Which king had only one wife in India?

The Peshwa king Madhav Rao Peshwa is one of the few rulers of Maharashtra , who had only one wife till he died . Her name was Ramabai Peshwe . He , in his family was the only Peshwa to have one love .
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Which king had 100 wives in India?

According to historians, Mughal Emperor Akbar had 300 wives.
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Which king married his own daughter?

Babur married his daughter & Humayun his niece to Chib Rajput Raja of Jammu. Akbar married his niece to Raja Man Singh. Rajpoots were schooled by Turks, Mughals, Marathas, Sikhs and even Gurkhas. All they did was compromise.
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Which king had 100 wives?

Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
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What king married a 12 year old?

Although the precise year of Isabella's birth is not known, she was probably around twelve years old at the time of her marriage to King John on 24 August 1200.
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Which Indian married his sister?

Sister marrying brother Also Brahma our creator had three sons and a daughter . His own son Daksha marries his sister.
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Which king married his sister?

Scientists have identified Akhenaten, the “heretic” king who introduced monotheism to ancient Egypt, as Tutankhamun's father. Akhenaten first married Nefertiti, who was renowned for her great beauty, but had no sons so he then married his sister in an effort to have a son.
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Who married his own sister in India?

His sister Amandeep Kaur also wanted to go to Australia, but her visa got rejected many times. Over this, Manpreet Singh has sketched a cunning plan of a fake marriage. He managed to do so by manipulating the real documents of their cousin Ranveer Kaur and got married to his sister and took her to Australia.
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Who married his own mother in History?

Oedipus, in Greek mythology, the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
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Which Hindu god married his daughter?

Answer is here : Yes, Lord Brahma married his own daughter.
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Who had 72 wives?

Masaba is known for having stirred up controversy in his hometown Bida, Niger State due to his extensive polygamy, and for being outspoken, he was charged under Sharia law and sent to prison in 2008 for refusing to divorce 82 of his wives.
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Who has 39 wife in India?

In 1997, Ziona succeeded his father Chana, who in turn had succeeded Khuangtuaha in 1966. He had 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild; 181 family members in total and counting. His family and their four-story residence are one of the major tourist attractions in Mizoram.
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Which king had 365 wives?

The Maharaja was said to have had an astounding 365 wives. He later also married the daughter of his Irish horse master, Florence Bryan, who converted to Sikhism. He reigned as Maharaja of Patiala in the state of Punjab, India from 1876 until he died in a riding accident in 1900.
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Which king has highest wife?

Genghis Kahn (1162-1227) had at least fourteen wives of high rank whose names we know. There were many lesser wives as well. Only the four sons of his first wife, Börte, were considered to succeed him.
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What king divorced his wife?

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled.
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What king married a 9 year old?

Isabella was the daughter of Charles VI, King of France and Isabeau of Bavaria, born on 9 November 1389 at the Louvre in Paris. She would be their eldest surviving child. In an attempt at peace between England and France, Isabella became Richard II's second wife on 31 October 1396.
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Which two sisters marry same man?

According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the two 36-year-old twin sisters, Rinky and Pinky Padgaonkar, are residents of Chandivali West, Mumbai. The duo decided to marry Autade, a resident of Mhalung, as they did not want to separate from each other. They tied the knot with Autade during the same ceremony.
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In which country brother can marry sister?

In Ancient Greece, Athenians were allowed to marry half siblings if they were from the same father but different mother whereas Spartans were allowed to marry half siblings from the same mother but different father. In Egypt it is argued to be customary to marry brother and sister.
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Can I marry my own sister in India?

Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act prohibits, inter alia, marriage between a brother and sister, an uncle and a niece, an aunt and a nephew or children of brother and sister or two brothers or sisters. Marriage is void unless the custom of the community permits it.
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Which king had 1,000 wives?

Source: Dorotheum, via Wikimedia Commons. The hundreds of women said to have married King Solomon or reside in his harem described in the Book of Kings included the daughter of Pharaoh and women of Moabite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite origins.
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Who has been married 11 times?

  • Monette Dias, 53, had been married 11 times and engaged 28, before she met her current partner.
  • Monette met her first boyfriend in “elementary school”, and ever since, she's been in pursuit of a marriage that will last a lifetime.
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Which woman has most husbands?

Number of Marriages: 9

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.
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