly in mind). In Europe, marriage was a highly political act. People would marry based off political gain and hence the age of marriage was linked to the age of adulthood (i.e when feudal overlords were given the right to exercise their power) so that marriage and its relevant gains were extracted (by the male) before they could be enjoyed. In many countries this lead to children being given the right to marriage and in some marriage was allowed for younger people by proxy. However, to some degree, the age of adulthood (which was 16) was linked to sexual maturity, but mental maturity and life expectancy can be said to have had larger roles to this. Do nit forget that at this time the law was codified and passed by legislatures (not democratic ones obviously) which discussed them in a similar manner to today’s parliaments.

I think 12 was the minimum age girls could marry at but it was there largely for dynastic emergencies and although it wasn’t law it was socially expected that you wait until around 16 to consummate. Consummation at 12 was exceedingly rare

I remember Horrible Histories did one of their funny songs in a special romance themed episode looking at like old romance rituals and the song for that episode was about famous royals in history that were famous for their love life so it had Nero, William The Conqueror, Henry VIII, Cleopatra and Edward VIII. William was there because he kind of bullied his wife into marrying him sort of but then once they were married he was faithful for life and they had 10 children.

It still is unusual...

Less unusual than you think, The following English monarchs have no record of mistresses or bastard children after marriage: Henry III, Edward I, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Henry VII. Possibly Richard III as well, I am not certain if his two illegitimate children were pre marriage to Anne Neville. Later British monarchs include Charles I, George III and all from George V onward.

@Neil Buckley don’t forget Charles II he was very celibate!

Lucy Preece oooh, yes! Mud and Matilda! It was funny, but I believe it was the child appropriate versions only because it’s aimed at children

I hear ya!

So sorry for your loss but your husband seems like a fun person to meet!

@@isda3314 ikr! Rip!

Totally untrue, there is no evidence of the following English kings being unfaithful: King Henry III, his son King Edward I who built the Eleanor crosses in memory of his wife, King Richard II [may have been gay], his usurper, King Henry !V, his son King Henry V [married late in life after he "sowed his wild oats"], his son King Henry VI, the first Tudor, King Henry VII, King Charles I and King George III of American revolution fame. I do wonder if his wife, Queen Charlotte might have wished he had taken a mistress as she had 15 children.

You are forgetting George III

@@zoezhang5413 Albert was Prince consort. But he was faithful to Victoria nonetheless.

Plenty of kings didn’t have mistresses lol. Not commonly, but several didn’t

Right there with you

Absolutely!

Hmmmm....well I wouldn't have had a chance anyway since I would have been executed as a witch but....I probably would have joined the local convent myself. That is actually saying something for me as I am not fond of this idea of living.

One of our history teachers recommended this for us (weird, I know) Education, food and you won't die in child birth, yay

I'd join a convent and try and find a way to make money, then pretend I'm dead to my family and former friends so I can start over elsewhere.

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Don't worry, if you're in the US, the new supreme court judges are going to take y'all back in time 😆 some people of this day still see women as birthing machines.

Lol

I feel like an arranged marriage is the only way I'm gonna get someone to marry me

No, they aren't almost obsolete! It still happens in India, in many US states and even in Europe! My godmother was married by an arranged marriage 5 years ago.

They aren't obsolete they just aren't talked about

They still happen all the time, but in a more modern way. The parents arrange the marriage, but the children meet and get to know one another first and they have the right to say no.

Cultures who have arranged marriages have a significantly low divorce rate.

LuvZixi That dates from the Latin, I believe - the words for the type of marriage- apparently the Romans had a couple of them (what type of marriage you had, sometimes related to the prestige of your family- at one point, a bride might technically remain part of her birth family... it’s been a while since I read about it)- _manus_ marriage was what it’s called, I think.

I agree, that would be a very nice video.

I'm probably going mad and ask ny parents to sends our military and kill them😂✌ honestly, that's so cruel lol😂

That did start a war.

I would really like to see that.

Yes! I’d love to see that.

What’s your book about?

Oooh I wanna read that

Don't leave us hanging, fam, good luck on your writing!

No. In Dune. Paul and Irulan do have a wedding that is recorded and broadcasted throughout the empire, but at the end of the wedding, he doesn't kiss Irulan because he promised Chani " That princess shall have no more of me but my name. No child of mine nor touch, nor softness of glance, nor instant of desire. " Sorry, I own all the books and love the lore. In children of dune, Irulan tries to poison Chani so she can't get pregnant but Chani goes to her old wise woman and founds out why she can't get pregnant and starts eating a ton of spice to help get rid of the poison. But it has a small defect, the spice makes her Pregnancy speed up and she gives birth to the twins in 6 months and then dies because of it.

@Rach Here is your first lesson: The Litany Against Fear - "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

But have you ever do that tho? I think touching each other fingers, hair, or feet somehow feels more sexual than the sex itself 😔

Made me think of old Hollywood movies

I know. The Church makes marriage legal but does not see marrying minors illegal???

@@mstwelvedeadlycyns churches were and are largely governed by, guess what, old cis-hetero white men. Any moral standard defined by the church is basically defined by and for such group of people.

It was probably because of LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY

@@monabohamad2242 just happened to this comment of yours while re-watching this video 😂 you were in a hella bad mood 8 months ago werent you luv 😌

Aslo, I know they got young because of their low life expectancy 😂😂 I never said I didn't know why they did, lmfao

Mary of Teck, wife of George V was engaged to his older brother, Albert Victor, but he died before they got married.

It was quite common even among "normal" people up to beginning of 20th century... mostly because of keeping the money in the family.

Sometimes a sister's widower was married like with Catherine of Aragon's sisters, Isabel and Maria, who both married Manuel I of Portugal

Not only that, you were expected to live a long life if you simply survived childhood (not sure what age exactly). The life expectancy is counted by using all the newborn deaths so of course it will be low.

Where Love's At and 50% end in divorce .

Lies lies lies

Ahaha same!

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@@--enyo-- I watched already the biography of Catherine the great, what I mean is to profile all of her 12 lovers, like videos about king henry viii's mistresses.

Plucking and shaving the forehead to make it bigger was a legit fashion in those days. Only really makes sense when you remember that women were covering their hair anyway. Plucking the forehead then means more face gets exposed.

The seven year old marrying the 29 year old. By far.

They thought that a big forehead was a sign of intelligence

Richard II may have picked a 7 year old so he had an excuse for not consummating the marriage. His first wife, Anne of Bohemia had no children. Richard may have been gay and he was rather obsessed with Saint Edward the Confessor, a King of England who refused to consummate his marriage for reasons of piety. There were certainly rumours that he an Anne did not sleep together.

They are all big headed even today

Less time alive? That’s sounds like a good thing for me lol 😂

And talk about the all denim clothes lol

I cover Queen Anne in my Queens of England and LGBT kings and Queen of England videos. High level the Favourite was pretty accurate.

@@LindsayHoliday wow! I've got to check that one out! Thanks Lindsey ❤️

I watched that in HBO it will be interesting. Good idea!!!

I hate that movie. No I'm not a homophobe. Lol. Just certain reasons why I hate it

*unholy horrified screaming*

Mainstream abuse

She's up in 2 weeks!

Lindsay Holiday AHHHHHHHHHHHHH LINDSAY THANK YOU HISTORY QUEEN WE LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOU 😤👸👸👸

How awkward would it be to both: be related to your husbands’ mistress, & know that she was old enough to have attended your mother’s wedding?

OcarinaSapph1r3 -24 very very akward

Wow, she actually responded