What's the shortest marriage in history?

Divorced in three minutes - is this the shortest marriage in history? A couple in Kuwait reportedly got divorced after just three minutes in Kuwait last month, in what is believed to be the shortest marriage on record.
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Who was only married for 72 hours?

Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries: 72 Days

One month after Kardashian filed for divorce to end her 72-day marriage to Humphries, the NBA star responded with his own filing - for an annulment on the grounds of fraud - on Nov. 30, 2011.
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Who has been married the shortest?

21 Shortest Celebrity Marriages in History
  • 01 of 21. Britney Spears and Jason Alexander: 55 hours. ...
  • 02 of 21. Nicolas Cage and Erika Koike: 4 days. ...
  • 03 of 21. Tracey Edmonds and Eddie Murphy: 14 days. ...
  • 04 of 21. Mario Lopez and Ali Landry: 18 days. ...
  • 05 of 21. Jeremy Thomas and Drew Barrymore: 39 days. ...
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What was the shortest marriage in US history?

Glynn Wolfe, also known as Scotty Wolfe (July 25, 1908 – June 10, 1997), was a Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California. He was famous for holding the record for the largest number of monogamous marriages (31). His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years.
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Who was married for 9 days?

Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman: 9 days

Their marriage didn't officially come to an end until a year had passed, but just nine days after marrying the model on the November 14 1998, Rodman filed for an annulment claiming that he was intoxicated when they said their vows.
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Top 10 Shortest Marriages Ever



What is the fastest divorce ever?

A couple in Kuwait reportedly got divorced after just three minutes in Kuwait last month, in what is believed to be the shortest marriage on record. The couple hadn't even left the courthouse where their nuptials had taken place when the woman tripped over and fell.
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Who was married for 55 hours?

Britney Spears and her childhood friend, Jason Alexander, were married for 55 hours, one-1,274th as long as the average American marriage ending in divorce. For Alexander, it all began -- and ended -- on New Year's in 2004. Spears invited him to Las Vegas and flew him there in a private jet.
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Has anyone been married 100 years?

The longest marriage ever was enjoyed by Herbert Fisher (USA, b. 1905) and Zelmyra Fisher (USA, b. 1907).
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Who's the couple who got married in 11 days?

Yes, in a span of 11 days, they were engaged and married. Miguel proposed to Anika on August 5, and they got married on August 16. “It was a very short engagement and I barely got to call her my fiancée! But we both knew we wanted to get married before our trip was over.
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Who has the most wives ever?

Indian politicians court man with 'world's biggest family:' 39 wives, 127 offspring. At last count, Ziona Chana has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. They all live with him in his 100-room, four-story house perched among the hills of Baktwang village in the Indian state of Mizoram.
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Is a year too soon to propose?

“Each couple is different depending on age and circumstances, but a reasonable amount of time to be engaged is one to three years,” she says. Each couple is different depending on age and circumstances, but a reasonable amount of time to be engaged is one to three years.
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Is six months too soon to propose?

“It's best to wait until at least 3-6 months to see if the feelings you have are for real or just a fading spark of lust. You need to have emotional and rational feelings towards one another.” However, award-winning relationship expert Sarah Louise Ryan said that it's never too soon.
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Who's been married the most times?

Most married woman in the world: Linda Wolfe holds record for being the most married woman in the world. She was married 23 times. Her first marriage at 16 was for love. Her last, in 1996 was for publicity.
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Which celebrity has been married and divorced the most times?

Zsa Zsa Gabor leads the pack of stars who have been married the most. She married Burhan Asaf Belge in 1935 and the pair divorced in 1941. She then married Conrad Hilton in 1942 and divorced him in 1947. Next was George Sanders from 1949-1954; then Herbert Hutner, whom she married in 1962 and divorced on March 3, 1966.
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Whats the longest time someones been engaged?

The longest engagement on record was between Octavio Guillan and Adriana Mart¡nez. They finally took the plunge after 67 years in June 1969 in Mexico City.
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How many Vegas weddings end in divorce?

Elvis and Priscilla, Angelina and Billy Bob, Demi and Bruce; Las Vegas has had its fair share of celebrity marriages that have failed to go the distance, which is no surprise since Vegas is the divorce capital of the U.S. Think long and hard about whether you want the Little White Wedding Chapel to host your nuptials ...
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Who married 37 times?

IPS Rupin Sharma shared this video and wrote, “BRAVEST MAN….. LIVING 37th marriage in front of 28 wives, 35 children and 126 grandchildren.”
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Why do people marry?

to signify a life-long commitment. to provide security for children. to make a public commitment to each other. for legal status and financial security.
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What is the luckiest day to get married?

Tuesdays. The book of Genesis says, "And God saw that it was good" (Genesis 1:10 and 12) twice in the verse about the creation of the third day. Some Jewish brides and grooms interpret this to mean that Tuesdays (the third day of the week!) are two times as lucky for weddings.
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What is the #1 cause of divorce?

The most commonly reported major contributors to divorce were lack of commitment, infidelity, and conflict/arguing. The most common “final straw” reasons were infidelity, domestic violence, and substance use. More participants blamed their partners than blamed themselves for the divorce.
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Who is the youngest couple to get married?

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (age 12), was betrothed in a wedding contract at age 8-days-old, she was officially married at the age of twelve in 1476, to her cousin Louis, Duke of Orléans (aged 14).
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Who is the first couple in the world?

Adam and Eve, in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the original human couple, parents of the human race. In the Bible there are two accounts of their creation.
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Can you get married drunk in Vegas?

Drunk marriages are actually illegal in Vegas, and a blackout isn't hard to spot, so no chapel that wants to stay in business would have served them. They used to be able to get away with it (actress Janeane Garofalo was unknowingly married for 20 years after one such adventure), but the law does a better job now.
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Why do actors get married so often?

Some think weddings are just used as publicity stunts, whise egotism and celebrity immaturity fuel the culture. With so many opportunities to stray as celebrities work on different projects, high levels of infidelity and promiscuity also fuel the high divorce rates.
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How many celebrities are divorced?

According to a study out of the U.K. based Marriage Foundation, celebrities have a divorce rate of around 40% within a ten year period. The divorce rate for the same ten year period is approximately 20% in the U.K. and 30% in the U.S. The Marriage Foundation tracked 572 celebrity couples married since 2000.
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