List of child bridegrooms

This article contains a list of child bridegrooms or child husbands wherein notable or historically significant examples have been singled out.

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Antiquity Tutankhamun was married before the age of nine years to his half-sister Ankhesenamun (aged about 16).

8th century The future Emperor Shōmu (aged about 16) was married to in Asukabe-hime (aged 16) .

10th century The future Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (aged 16/17), was married to Theophanu (aged about 17) in 972. The future Louis V of France (aged about 15) was married to the twice-widowed Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (aged 40) in 982. The future Emperor Ichijō (aged 10) was married to Fujiwara no Teishi (about 12/13) in October 990.

11th century The future Emperor Go-Ichijō (aged 10) married his aunt Fujiwara no Ishi (aged 19) in 1018. The future Emperor Horikawa (aged 14) was married to his paternal aunt Princess Tokushi (aged about 33) in 1093.

12th century Pons, Count of Tripoli (aged 13/14), was married to Cecile of France (aged 14/15) in 1112. William Adelin (aged 15), son and heir of Henry I of England, was married to Matilda of Anjou (aged about 8) in 1119. Louis VII of France (aged 17) married Eleanor of Aquitaine (aged about 15) in 1137; their marriage was annulled in 1152. Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (aged about 12/13), was married to Constance of France (aged about 15/16) in 1140. Philip I, Count of Flanders (aged 15/16), was married to Elisabeth of Vermandois (aged 16) in 1159. The future Emperor Nijō (aged 15) was married to his paternal aunt Princess Yoshiko (aged 17) in March 1159. Alfonso VIII of Castile (aged 14/15) married Eleanor of England in 1170, when she was about 9-years-old. Henry the Young King (aged 17) was married to Margaret of France (aged 13/14) in 1172. They had been betrothed since 1160, when Henry was 5 and Margaret was about 2. Canute VI of Denmark (aged about 13/14) was married to Gertrude of Bavaria (aged 22 or 25) in 1177. They had been engaged since 1171, since he was about 7/8 and she was about 16 or 19. Henry I of Brabant (aged about 14), was married to Matilda of Boulogne (aged 9) in 1179. Alexios II Komnenos was 10 when he is reported to have married Agnes of France (aged 9) in 1180. Philip II of France (aged 14) married Isabella of Hainault (aged 10) in 1180. Humphrey IV of Toron (aged about 17) married Isabella I of Jerusalem (aged 10/11) in 1183. They had been betrothed when Humphrey was about 14/15 and Isabella was 8-years-old. Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (aged 13/14), married Berengaria of Castile in 1187, when she was about 8-years-old. The marriage was never consummated due to Berengaria's young age. William IV of Ponthieu (aged 15/16), was married to Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (aged 34), in 1195.

13th century Frederick, King of Sicily (aged 14) was married to Constance of Aragon (aged 30) in 1209. Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine (aged about 16), was married to Matilda of Brabant (aged about 12) in 1212. Henry I of Castile married his cousin Mafalda of Portugal (aged about 20) in 1215, when he was either 10- or 11-years-old. The marriage was never consummated due to Henry's young age; and the marriage was annulled by the Pope in 1216 on the grounds of consanguinity. Later that year, Henry was betrothed to his second cousin Sancha, heiress of León, but he died in 1217 at the age of 13. Baldwin II of Constantinople (aged about 17) was married to Marie of Brienne (aged about 10) in 1234. Alexander III of Scotland (aged 10) was married to Margaret of England (aged 11) in December 1251. Edward I of England (aged 15) was married to Eleanor of Castile (aged 13) in 1254. The future Philip III of France (aged 17) was married to Isabella of Aragon (aged 13/14) in May 1262. They had been betrothed since May 1258, when he was 13 and she was 9/10. John I of Brabant (17/18), was married to Margaret of France (aged 15/16) in 1270. The future Ladislaus IV of Hungary (aged 7/8) was married to Elizabeth of Sicily (aged 8/9) in 1270. Philip of Sicily (aged about 15/16) was married to Isabella of Villehardouin (aged either 8 or 11) in May 1271. The future Philip IV of France (aged 16) was married to Joan I of Navarre (aged 11) in August 1285. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (aged 13) was married to Judith of Habsburg (aged 13) in January 1285. John II of Brabant (aged 14), was married to Margaret of England (aged 15) in 1290. John and Margaret had been betrothed since they were 2 and 3, respectively. Henry, Count of Luxembourg (aged about 13/14), was married to Margaret of Brabant (aged 15) in July 1292. John I, Count of Holland (aged 12/13), was married to Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (aged 14) in 1297.

14th century Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (aged 14), was married to Joan de Geneville (aged 15) in 1301. The future Gaston I of Foix (aged 13/14), was married to Joan of Artois (aged 11/12) in 1301. The future Louis X of France (aged 15) was married to Margaret of Burgundy (aged about 15) in 1305. The future Philip V of France (aged about 13/14) was married to Joan of Burgundy (aged 14/15) in 1307. The future Charles IV of France (aged 13) was married to Blanche of Burgundy (aged about 11/12) in January 1308. John of Luxembourg (aged 14) was married to Elizabeth of Bohemia (aged 18) in September 1310. John III, Duke of Brabant (aged 10/11), was married to Marie of Évreux (aged 7/8) in 1311. Edmund Mortimer (aged about 13/14, possibly younger) was married to Elizabeth de Badlesmere (aged 3) in 1316. Thomas Beauchamp (aged about 6) was married to Katherine Mortimer (aged about 5) in 1319. Louis I, Count of Flanders (aged about 15/16), was married to Margaret of France (aged 9/10) in 1320. Guigues VIII of Viennois (aged 13/14) was married to Isabella of France (aged 10/11) in 1323. Alfonso XI of Castile (aged 13/14) was married to Constanza Manuel of Villena (aged at most 10) in 1325. He had the marriage annulled two years later, and in 1328, at the age of 16/17, married his double first cousin Maria of Portugal (aged 14/15). Edward III of England (aged 15) was married to Philippa of Hainault (between the ages of 12 and 17) in 1327. The future David II of Scotland (aged 4) was married to Joan of the Tower (aged 7) in 1328. Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (aged about 9/10), was married to Agnes Mortimer (aged about 11/12) in 1328 or 1329. Laurence was a ward of Agnes's father, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. Charles IV, King of Bohemia (aged about 12/13; later Holy Roman Emperor), was married to Blanche of Valois (aged about 12/13) in 1329. Reginald II, Duke of Guelders (aged about 16), was married to Sophia Berthout in 1311. After Sophia's death in 1329, he married Eleanor of Woodstock (aged 13) in 1332, when he was about 37-years-old. John, Duke of Normandy (aged 13), was married to Bonne of Luxembourg (aged 17) in July 1332. Andrew of Hungary (aged 6) was married to the future Joanna I of Naples (aged about 6/7) in 1333. William IV, Count of Holland (aged 10/11), was married to Joanna of Brabant (aged 11/12) in 1334. Marie de Namur (aged about 13/14) was married to Henry II, Graf of Vianden, in 1335/36. Henry was murdered in 1337; about three years later, in 1340, Marie (now about 17/18) was married to Theobald of Bar, Seigneur de Pierrepont (aged about 25/26), her second cousin, once removed. Philip of Burgundy (aged about 14/15) was married to Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (aged about 11/12), circa 1338. William Montagu (aged 12) was married to Joan of Kent (aged 13) in either late 1340 or early 1341. In 1348, it was revealed that Joan had secretly married Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, in 1340; and, as a result, Montagu's marriage to Joan was annulled. Gaston III of Foix (aged 16/17), was married to Agnes of Navarre (aged 13/14) in 1348. Charles V of France (aged 12) was married Joanna of Bourbon (aged 12) to in April 1350. Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (aged about 15), was married to Maud de Ufford (born 1345/46) sometime before 10 June 1350, when Maud was about 5-years-old. Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (aged 13/14), was married to Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (aged 20), in 1352. Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (aged 10/11), was married to the future Countess Margaret III of Flanders (aged 6/7), in 1357. Richard Fitzalan (aged 12/13) was married to Elizabeth de Bohun (aged about 9) in 1359. John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (aged 11), was married to Margaret of England (aged 12), daughter of Henry III of England, in 1359. Gian Galeazzo Visconti (aged 8) was married to Isabella of Valois (aged 11/12) in October 1360, about a week before Gian's 9th birthday. Albert III, Duke of Austria (aged 16/17), was married to Elisabeth of Bohemia (aged 7/8) in 1366. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (aged 15/16), was married to Philippa of Clarence (aged 12/13) in 1368. The future Charles III of Navarre (aged 13/14) was married to Eleanor of Castile (aged about 12) in May 1375. John V, Lord of Arkel (aged 14), was married to Joanna of Jülich in October 1376. John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (aged 8), was married to Elizabeth of Lancaster (aged 17) in 1380. The marriage remained unconsummated due to John's age, and was annulled after Elizabeth became pregnant by John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, whom she later married. Henry Bolingbroke (aged 13; later King Henry IV of England) was married to Mary de Bohun (aged about 10/11) in 1380. Richard II of England (aged 15) was married to Anne of Bohemia (aged 15) in January 1382. John, Count of Nevers (aged 14) was married to Margaret of Bavaria (aged 21/22) in April 1385. The future Duke John V of Brittany (aged 6/7), was married to Joan of France (aged 4/5) in 1396. John of Perche (aged 10/11) was married to Marie of Brittany (aged 5) in July 1396.

15th century Louis, Duke of Guyenne (aged 7), married Margaret of Nevers (aged 10) in August 1404. Charles, Duke of Orléans (aged 11), married his cousin Isabella of Valois (aged 16) in June 1406. Philip the Good (aged 12) was married to Michelle of Valois (aged 14) in June 1409. John, Duke of Touraine (aged 16), was married to Jacqueline of Hainaut (aged 14) in 1415. John IV, Duke of Brabant (aged 14), was married to Jacqueline of Hainaut (aged 16) in March 1418, following her first husband's death the year before. John II, Duke of Alençon (aged 15), married Joan of Valois (aged 15), daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, in 1424. Louis, Dauphin of France (aged 12), was married to Margaret Stewart (aged 11), daughter of James I of Scotland, in June 1436. The wedding took place a little over a week before Louis's thirteenth birthday. Henry IV of Castile (aged 14/15) was married to his cousin Blanche of Navarre (aged 15/16) in 1440. Afonso V of Portugal (aged 15) was married to Isabel of Coimbra (aged 15) in May 1447. John de la Pole (age 7) was married to Lady Margaret Beaufort, (age 7; approximately) in 1450 by the arrangement John's father. The marriage was annulled in 1453.Ralph A. Griffiths, King and Country: England and Wales in the Fifteenth Century, (Hambledon Press, 1991), 91. Ferdinand II of Aragon (aged 17) was married to his second cousin Infanta Isabella of Castile (aged 18; later Isabella I of Castile) in 1469. They became the parents of Catherine of Aragon. John, Prince of Portugal (aged 14) was married to his first cousin Eleanor of Viseu (aged 11) in January 1470. Louis, Duke of Orléans (aged 14) was married to his cousin Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (age 12), in 1476. Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (age 4), was married to Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (age 6), in 1477. She died at age 10 and he, as one of the Princes in the Tower, is believed to have been murdered at age 10. Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (aged about 15), was married by proxy to Isabella of Aragon (aged 19) in the spring of 1490.