These Lavish Dowries In History are Obscene

These Lavish Dowries In History are Obscene

Trista - January 24, 2020

These Lavish Dowries In History are Obscene
Mary Tudor with her love, Charles Brandon. National Portrait Gallery, London/Britain Magazine.

20. Mary Tudor Married For Love, The Second Time

The first time Mary married France’s King Louis XII, whom she had to marry. After King Louis’ demise, Mary started seeing a new man, someone she fell in love with and decided to marry named Charles Brandon. The biggest problem with this relationship is that Mary never asked her brother, King Henry VIII, for permission to marry.

Once Henry learned about his sister’s new marriage, he demanded the couple pay a total of £24,000 (£11,610,000 today). To remain married, the couple agreed by paying an installment of £1,000 every year.

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