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2008 Charlton Heston, dies at 84, at his home in Beverly Hills, California, with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, by his side

2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards

2004 Brian Maxwell, entreprenuer/runner, developed the Powerbar with his nutritionist wife in 1986, dies at 51

2000 Loretta Young, actress, The Bishop's Wife, dies at 87

1998 Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92

1998 Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91

1997 New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her

1997 Brenda Carlin, TV producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57

1996 Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at 72

1994 Elizabeth Meyer, wife of Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47

1994 Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95

1994 Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85

1994 Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of OJ Simpson at 27

1994 Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying

1994 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald

1994 Giulietta Masina, wife of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 74

1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89

1994 Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide

1993 Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88

1993 Lucinda Ballard, U.S. costume designer/wife of Howard Dietz, dies at 90

1993 John P. W. Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77

1993 Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi

1993 Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife

1993 Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68

1993 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death

1992 Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies

1992 Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink

1992 Flora SA Benson, U.S., wife of President Ezra Taft B of mormon church, dies

1992 Lady Rothermere, [Bubbles], wife of British newspaper magnate, dies

1992 Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife

1992 New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife

1992 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg ID'ed as Czar Nicholas II and wife

1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses

1992 Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW

1992 Ginette Leclerc, actress (Baker's Wife), dies at 79

1991 Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66

1990 Jeff Goldblum and wife Geena Davis file for divorce

1990 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies

1990 Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife and self at 62

1990 Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies

1990 Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies

1989 Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed

1989 Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed

1989 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife

1988 Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies

1988 Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens

1987 Gary Hart admits on "Nightline," to cheating on his wife

1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass

1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)

1985 Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian and Wife), dies of AIDS at 59

1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife

1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years

1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize

1983 Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone OD

1983 Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75

1982 Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer

1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue

1979 "I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 864 performances

1979 John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72

1978 Muriel Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1978, wife of late Hubert Humphrey takes his office

1977 Johanna Andersen-Nexo, wife of Danish poet Martin A-N, dies at 74

1977 "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 864 performances

1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57

1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize

1974 Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered

1974 Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose

1973 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99

1973 Yankees trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer

1971 "McMillan and Wife," debuts on NBC-TV

1970 Mandy Smith, England, rocker, I Just Can't Wait, wife of Bill Wyman

1970 Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st President Samora Machel, dies

1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter

1969 Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Allentown Penn, wife of John Cougar

1969 "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman and The Agents hits #92

1969 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81

1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/Governor of Alabama, dies at 41

1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman

1967 Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)

1966 Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at 91

1966 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash

1966 Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr

1964 Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91

1962 Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid

1962 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83

1960 Maria Gloria von Schonberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis

1957 Jerry Lee Lewis weds his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while still married to his 1st wife Jane Mitcham

1956 Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg

1956 Trudie Styler, England, wife of Sting/sponsor, Rainforest Concert

1955 Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar

1955 Dimitra Papandreau, born in Greece, wife of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreau

1955 Michael O'Keefe, born in New Jersey, actor, Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife

1955 Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife

1955 Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82

1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime)

1954 Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies

1954 Bebe Buell, born in Norfolk, Virginia, wife of Todd Rundgren/playmate, Nov, 1974

1954 M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47

1954 Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern, Private Parts

1951 JoAnna Cameron, born in Colorado, actress, I Love My Wife, Isis

1951 Queen Noor of Jordan, born in Washington, D.C., Lisa Najeeb Halaby, president of United World Colleges movement, fourth wife and widow to King Hussein of Jordan

1950 Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg

1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, wife of Mayor Giuliani

1949 Rita Jenrette, born in San Antonio, Texas, wife of Rep John Jenrette, D-SC

1949 Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of vice president Dan, 1989-93

1949 Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle, 1989-93

1949 Cyndy Garvey, born in Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host, AM LA

1949 Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95

1949 Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald

1948 Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love'

1948 Tipper Gore, wife of vice president Al Gore, 1993-01

1947 Husband and wife Dr. Carl Cori and Dr. Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes

1947 Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver

1946 Susan Saint James, [Miller], born in Los Angeles, California, actress, McMillian and Wife

1946 Maureen Cox Starkey, 1st wife of Beatle Ringo Starr

1946 Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71

1945 Helen Mirren, born in England, actress, Cook Thief Wife

1945 Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33

1944 Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey/wife of Fred Astaire

1944 Felka Platek, wife of painter Felix Nussbaum, dies in Auschwitz

1944 Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter

1943 Silvia Sommerlath, German wife of King Carl XVI of Sweden, 1973-

1943 ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance

1941 Patricia Harty, Washington D.C., actress, Occasional Wife, Blondie

1941 Soraya Khashoogi, born in Leicester, England, wife, Adrian Khashoogi

1940 Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers

1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70

1939 John Schuck, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo

1939 Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50

1937 Betty Carver, wife of Bernard Montgomery, buried

1937 Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies

1936 Kitty Dukakis, substance abuser/wife of Michael, Gov-Mass

1936 Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted

1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track

1936 May Britt, Sweden, actress, Young Lions, wife of Sammy Davis, Jr.

1935 Michael Callan, [Calinieff], Philadelphia, actor, Peter-Occasional Wife

1935 Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71

1934 Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife

1933 Lillian Hall-Davies actress (Farmer's Wife, Ring), dies at 36

1932 Nadya Aliluieva, wife of Joseph Stalin, dies at 30

1931 Janice Rule, born in Norwood, Ohio, actress, Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife

1931 Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer, Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife

1930 Joan Mondale, wife of U.S. vice-president Walter Mondale, 1977-81

1930 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92

1929 Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58

1929 Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist, Fiona, Coporation Wife

1928 Hendrika G "Tine" de Vries, actress, Seaman's Wife

1928 Joan Kroc, wife of Ray Korc/owner, McDonalds and San Diego Padres

1927 Rachel Roberts, born in Llanelly, Wales, actress, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife

1926 W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife," premieres in New York City

1926 Claus Von Bulow, accused of murdering his wife

1926 Christina Goedvolk, wife of Henry Jut, dies

1926 Mona Freeman, born in Baltimore, actress, Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress

1926 Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose

1925 Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby

1925 Rock Hudson, born in Winnetka, Illinois, actor, McMillian and Wife

1924 Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia

1924 James Kirkwood, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and writer, Hired Wife

1924 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl

1924 Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife," premieres in London

1923 Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov

1921 Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife

1921 Nancy Walker, Philadelphia, Bounty ads/actress, Rhoda, McMillan and Wife

1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1921 Diana Barrymore, born in New York City, actress in Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife

1920 Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist

1920 Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31

1919 George Gobel, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/TV personality, I Love My Wife

1918 Louis Althusser, French philosopher, For Marx, Strangled His Wife

1918 Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell

1918 Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46

1918 Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress, 2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife

1917 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59

1917 Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan

1916 Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III

1914 Martin Ritt, actor and director for Slugger's Wife, End of the Game

1913 Lynn Bari, Roanoke, Virginia, actress, Connie-Detective Wife, Earthbound

1911 Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife

1909 Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34

1907 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera

1906 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife

1906 Henny Youngman, born in London, England, comedian, Take my wife please

1906 English Minister of Foreign affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured

1906 Henny Youngman, England, comedian, Take my wife please...

1905 Anna Blaman, [Johanna P Vrugt], Dutch writer, Wife and Friend

1903 Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered at 35

1902 Magda [Helena] Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania

1901 Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan, ABC-cabaret

1900 Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife

1900 Zelda Fitzgerald, 1st wife of F Scott

1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal

1898 Elisabeth AE, empress of Austria/wife of Franz Joseph I, dies at 60

1898 Marilyn Miller, [Renolds], U.S. actress, Sunny, wife of Jack Pickford

1898 Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress, Anatevka, wife of Pierre Mols

1894 Basil Sydney, born in England, actor, Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife

1893 Daan Boens, Flemish poet, Man who sold his Wife

1890 Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78

1889 Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp, Dada

1888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour

1888 Jameson Thomas, born in London, England, actor, Farmer's Wife

1887 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso

1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois

1886 Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo

1885 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress, Jantjes, wife of Herman Bouber

1885 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist, Wife and society

1883 Enny Vrede, [Maria M Muller], Dutch actress/wife of Eduard Verkade

1882 George Bancroft, born in Philadelphia, actor, Underworld, wife of Octavia Brooke

1882 James Gleason, New York City, writer and actor, Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool

1879 Ethel Barrymore, Philadelphia, actress, Constant Wife, Corn is Green

1879 Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten, Wassend Cereal

1875 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58

1874 Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress, Dumb August, wife of Henri Dons

1874 Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach

1872 Tom Terriss, born in London, England, director, His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru

1872 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre

1872 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte

1872 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies

1869 Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin

1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife

1866 Carla Ford, Henry's wife

1866 Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies

1865 Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head, NACW 1896..1918

1864 George Barbier, Philadelphia, actor, Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary

1864 Henriette ALF countess of Wegimont, wife of king Willem I, dies at 72

1863 Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, Poppenhuis

1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt

1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt

1860 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"

1860 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens

1860 Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson

1853 Maria E "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr

1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38

1845 Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies

1842 Letitia Tyler, President Tyler's (1841-45) wife, dies at 51

1838 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher, Wife at University

1837 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner

1837 Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies

1832 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, 1st wife of Benjamin Harrison

1830 Amalia MdGA, princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry

1828 Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson, dies

1820 Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler, 1841-45

1818 Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece

1818 Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III

1816 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, dies at 51

1812 Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832 - 1850, wife of Leopold I

1810 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34

1807 Charles G van Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, wife of F Louisa W, dies

1797 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81

1794 Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife

1792 Henriette ALF countess d'Oultremont de Wegimont, wife of King Willem I

1790 Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler

1784 Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies

1783 Hannah Hoes Van Buren, New York, wife of President Martin, 1837-41, died 1819

1782 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61

1782 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria

1776 Luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III

1775 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie lover

1767 Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew, 1828-37, died 1828

1765 Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1762 Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II

1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V

1748 Amalia Furstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn

1726 John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62

1720 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik

1717 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I

1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75

1715 Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great"

1688 King James II's wife and son flee to France

1688 King James II's wife and son flee England for France

1674 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns, dies at 52

1652 Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies

1649 Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Admiral Swartenhondt, dies at about 78

1637 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37

1635 Francoise d'Aubigne, wife of King Louis XIV

1631 Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies

1631 Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal)

1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies

1622 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns

1620 Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65

1620 Louise de Coligny, 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65

1602 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Governor Frederik Hendrik

1598 Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies

1577 Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32

1560 Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident

1560 Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44

1557 Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41

1555 Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange

1548 Catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36

1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange, 1561-71

1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th and last wife)

1542 Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded

1540 English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife

1540 Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves

1540 Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife

1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves

1537 Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies

1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded

1536 Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies

1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon

1515 Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland

1515 Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII

1514 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36

1509 King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catharina of Aragon

1509 Henry VIII married wife No 1, Catherine of Aragon

1505 Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Netherlands, 1531-55

1485 Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII

1477 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII

1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies

1384 Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne

1346 Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand

1318 Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II

1288 Beatrice van Kortrok/Brabant, Belgian wife of king Henry, dies at 63

1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII and Henry II, dies at 81

1194 Margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies

1144 Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies

1077 Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies

1043 Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52

1034 Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife

991 Theophano, German Empress/wife of Emperor Otto II, dies

921 Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies

843 Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies

803 Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies

794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30

783 Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies

573 Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife

545 Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70


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