Glynn “Scotty” Wolfe, 88, the world's most often-married man. Wolfe, a flamboyant, Bible-thumping minister, held the Guinness Book of World Records title on frequent matrimony. He was married 29 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.
With the highest number of marriages on this list, we have Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was married nine times. Her husbands were Turkish politician Burhan Asaf Belge, hotel magnate Conrad Hilton Sr., actor George Sanders, banker Herbert Hutner, oil executive Joshua S.
Singer Jerry Lee Lewis was married seven times, as was comedy actor Richard Pryor, while actor Tony Curtis tied the knot six times. Actor Henry Fonda was married five times - the same number as Ginger Rogers, Clark Gable, Stan Laurel, Joan Collins, Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob Thornton.
It is no surprise, then, that marital infidelity is a leading cause of divorce.
The pair that takes the crown for the shortest marriage in history is, shockingly, not a celebrity couple. In a story that shook the internet, a Kuwaiti couple divorced less than three minutes after tying the knot.
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.
Recording Longest Marriages
The longest marriage recorded is an emerald wedding anniversary (90 years) between Karam and Kartari Chand, in the United Kingdom.
Cannon celebrated the birth of his 11th child in an Instagram post of his own, writing, "11/11/2022 A BEAUTIFUL DAY for 'BEAUTIFUL ZEPPELIN CANNON' to arrive!"
Research does suggest that people who marry multiple times are more likely (than people who do not marry multiple times) to have personality traits and issues with emotional health that make it difficult to maintain satisfying, long-term relationships, Parker says.
Fon Ndofoa Zofoa III of Babungo, in the English-speaking Northwest Province of Cameroon. He may have"'inherited' 72 wives and more than 500 children after his father's death.
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.
After one year it's called a cotton wedding anniversary. And after 100 years? Ksheerasagars Lakshman and Lakshmibai of Athani - 160 km from Hubli in Karnataka - wouldn't know. But the 102-year-old barber and his 101-year-old wife crossed that milestone recently.
With a divorce rate of 1.1 per 1,000 people, Slovenia is tied with Panama and Tajikistan. This statistic has fluctuated over the past 20 years in Slovenia, generally increasing, but the country still has one of the lowest divorce rates in the world. There were just over 34 divorces for every 100 marriages in 2020.
Maria Yoon's Korean-American parents were pushing and pushing her to get married. So she did. 50 times. Conceptual and performance artist Maria Yoon's conservative Korean-American parents were pushing and pushing her to get married.
Article. Solomon, third king of Israel (reigned c. 968–928 B.C.E.), is said to have had a harem that included 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kgs 11:3). His wives were to have included the daughter of Pharaoh, as well as women of Moabite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite origins (1 Kgs 7:8; 11:1).
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.
Muslim supporters of polygamy often cite Quran verse 4:3, which instructs men to take as many wives as they can take care of, up to four, and they also point out that the Prophet Muhammad had multiple wives.
According to relationship therapist Aimee Hartstein, LCSW, as it turns out, the first year really is the hardest—even if you've already lived together. In fact, it often doesn't matter if you've been together for multiple years, the start of married life is still tricky.
The very oldest to get married are in Bulgaria at 34, while the youngest are in Niger at almost 21. What does that average number actually mean?
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Felipe de Alba: 1 day
Zsa Zsa Gabor married Count Felipe de Alba in 1983, according to BuzzFeed. The union was not long for this world because Gabor discovered that she was still married to her first husband Michael O'Hara. Gabor and de Alba split the next day.