Unequal marriage: 7 famous couples in which the wife is much older than her husband

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Families in which a man is older than a woman have long ceased to be a phenomenon, even if the age difference is more than 20 or even 40 years. But couples where the woman is older than her chosen one still attract attention, although history knows many such cases. In our today's review, we will focus on happy unions in which women were much older than their chosen ones.

Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Tronneux

During the election race, everyone's attention was riveted on the French presidential candidate. Magazines and online publications published the love story of Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Tronneux, who was 24 years older than her husband. In addition, she was once an English teacher at La Providence College. Their relationship began to develop after working together on a school theatrical production, when 15-year-old Emmanuelle fell in love with a teacher. A little later, Macron gave his word: he will marry her.

Parents sent him to study in another city in the hope that the separation would sober up the young man, and study supplant all thoughts of marriage. But in the year of Emmanuel's 18th birthday, Brigitte broke up with her husband, however, she did not agree to go down the aisle with her beloved man. Macron had been waiting for her consent for more than 10 years and in 2007 he nevertheless called Brigitte Tronneux his wife.

It was after the registration of the marriage that Emmanuel Macron's career took off rapidly, and in May 2017 he became President of France. He does not hide: it was his wife who helped him become who he is. They honestly enjoy every minute they spend together, and their age difference certainly cannot be a hindrance to happiness.

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Marguerite Duras and Jan Andrea

French writer Marguerite Duras was 38 years older than her lover Jan Andrea. It all started with the fact that a young man, who had long and firmly in love with the books of Marguerite Duras, decided to get acquainted with their author. From this acquaintance, a love story began, which lasted 16 years, until the last day of the writer. Yan Andrey admitted: he absolutely does not feel the age of his beloved. She seemed the same age to him, and he was incredibly happy.

After the death of Marguerite Duras, he barely got out of depression. He forgot about the difficult character of his beloved, and how many times he could hardly hold back tears after a quarrel with her. Later he himself will write novels, and the first two will be about their love story.

Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan

The detective queen was 14 years older than her second husband, Max Mallowan. When they met at the excavations in Ur, she was already 40, and he was only 26 years old. But he enthusiastically talked about his favorite archeology, and she listened attentively. They lived together for 46 years and Christie was frankly happy, and her husband was quite happy with life. Agatha Christie herself noted: the cost of antiques increases over the years, so for her husband, an archaeologist, she is a real treasure.

When the writer died in 1976, Max Mallowen, having endured a year of mourning, married again, this time to his peer and colleague Barbara Parker. True, two years later he died suddenly.

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Natalia Konchalovskaya and Sergei Mikhalkov

They were separated by ten years of age difference, but the secret to the longevity of their marriage was their shared interests. The life of the two writers has never been easy, and Sergei Mikhalkov's character was very difficult. But the wisdom of Natalya Petrovna, her patience and tact allowed the spouses to live together for more than half a century and become the parents of two talented sons, Andrei Konchalovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov.

Natalia Konchalovskaya died in 1988, and 9 years after her departure, Sergei Mikhalkov married a second time. Physicist Julia Subbotina became his wife, and this time his wife was 48 years younger. Mikhalkov lived with her for 12 years, until his death.

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Leni Riefenstahl and Horst Kettner

She was an actress and director, and she was also credited with an affair with Adolf Hitler, and she was the creator of the film "Triumph of the Will", which glorifies the Nazi party. At 70, she met the operator Horst Kettner, who was 42 years younger. He did not know about the former glory of Leni and came to hire her on an expedition to Africa as an auto mechanic and assistant operator. As a result of this creative union, two albums about the Nubians appeared, and a romance began between Leni and Horst.

They both did not feel the difference in age, they were united by a common cause and the very feelings that are stronger than anything else. They lived together for 30 happy years. Leni Riefenstahl died at 101, and Horst Kettner never married again.

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Edith Piaf and Theophanis Lambukas

She fell in love with 27-year-old Theophanis Lamboucas when she was already 47. He was a hairdresser, she was a real star, whose voice was called the soul of Paris. He came to visit her at the hospital, where the singer spent several months in a row in recent years. He completely conquered her already at the moment when he appeared on the threshold of her chamber with a charming doll in his hands and promised Piaf: this talisman will certainly bring her good luck. And then he came to her every day and soon made an offer.

She did not want to accept his offer, citing too much age difference. But Theophanis convinced his beloved: she was born on the very day when their meeting took place. On October 9, 1962, their wedding took place, and on October 10, 1963, Edith Piaf's eyes closed forever. But during this happy year, she managed to bring her lover to the stage, she came up with the pseudonym Theo Sarapo. After her departure, Theo lost his apartment due to the singer's millions in debts. Seven years later, he died in a car accident.

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Anna Kern and Alexander Markov-Vinogradsky

This was dedicated to her by Alexander Pushkin his poem "I remember a wonderful moment." And she was completely unhappy in her first marriage, moreover, the beautiful Anna could not stand her spouse, Yermolai Kern. She consoled herself at social events, enjoying the admiration of men, and then left her husband altogether. After that, she became almost an outcast, and all dreams of happiness seemed to her to be left in the distant past.

She was already 36 when a 16-year-old cadet of the First Petersburg Cadet Corps, her own second cousin Alexander Markov-Vinogradsky, fell in love with her. After the legal husband of Anna Kern passed away, she was able to marry her lover and, finally, find her long-awaited happiness. Her second husband turned out to be a real man who had enough love to remain indifferent to condemnation. They lived together for 40 happy years and left this world with a difference of four months, first Alexander Markov-Vinogradsky, and then his wife.

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Star misalliances have long ceased to amaze the public. Adult men who have managed to achieve a lot in life are happy to marry young beauties. True, it is rather difficult to predict the consequences of such marriages. There are times when spouses are incredibly happy and do not even notice their belonging to different generations, but sometimes the charm of falling in love is followed by bitter disappointment.