The Most INSANE Dowries In History
发布时间 2017-06-29 16:50:35 来源
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Think dowries are a thing of the past? Think again! When you’re a big fancy rich person you gotta have a big fancy rich wedding, and a bride that brings big fancy rich stuff with her. That's where dowries come in. What's a dowry, you ask? Well, a dowry is any gift or monetary contribution that a bride's family provides to the newly wedded couple at their wedding. From historical figures to your average joe-millionaire; here are the most insane dowries in history:
5) To start, Eleanor of Aquitaine brought half of France with her. We need a blender, a kegerator, and half of France. It’s on our Williams Sonoma registry. Medieval France wasn't a united country; it was divided into a bunch little pieces ruled by dukes who answered to the king. One of those pieces was Aquitaine, which was most of southwestern France… SO, when Duke William X of Aquitaine named his eldest daughter Eleanor as his heiress, King Louis VI (AKA "Louis the Fat") said “you’ll be my son’s wife! Deal with it!” So they got married and Eleanor united Aquitaine with Louis VII’s territory, which was mostly just Paris. But… they got divorced and Louis had to give back Aquitaine, despite wanting to re-gift it.
4) In 2013, a Chinese billionaire spared no expense (jurassic park pic) on his daughter's dowry. In total, her belongings, which included luxury cars, banknotes, villas, storefronts, and mansions, were valued at over £155 million. She ended up having an 8 day wedding where she was given all of those gifts from her father… but the fun part is no one knows how her dad afforded all of that stuff. His previous year's salary was just £12,000. Maybe it’s better to just not think about it. Am I right, Chinese Triad?
3) Marie-Chantal Miller was given $200 million by her luxury goods billionaire dad Robert Miller when she married Pavlos, the Crown Prince of Greece (in exile)... he’s the son of the ousted King Constantine and Queen Sophia. Marie-Chantal wasn’t royalty, but who really cares when your family can host a giant pre-wedding reception with 1,300 guests, a real deal wedding reception with a tent shaped like the Acropolis, and buy you a pearl-encrusted wedding dress that costs over $200,000?
2) Even though actress Grace Kelly was the one marrying into royalty via Prince Rainier of Monaco, she was the one who had to bring along a dowry. Grace's father also made a ton of money with his brick business, so he was able to fork over $2 million to help pay for his daughter's royal wedding, $75k for her dress alone! Kelly also had to undergo a fertility test to make sure she would be able to bear heirs to Prince Rainier… No word on if Prince Rainier had to get his sperm checked, but i’m gonna guess… No. No he did not..
1) Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza was to marry King Charles II of England and she brought $500,000, which is big money back then. She brought the major MAJOR trading ports of Tangier, Mumbai, and Morocco so that those were now under British control… and In case that isn’t doing it for you she also brought the rights to trade with Portuguese colonies all over the world… and, AND… she introduced the British to oranges and forks. So if you’re British and you’ve ever happened to use a fork you should say thank you to Princess Catherine.
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