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Apr 1, 2014 · Take the story of Henriette Raynouard for example. In 1911, the French socialite married Joseph Caillaux, a career politician and notorious Casanova who’d dumped his first wife for the lovely Henriette after he became prime minister.
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Feb 6, 2024 · A captivating journey through history, uncovering hidden and often forgotten stories of forbidden love that challenged societal norms.
- Layla and Majnun, ancient Persia, exact date unknown. When Layla’s father forced her to marry someone else, Majnun went mad with grief. Over the centuries, their story has inspired dozens of poems and Eric Clapton’s hit song, “Layla.”
- Anarkali and Salim, Punjab (modern-day Pakistan), exact date unknown. This love affair between a beautiful slave girl and the crown prince was doomed from the start.
- Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Egypt, 40s–30s BC. He was one of Rome’s best military leaders; she was Egypt’s queen. Their passionate affair led to wars between their two nations, and they both committed suicide as their enemies stormed the city where they were living.
- Guinevere and Lancelot, Britain, late 500s–early 600s. When they met, they fell in love. Too bad Guinevere was already married to King Arthur, and Lancelot served as one of his Knights of the Round Table.
- 19th Century Argentinian Dictator General Juan Manuel de Rosas Executed Wealthy Socialite and Family Friend Camila O’Gorman For Eloping with a Priest.
- The Nazis Executed Edward Galinski and Mala Zimetbaum After Their Failed Escape Attempt From Auschwitz. The Holocaust doesn’t seem like the proper setting for a love story, but Edward Galinski and Mala Zimetbaum fell in love during their imprisonment at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- A Bomb Detonated in Civil Rights Activists’ Harry Tyson Moore and Harriette Simms Moore’s Living Room On Their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Their love story led to a life of public service, but their violent deaths made history as the first targeted assassinations of the American Civil Rights Movement.
- Pedro I of Portugal’s Father Murdered His Pregnant Mistress Ines de Castro. In 1340, Prince Pedro of Portugal married Princess Constance of Castile to solidify the alliance between their two countries.
- Bad Romance. Nothing makes one's heart flutter quite like a good love story. And by good, we mean tragic, of course. Though Shakespeare's plays are littered with doomed lovers — unrequited passion and death makes for good reading, apparently — couples equally as star-crossed can be found in the world's history books.
- Cleopatra and Mark Antony. It's a love story so epic that Shakespeare saw it fit to be the subject of one of his tragedies. They met in 41 B.C. at the height of turmoil in the Roman Republic; she, an Egyptian queen, seduced him, a powerful (and already married) general, into a romantic and tenuous political alliance between their territories.
- Heloise and Abelard. British poet Alexander Pope turned their story into a piece of classic literature, but Heloise and Abelard were in fact real, ridiculously in love, and doomed to a tragic end in mid 12th century France.
- Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. Ever heard of the Taj Mahal? The famous palace in India is actually the ultimate declaration of love, built in the 17th century by Shah Jahan as a stunning final resting place for his beloved wife.
Many of the most compelling love stories are tragic ones. From Romeo and Juliet to Ennis and Jack, here’s a look at nine romances that have had the opposite of happy endings.
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May 22, 2020 · What would you sacrifice for love? And who sacrifices more: those who have it all, or those who have nothing to give but their life? In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated the throne to be with the woman...
