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⌈ Secret Post #4524 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Historically, upper class European women were more likely to marry young, as young as 12, than their middle and lower-class counterparts, and to be expected to pop out babies quite soon.

cf. Catherine de Vivonne, madame de Rambouillet:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de_Vivonne,_marquise_de_Rambouillet

"Born in Rome, she was the daughter and heiress of Jean de Vivonne, marquis of Pisani, and Giulia Savelli, who belonged to a noble Roman family. She was married at the age of twelve to Charles d'Angennes, vidame du Mans, and in 1612, marquis de Rambouillet. They had seven children, two sons and five daughters."

or Christine Louise of Savoy, at 13, to a close relative no less:

"... Returning to Savoy, Luisa Cristina was soon engaged to Maurice as part of a reconciliation between Christine Marie.[2] Luisa Cristina married [her uncle] Maurice in Turin on 18 August 1642. Maurice had previously been a cardinal and had to receive permission from Pope Urban VIII who consented to the match. The thirteen-year-old bride and forty-nine-year-old Maurice moved to Nice where Maurice was the governor of the city – another part of the reconciliation..."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Luisa_Cristina_of_Savoy

Yes. It's skeevy as shit. But it did happen, whenever the dynastic and property negotiation that went with these marriages were more favourable to the families if they took place sooner.

Compare with working class and middle class women, where the average age at a first marriage was mid-twenties, bouncing up and down a bit with the general economic prosperity.

I mean, you could know this too, if you actually looked at history books instead of denouncing any opinion you don't like, simply because you don't like it.