r/interesting • • Jul 05 '26

HISTORY I fear this is historically accurate

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u/BonerPorn Jul 05 '26

Also. A lot of those political marriages of the wealthy elite were just legal things. With the children married to each other not doing the deed until years later when they were of a more proper age. 

I forget exactly who. But I believe there was at least one English king who had to get moved to a separate castle from his wife because the two 14 year olds were being horny teenagers, and the adults in the situation had to pull them off each other so she didn't die in childbirth. 

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u/DahliaConstance2025 Jul 05 '26

Well dang. Now that’s some responsible parenting!