Here are 10 powerful, rich people in history who married their cousins
Todd Williamson/NBC/GettyThe couple wouldn't find out until years later that they are actually ninth cousins once removed, according to Forbes. The revelation of their genealogy came in a 2012 PBS episode of the show "Finding Your Roots," per People.Rudolph Giuliani during an interview on September 5, 1970 in New York, New York.
Their marriage lasted until their divorce in 1970 when Williams said Lewis put her through "every type of physical and mental abuse imaginable," according to Newsweek.Edgar Allen Poe with Virginia Eliza Clemm, who he married when she was 13 years old.At age 27, American poet Edgar Allan Poe married his first cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm, while she was just 13 years old, according to Forbes.
The nature of their relationship has been contested. Some biographers said the two loved each other like siblings and that he referred to her as "Sissy" while she called him "Eddy," according to . Poe wrote several of his most famous poems following Virginia's death in 1847 from tuberculosis, according to the outlet.A portrait of Queen Victoria, who ruled for 63 years between 1838-1901.. The pair were first cousins who were in a loving relationship wherein they had nine children, according to the outlet.
Victoria described their wedding night as "bliss beyond belief," and she was devastated when he died in 1861, after which, she wore only black for the rest of her life, according to National Geographic. Ruling for 63 years, she was the second-longest reigning British monarch to Queen Elizabeth II.President Thomas Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, who was his third cousin, according to Forbes.
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