Which king has the most wives in world?

Perhaps the most well-known polygamist of all is the wise figure of King Solomon. He is believed to have had around 700 wives, and another 300 concubines, or mistresses.
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Which king has most number of wives?

King Mswati III: Meet King Mswati III of Swaziland, the 50-year-old monarch who has 15 wives and 23 children - The Economic Times.
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Which Hindu king has most wives?

According to Diwan Jarmani Das, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh had 83 children from ten wives out of which only 53 were able to survive. The king had also built a 'swimming pool' outside the palace. The pool is so large that 150 men and women can take a bath together. There used to be great parties here.
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Who married the most wives?

Wolfe's final marriage was to Linda Wolfe (née Taylor), who holds the record for the most-married woman (23 times). The marriage was a publicity stunt, and a week after the wedding, Taylor went back to her hometown in Indiana, but she kept her married name.
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How many wives did Kings usually have?

Kings in myth and epic often have more than one wife. It is fairly typical that while one of the wives has been married for political gain or for wealth, the king has another wife whom he loves — the king is divided in mind, heart and body as well.
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Which God has only one wife?

As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna shows both examples - as Krishna He has 16.108 wives and as Rama He has only one wife. Also Vishnu has only one wife.
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How many wife Can a Hindu have?

Legal developments

Thus polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives and for Hindus in Goa and along the western coast where bigamy is legal. A polygamous Hindu marriage is null and void.
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Who was married 8 times?

Hollywood actress Lana Turner was married eight times.
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Who is the biggest family in India?

Ziona Chana had 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren - all of whom lived together in a four-storey pink house with about 100 rooms in Baktawng in Mizoram state.
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Why did Indian kings have many wives?

Several reasons. Infant mortality was much higher. So having more babies with more wives insured that you had surviving heirs. Having more wives was looked upon as a sign that you were wealthy and manly - you could afford to have a large family, and “take care” of many women.
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How many wives Mughal had?

Portraits of Sixteen wives of Mughal Emperors are shown; they are set in oval frames and arranged around an image of the Diwani Khas–the private audience hall in the Delhi Red Fort. As actual portraits of only a few of this group are known, this assemblage is in part, a construct.
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Which Mughal emperor had most wives?

The author talks about being inspired by Akbar, the emperor's 5,000 wives and more!
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Which Indian king has only one wife?

What are some Indian kings and princes who have only one love or wife till their death? 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 .
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Who is the most wife?

Zion-a (76), believed to head the world's largest family, with 38 wives and 89 children. Mizoram and his village at Baktawng Tlangnuam has become a major tourist attraction in the state because of the family. Rest in Peace Sir!
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Who had the most kids?

Valentina Vassilyev and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births.
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Who has the most kids in the world?

"In the day of 27 February 1782, the list from Nikolskiy monastery came to Moscow containing the information that a peasant of the Shuya district, Feodor Vassilyev, married twice, had 87 children. His first wife in 27 confinements gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
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Which celebrity has the most wives?

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.
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What celebrity has the most divorces?

Zsa Zsa Gabor

She first married Turkish political writer Burhan Asaf Belge is 1937, divorcing him in 1941. Her next marriage was to hotelier Conrad Hilton, which lasted five years.
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Can you have 2 wives in America?

Polygamy is illegal and criminalized in every country in North and South America, including all 50 U.S. states. However, in February 2020, the Utah House and Senate reduced the punishment for consensual polygamy, which had previously been classified as a felony, to roughly equivalent to a traffic ticket.
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How many wives can you have in Japan?

One man, two wives

And another three children with his second "wife", 41-year-old Yuuko. Along with a son Yuuko brought over from her first marriage, the Nishiyamas have six children in total. The three of them live together without being married as polygamy is illegal in Japan.
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Is second wife legal in India?

Is Second Marriage without divorce legal? No, it is illegal. Under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, if a person marries a second time, without a divorce, while their spouse is alive, the marriage is considered bigamy, which is a punishable offense.
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Can Hindus marry multiple wives?

Illegal marriage

It's also against the law: polygamy is illegal in India unless you're Muslim, and the Bhagat family is Hindu.
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