List of coupled cousins
This is a list of prominent individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a cousin , niece , nephew , aunt or uncle .
Notable individuals
John Adams and his third cousin, Abigail Smith [1]
François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire , and his niece, Marie Louise Mignot Denis [2]
Johann Sebastian Bach and his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach [3]
Josiah Bartlett , second signer of the United States Declaration of Independence , and his first cousin, Mary Bartlett
Wernher von Braun and his first cousin, Maria Luise von Quistorp
Charles Bulfinch and his first cousin, Hannah Apthorp [4]
John C. Calhoun , seventh Vice President of the United States , and his first cousin once removed, Floride Calhoun [5]
Jeanne Calment , the oldest person whose age was verified by official documents, and her second cousin, Fernand Calment [6]
Charles Carroll of Carrollton , the only Roman Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence , and his second cousin, Mary Darnall [7]
Charles Darwin and his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood .[8] In addition, their grandparents, Sarah Wedgewood and Josiah Wedgwood , were also cousins.[9]
Porfirio Diaz Mori, president of Mexico (1876?80, 1884?1911), and his niece Delfina Ortega Diaz
Alfred I. du Pont , great-grandson of DuPont founder and his cousin-by-marriage, Bessie Gardner, as well as his second cousin, Alicia Bradford Maddox[10]
Albert Einstein and his first cousin (through his mother) as well as second cousin (through his father), Elsa Löwenthal née Einstein [11]
William Ellery , signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin once removed, Abigail Cary[12]
William Crowninshield Endicott , former US Secretary of War, and his first cousin, Ellen Peabody[13]
Vivian Fuchs , British explorer, and his cousin Joyce Connell
Carlo Gambino , a mob boss, and his first cousin, Catherine Castellano[14]
Charlotte Perkins Gilman , American author, and her first cousin, George Houghton Gilman[15]
Rudy Giuliani , former mayor of New York, and his second cousin once removed, Regina Peruggi [16]
Edvard Grieg , famous Norwegian composer, and his first cousin, Nina Hagerup [17]
Abdullah Gül , President of Turkey , and his first cousin, Hayrünnisa Özyurt[18]
Benjamin Harrison V , American revolutionary leader, and his second cousin, Elizabeth Bassett[19]
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , the poet, and his second cousin, Amelia Lee Jackson[20]
Stephen Hopkins , signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his second cousin[21]
Jesse James and his first cousin, Zerelda "Zee" Mimms [22]
Thomas Jefferson and his third cousin, Martha Wayles
Nobusuke Kishi , former Japanese statesman, and his first cousin, Yoshiko Kishi[23]
Jerry Lee Lewis , rock and roll musician, and his first cousin once removed, Myra Gale Brown [24]
Abbott Lawrence Lowell , a former president of Harvard University, and his distant cousin, Anna Parker Lowell[25]
John A. Macdonald , first prime minister of Canada, and his first cousin, Isabella Clark [26]
Thomas Malthus , British academic, and his first cousin once removed, Harriet Eckersall[27]
Francis Marion , American revolutionary leader also called the "Swamp Fox," and his first cousin, Mary Esther Videau[28]
Abraham Maslow , father of humanistic psychology, and his first cousin, Bertha Goodman[29]
Samuel Eliot Morison , historian, and his first cousin once removed, Agnes Priscilla Randolph Barton
Samuel F. B. Morse , inventor of the Morse code, and his first cousin once removed, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold, his second wife[30]
Edgar Allan Poe and his cousin, Virginia Clemm [31]
Boles?aw Prus , Polish novelist, and his cousin, Oktawia Trembi?ska.[32]
Sergei Rachmaninoff , composer, and his cousin, Natalia Satina[33]
Franklin D. Roosevelt , former US president, and his fifth cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt [34]
Eisaku Sato , former prime minister of Japan, and his cousin, Hiroko Sato[35]
Henryk Sienkiewicz , Polish novelist, and his niece, Maria Babska.[36]
Igor Stravinsky , composer, and his cousin, Katerina Nossenko[37]
Toyotomi Hideyori , a 16th-century Japanese strategist, and his first cousin, Senhime . [38]
Martin Van Buren , former president of the US, and his first cousin once removed, Hannah Hoes [39]
H.G. Wells , author, and his first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells (first wife)[40]
William Whipple , signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Catherine Moffatt[41]
Royalty
The royal couples listed here are but a minute fraction of all the cousins of varying degrees who have married between royal or noble houses.
Europe
Prince Alexander of Teck and his second cousin once removed, Princess Alice of Albany
Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse and her second cousin, Nicholas II of Russia
Alfonso XII of Spain and his first cousin, Mercedes of Orléans (first wife)
Amedeo I of Spain and his niece, Maria Letizia Bonaparte (second wife)
Prince Arthur of Connaught and his first cousin once removed, Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
Benedita, Dowager Princess of Brazil , and her nephew, José, Prince of Brazil
Infante Carlos, Count of Molina , and his niece, Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal , and later his niece, Maria Teresa of Portugal
Catherine the Great and her second cousin, Peter III of Russia
Charles II of Parma and his second cousin, Maria Teresa of Savoy
Charles III of Parma and his second cousin, Louise Marie Thérèse of France
Charles I of Spain and his first cousin, Isabella of Portugal
Charles IV of Spain and his first cousin, Maria Luisa of Parma
Charles VII of France and his second cousin, Marie of Anjou
Charles X of France and his double-second cousin, once removed, Marie Thérèse of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy , and Catherine Michelle of Spain , who was his first cousin, once removed, as well as his second cousin
Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy and his double second cousin, once removed, Marie Clotilde of France
Charles Felix of Sardinia and his first cousin, once removed, Maria Christina of Bourbon-Naples
Constantine II of Greece and his third cousin, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
Edward, the Black Prince and his cousin, Joan of Kent
Queen Elizabeth II and her second cousin, once removed (through Christian IX of Denmark ), as well as third cousin (through Queen Victoria ), Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy , and his half-first cousin, once removed, Margaret of France
Ernest Augustus I of Hanover and his first cousin, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria and his second cousin, Maria Anna of Sardinia
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria , and his niece, Anne Juliana Gonzaga
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second cousin, Maria Christina of Savoy (first wife)
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and his second cousin, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (second wife)
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany , and his double first cousin, Princess Luisa of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand VII of Spain and his first cousin, Maria Antonietta of Naples (first wife)
Ferdinand VII of Spain and his niece Maria Isabel of Portugal , and later his niece Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
Francis I of France and his second cousin, Queen Claude of France
Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his double first cousin, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (first wife)
Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his first cousin, Maria Isabella of Spain (second wife)
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and his double first cousin, Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily (second wife)
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and his first cousin, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (third wife)
Francis IV, Duke of Modena and his niece, Maria Beatrice of Savoy (titular queen of England and Scotland according to the Jacobite succession )
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and his first cousin, Empress Sissi
Frederick VI of Denmark and his first cousin, Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
Frederick William I of Prussia and his first cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
Frederick William II of Prussia and his double first cousin, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg
King George I of Great Britain and his first cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Celle
King George IV of the United Kingdom and his first cousin, Caroline of Brunswick
King Haakon VII of Norway and his first cousin, Princess Maud of Wales
Henry II of England and his half third cousin, Eleanor of Aquitaine
Henry IV of France and his second cousin, Marguerite of Valois (first wife)
Henry VI of England and his third cousin, Margaret of Anjou
Henry VII of England and his third cousin, Elizabeth of York
Princess Irene of Hesse and the Rhine and her first cousin, Henry of Prussia
Isabella I of Castile and her second cousin, Ferdinand of Aragon
Isabella II of Spain and her double first cousin, Francis of Spain
James IV of Scotland and his third cousin, Margaret Tudor
Joan of Spain and her double first cousin, John, Crown Prince of Portugal
Juan Carlos I of Spain and his third cousin, Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor , and Margaret Theresa of Spain (first wife), who was both his niece and his first cousin
Leopold II of Tuscany and his second cousin, Maria Anna of Saxony (first wife)
Leopold II of Tuscany and his first cousin, Marie Antoinette of the Two Sicilies (second wife)
Louis XIV of France and his double first cousin, Maria Theresa of Spain
Louis XVI of France and his second cousin, once removed, Marie Antoinette
Louis XVIII of France and his double second cousin, once removed, Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy
Mary I of England and her first cousin, once removed, Philip II of Spain
Princess Mary of Teck (later Queen Mary) and her second cousin, once removed, King George V
Mary, Queen of Scots and her half-first cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Maximilian I of Mexico and his second cousin, Charlotte of Belgium
Michael I of Romania and his second cousin, once removed, Princess Anne of Parma
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte and his first cousin, Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte
King Olav V of Norway and his first cousin, Princess Märtha of Sweden
Peter III of Portugal and his niece, Maria I of Portugal
Philip II of Spain and his double first cousin, Maria Manuela, Princess of Asturias (first wife)
Philip II of Spain and his niece, Anna of Austria (fourth wife)
Philip IV of Spain and his niece, Mariana of Austria (second wife)
Philip V of Spain and his double second cousin, Maria Luisa of Savoy (first wife)
Philippe, comte de Paris and his first cousin, Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
Umberto I of Italy and his first cousin, Margherita of Savoy
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and his first cousin, Maria Adelaide of Austria
Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and her first cousin, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse , and later her first cousin, Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and her first cousin, once removed, Prince Louis of Battenberg
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her first cousin, Prince Albert
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and his first cousin, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Kaiser Wilhelm II and his half second cousin, Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein
King William I of the Netherlands and his first cousin, Wilhelmine of Prussia
King William III of the Netherlands and his first cousin, Sophie of Württemberg
King William III of England and his first cousin, Queen Mary II
Outside Europe
See also
References
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