Marriage Age Gap Greater Than Thirty Years

Before 1051 Ralph de Wace and Basilia Flaitel were married. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

Before 22nd October 1071 Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Robert I Duke Burgundy and Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy. He the son of William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine.

Before 1103 Raymond Rouerge IV Count Toulouse and Elvira Alfónsez Jiménez Queen Consort Sicily were married. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the illegitmate daughter of Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile and Jimena Munoz. He the son of Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence and Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence.

In 1117 Henry Normandy I Count of Eu and Margaret Blois Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William "Simple" Blois Count Blois Count Chartres and Agnes Sully Countess Blois and Chartres. He the son of William Normandy II Count of Eu and Helisende Avranches Countess Eu.

Before 1135 Routrou "The Great" Chateaudun III Count Perche and Hawise Salisbury Countess Dreux were married. She by marriage Countess Perche. The difference in their ages was 38 years. He the son of Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche and Beatrix de Ramerupt Montdidier Countess Mortain and Perche.

In 1149 Roger II King Sicily and Sibylla Burgundy Queen Consort Sicily were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sicily. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of Hugh II Duke Burgundy and Felicia Matilda Mayenne Duchess Burgundy.

In 1151 Roger II King Sicily and Beatrix de Rethel Queen of Sicily were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Sicily. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

Before 1156 Payne Beauchamp and Rohese Vere Countess Essex and Hertford were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Around 1158 William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York and Cecily Skipton Countess Aumale and York were married. She by marriage Countess Albemarle, Countess York. The difference in their ages was 37 years. He the son of Stephen Blois Count Aumale and Hawise Mortimer Countess Aumale.

Around 1162 Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford and Agnes Essex Countess of Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

In 1169 Otto Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria and Agnes of Loon were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Louis I Count Loon and Agnes Metz Countess Loon.

In or before 1177 Otto I Margrave of Brandenburg and Ada of Holland were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years. She the daughter of Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland and Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland.

Around 1193 Gerald Fitzgerald 1st Lord Offaly and Eve Bermingham were married. He by marriage Lord Offaly. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Around 1210 Raoul Lusignan Count of Eu and Margaret Courtenay were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

On 22nd April 1213 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant and Marie Capet were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of King Philip II of France and Agnes of Merania Queen Consort France. He the son of Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine and Margaret Luxembourg Duchess Lower Lorraine.

On 18th December 1244 Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy and Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.

In 1253 Alfonso III King Portugal and Beatrice Queen Consort Portugal were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon and Mayor Guillén de Guzmán. He the son of Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal.

Before 1257 Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn and Hawise Strange Princess Powys Wenwynwyn were married. She by marriage Princess Powys Wenwynwyn. The difference in their ages was 31 years. He the son of Gwenwynwyn ap Owain Mathrafal Prince Powys Wenwynwyn.

In or before 1295 Marmaduke Constable and Joan Zouche were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

Around 1323 John Maltravers and Joan Foliot were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

Before 1339 Juan Manuel Prince of Villena and Blanca de la Cerda y Lara were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

Before 1340 William "Flower of Chivalry and Knight Liddesdale" Douglas 1st Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Maxwell Countess Atholl were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

In 1344 Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham and Joan Berkeley Baroness Cobham Sternborough were married at Lingfield, Surrey. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

Before 1348 Johann Cleves Count Cleves and Mathilde Guelders Countess Blois and Cleves were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. She the daughter of Reginald "Black" I Duke Guelders and Sophia Berthout Berthout. He the son of Dietrich Cleves VII Count Cleves and Margaret Kiburg Laufenburg Countess Cleves.

On 11th January 1350 King Philip "Fortunate" VI of France and Blanche Évreux Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of Philip "Noble" III King Navarre and Joan Capet II Queen Navarre. He the son of Charles Valois I Count Valois and Margaret Capet Countess Valois.

Before 1358 William Boteler 2nd Baron Wem and Oversley and Joan Sudeley Baroness Boteler were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

On 16th July 1362 James Savoy and Margaret Beaujeu were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In or before 1366 Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg and Elizabeth Pomerania Holy Roman Empress Luxembourg were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of King John I of Bohemia and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.

In or before 1375 John Lovell 5th Baron Lovel, Baron Holand and Maud Holland 3rd Baroness Holand, Baroness Lovel were married. She by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh. He by marriage Baron Holand. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 9th April 1376 John Roches and Willelma De La Mare were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

In 1379 Otto I Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen and Margarete of Berg were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

In 1381 Archambaud Grailly Count Foix and Isabelle Countess Foix were married. She by marriage Captal de Buch. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

On 2nd October 1386 John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England were married at Saillé. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1221 Dreux, Countess Richmond. His third marriage, her first. The marriage proceeded when her father Charles "Bad" II King Navarre agreed to give his daughter 120,000 gold francs and to pay 6,000 francs owed to John, duke of Brittany, for the rent of certain lands. He, John, gave her the cities of Nantes and Guerrand. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre.

In 1389 John Valois 1st Duke Berry and Joan II Countess of Auvergne Duchess Berry were married. She by marriage Duchess Berry. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of John II Count Auvergne and Aliénor de Comminges. He the son of King John "The Good" II of France and Bonne Luxembourg Queen Consort France.

On 4th November 1393 Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York and Joan Holland Duchess York were married. She by marriage Duchess York. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England.

In 1394 Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria and Margaret de la Marck Duchess Bavaria were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark. He the son of Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress.

Before 1406 James Douglas of Dalkeith and Egidia Stewart were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 29th January 1408 Hugh Burnell 2nd Baron Burnell and Joan Devereux 3rd Baroness Devereux Baroness Burnell were married. She by marriage Baroness Burnell 2C. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

After 1412 Edward Hastings 8th Baron Hastings and Margery de Clifton Baroness Hastings were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

In or before 1422 Robert Waterton and Margaret Clarell Lady of the Garter were married. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

After 1423 Rowland Lenthall and Lucy Grey were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

After 25th January 1433 Robert Ros and Margaret Tuchet Countess Tankerville were married. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

Before 18th March 1434 Richard Strange 3rd Baron Dunster 7th Baron Strange Knockin and Elizabeth Cobham Baroness Strange and Mohun were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin, Baroness Mohun of Dunster. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

After 1441 William Calthorpe and Elizabeth Stapleton were married. Her father Miles Stapleton of Ightham in Norfolk settled the manor of Hempstead, Norfolk, upon Elizabeth. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Around 18th March 1453 John Scrope 4th Baron Scrope of Masham and Matilda Greystoke Baroness Scrope Masham were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Masham. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

In 1455 William Lucy and Margaret Fitzlewis were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

by 1458 John Fogge and Alice Haute were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

After 14th May 1462 Louis Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol and Maria Savoy were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. He the son of Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol and Margherita Baux.

On 19th January 1465 William VIII Marquis of Montferrat and Marie Foix Marquis Montferrat were married. She by marriage Marchioness Montferrat. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Gaston IV Count Foix and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre.

Before 1st September 1466 John Norreys and Margaret Chedworth Duchess Norfolk were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

In or before 1467 Thomas Cobham 5th Baron Cobham and Anne Stafford Baroness Cobham Sternborough were married at Lingfield, Kent. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. The difference in their ages was 34 years. She the daughter of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham.

Before 12th July 1474 James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton and Mary Stewart Countess Arran were married. She by marriage Lord Hamilton. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland.

In 1475 Alfonso "The African" V King Portugal and Joanna "La Beltraneja" Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of Henry IV King Castile and Joan Aviz Queen Consort Castile. He the son of Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal.

Before 23rd April 1475 George Seton 4th Lord Seton and Margaret Campbell Lady Seton were married. She by marriage Lord Seton. The difference in their ages was 37 years. She the daughter of Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll and Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll.

Before 21st March 1476 Richard Redman and Margaret Middleton were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 14th September 1476 Ferdinand I King Naples and Joanna of Aragon Queen Consort Naples were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Naples. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of John II King Aragon and Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon. He the illegitmate son of Alfonso V King Aragon and Giralda Carlino.

In 1478 John Arundell and Maud Courtenay were married. This marriage somewhat anomalous given that his first wife, and mother of his children, lived until 1541? The difference in their ages was 37 years.

Before 1479 Richard Culpepper and Isabel Worsley were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 19th August 1479 Jean V Count Armagnac and Jeanne Foix were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years. She the daughter of Gaston IV Count Foix and Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of John IV Count Armagnac and Isabella Évreux Countess Armagnac.

In or before 1480 François Valois II Duke Longueville and Agnes Savoy Duchess Longueville were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Louis Savoy I Count Savoy and Anne Cyprus Countess Savoy. He the son of François Valois Duke Longueville and Agnès de Savoy Duchess Longueville.

In 1480 Roger Cheney and Anne Stanley were married at The Pype, Knowsley. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

Before 1482 John Pole and Jane Fitzherbert were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In or after 1485 Boniface III Marquis of Montferrat and Maria of Serbia Marchioness of Montferrat were married. She by marriage Marchioness Montferrat. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

In 1487 John Bourbon II Duke Bourbon and Jeanne Bourbon Duchess Bourbon were married. She by marriage Duchess Bourbon. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme and Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme. He the son of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon.

On 17th August 1497 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk were married some four months after the death of his first wife. She by marriage Countess Surrey. She, Agnes, was a first cousin of his former wife Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey for which he was given dispensation on 17th August 1497. The difference in their ages was 34 years. He the son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Moleyns.

In 1503 Walter Herbert and Anne Stafford Countess Huntingdon were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford. He the son of William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke and Anne Devereux.

Before 18th February 1505 Edward Howard and Elizabeth Stapleton were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

On 19th October 1505 Ferdinand II King Aragon and Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. The difference in their ages was 35 years. She the daughter of Jean Foix Count Étampes and Marie Valois Viscountess Narbonne. He the son of John II King Aragon and Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon.

In or before 1508 Roger Cholmley and Catherine Constable were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

by June 1511 Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford and Florence Pudsey were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

before 1513 Richard Cholmondeley and Elizabeth Brereton were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In or before 1513 John Speke and Alice Arundell were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

In 1513 John Wallop and Elizabeth St John Countess Kildare were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

In 1515 John Bassett of Tehidy and Umberleigh and Honor Grenville Viscountess Lisle were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

In 1515 Lewis Bagot and Margaret Vernon were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Around 1518 John Fleming 2nd Lord Fleming and Agnes Somerville Countess Rothes were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

In or before 1530 Humphrey Swynnerton and Cassandra Giffard were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

In 1530 Adrian Fortescue and Anne Reade were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

In or before 1532 Ralph Longford and Dorothy Fitzherbert were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

On 7th September 1533 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. He held her wardship and had intended to marry her to his ten years old son. In the event of the death of his wife, Mary Tudor Queen Consort France, ten weeks earlier he decided to marry her himself instead. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

In or before 1537 Richard Lacon and Agnes Blount were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Before 12th July 1537 Edmund Howard and Margaret Mundy were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

In 1539 or 1541 Walter Devereux 1st Viscount Hereford and Margaret Garneys Viscountess Hereford were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

Around 1547 John Culpepper and Margaret Culpepper were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

In or before 1553 Philip Mainwaring and Anne Leycester were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

In 1555 George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard and Barbara of Hesse were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and Christine of Saxony.

Around 1560 Edward Warner and Audrey Hare were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Before 3rd September 1562 John Bowes and Anne Huddlestone were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Around 1563 Roderigo Lopes and Sarah Anes were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

Around 1564 Thomas Fane and Elizabeth Culpepper were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

In May 1571 William Parr 1st Marquess Northampton and Helena Snakenbourg Marchioness Northampton were married. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

After 1575 Richard Maulever and Katherine Bourchier were married. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

On 6th October 1577 John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

On 14th May 1582 Ferdinand Habsburg Spain II Archduke Austria and Anna Caterina Gonzaga Archduchess Austria were married. She by marriage Archduke Austria. The difference in their ages was 36 years. She the daughter of William Gonzaga I Duke Mantua and Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua. He the son of Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and Anne Jagiellon.

On 24th February 1584 Arthur Upton and Gertude Fortescue were married at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Weare Giffard. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

On 11th January 1588 Richard Bingham and Sarah Higham were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

In 1595 Francis Fitzherbert and Elizabeth Bullock were married at the now demolished St. Alkmund's Church, Derby. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

Around 1597 Thomas Stukeley and Elizabeth Throckmorton were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

After 1597 William Sandys 3rd Baron Sandys of the Vyne and Christian Annesley Baroness Sandys were married. She by marriage Baroness Sandys of The Vyne in Hampshire. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

On 27th May 1601 Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford and Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond were married. She by marriage Countess Hertford. The difference in their ages was 39 years. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset.

Around 1605 William Craven and Elizabeth Whitmore were married. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

Before 10th August 1605 William Anderson and Magdalena Smith were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 23rd December 1605 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury were married. She by marriage Baroness Knollys. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk.

In 1606 Edmund Prideaux 1st Baronet and Mary Reynell Lady Prideaux were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In 1606 Philip William Orange Nassau I Prince Orange and Eleonora Bourbon Condé Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. The difference in their ages was 32 years. She the daughter of Henri Bourbon Condé Prince Condé and Charlotte Catherine Tremoille Princess Condé.

On 10th May 1606 Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban and Alice Barnham Viscountess St Alban were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Before 24th June 1606 Robert Carr and Mary Somerset Baroness Grey Wilton were married. There is some uncertainty around thi smarriage. The age cames seems somewhat surprising although it wouldn't be the first time a younger man married and older woman to aquire her wealth. The difference in their ages was 39 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Charles Somerset 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth West.

In 1609 William Cornwallis and Jane Meautys were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

In 1610 Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Frances Brydges Countess Exeter were married. She by marriage Countess Exeter. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

After 1st March 1614 Francis Aungier 1st Baron Aungier and Margaret Cave Baroness Aungier were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Before 1617 Admiral Robert Mansel and Elizabeth Bacon were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 6th May 1619 James Butler 10th Baron Dunboyne and Joan Butler were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Piers "Red" Butler 8th Earl Ormonde 1st Earl Ossory and Margaret Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory.

After 2nd June 1619 Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron and Rhoda Chapman were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

Ib 12th June 1620 James Reynolds of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire and Jane Mordaunt were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

On 7th November 1624 John Darcy 3rd Baron Darcy Aston and Mary Belasyse Baroness Darcy were married. She by marriage Baroness Darcy of Aston. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

Before 1628 Francis Courtenay 4th Earl Devon and Elizabeth Seymour Countess Devon were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. He the son of William Courtenay 3rd Earl Devon and Elizabeth Manners.

In 1630 Peter Paul Rubens and Helena Forment were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

On 15th July 1635 Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria and Maria Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 36 years. She the daughter of Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress. He the son of William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria.

In 1636 Francis Fane and Elizabeth West Baroness Darcy were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland.

On 17th February 1639 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

In or before 1645 Richard Lucy 1st Baronet and Jane Chapman Lady Lucy were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In 1645 William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne and Margaret Lucas Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

Before 1650 Paul Davys and Mary Crofton were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

After 1651 Lucius Knightley and Jane Grey Benson were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

Before August 1651 John Parkhurst and Silence Crew were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 1665 John Berkeley 1st Baron Berkeley and Christiana Riccard Baroness Berkeley were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

In 1671 Richard Bellings and Frances Arundell were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

On 7th December 1671 Henry Heron and Dorothy Long were married at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

Around 1st May 1673 Randolph Egerton of Betley and Elizabeth Murray were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

Before 17th July 1679 Reverend John Meadows and Sarah Fairfax were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 5th July 1681 John Carew 3rd Baronet and Mary Morice Lady Carew were married. She by marriage Lady Carew of Antony in Cornwall. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

In July 1682 John Bright 1st Baronet and Frances Liddell were married. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

After 14th March 1683 Charles Montagu 1st Earl Halifax and Anne Yelverton Countess Manchester were married. She the widow of his cousin Robert Montagu 3rd Earl Manchester. The difference in their ages was 30 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Around October 1684 Admiral George Rooke and Mary Luttrell were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

Before 10th June 1685 John Grey and Catherine Ward were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford and Anne Cecil Countess Stamford.

Around 1687 William Bruce 1st Baronet and Christian Leslie Marchioness Montrose were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of John Leslie 1st Duke Rothes and Anne Lindsay Duchess Rothes.

In 1694 Bishop John Moore and Dorothy Barnes were married. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

On 9th January 1696 Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh and Margaret Cecil Countess Ranelagh were married. She by marriage Countess Ranelagh. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury and Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury.

Around 1st August 1697 William Constable 4th Viscount Dunbar and Elizabeth Clifford Viscountess Dunbar were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

In August 1699 Robert Shirley 1st Earl Ferrers and Selina Finch Countess Ferrers were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In or before 1700 John Hoskins of Oxted and Catherine Hale were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

On 23rd July 1700 Bishop Nathaniel Crew 3rd Baron Crew and Dorothy Forster Baroness Crewe were married. She by marriage Baroness Crew of Stene in Northamptonshire. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

On 16th March 1705 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby were married at St Martin in the Fields Church. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore. He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave.

In June 1709 Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton and Susanna Kennedy Countess Winton were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of Alexander Montgomerie 8th Earl Eglinton and Elizabeth Crichton.

On 2nd August 1714 Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull and Isabella Bentinck Duchess Kingston upon Hull were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorchester. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Villiers Countess Portland.

In 1715 Reynolds Calthorpe and Barbara Yelverton were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

On 29th September 1719 Archibald Hamilton and Jane Hamilton were married nine months after he married his second wife Anne Hamilton and six months after she died. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of James Hamilton 6th Earl Abercorn. He the son of William Hamilton 1st Duke Hamilton and Anne Hamilton 3rd Duchess Hamilton.

On 3rd December 1720 William Byron 4th Baron Byron and Frances Berkeley Baroness Byron were married. She by marriage Baroness Byron of Rochdale in Lancashire. His third marriage. Arranged by her father William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley who described the age difference as being "disproportionate". The difference in their ages was 33 years.

In or after 1721 John Fleming 6th Earl Wigtown and Euphemia Lockhart Countess Wigtown were married. She by marriage Countess Wigtown. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of William Fleming 5th Earl Wigtown and Henrietta Seton Countess Wigtown.

On 30th September 1724 Simon Harcourt 1st Viscount Harcourt and Elizabeth Vernon Viscountess Harcourt were married. She by marriage Viscountess Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

On 4th February 1725 Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset and Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset were married. She by marriage Duchess Somerset. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea.

On 24th March 1729 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent were married. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent and Mary Lucas Countess Kent.

On 2nd March 1731 Very Reverend Arthur St George and Jane Molyneux were married at St Bride's Church, Dublin. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

In March 1739 Charles Bruce 4th Earl Elgin 3rd Earl Ailesbury and Caroline Campbell Countess Elgin and Ailesbury were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of John Campbell 4th Duke Argyll and Mary Drummond Bellenden. He the son of Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury and Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury.

In 1744 Archbishop Michael Cox and Anne O'Brien were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

In 1747 Everard Fawkener and Harriet Churchill were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 24th October 1749 James Lindsay 5th Earl Balcarres and Anne Dalrymple Countess Balcarres were married. They had eight sons and three daughters. The difference in their ages was 35 years. He the son of Colin Lindsay 3rd Earl Balcarres and Margaret Campbell Countess Balcarres.

On 30th March 1751 Henry Herbert 1st Earl Powis and Barbara Herbert Countess Powis were married. She by marriage Countess Powis. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

Before 4th November 1752 William Finch and Charlotte Finch nee Fermor were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Thomas Fermor 1st Earl Pomfret and Henriette Louise Jeffreys Countess Pomfret. He the son of Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea and Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea.

On 12th April 1757 Basil Feilding 5th Earl Desmond 6th Earl Denbigh and Mary Cotton Countess Desmond and Denbigh were married. She by marriage Countess Desmond, Countess Denbigh. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of William Feilding 4th Earl Desmond 5th Earl Denbigh and Isabella Jong Countess Desmond and Denbigh.

On 2nd July 1757 Bennet Sherard 3rd Earl Harborough and Frances Noel Countess Harborough were married at St George's Church, Bloomsbury. She by marriage Countess Harborough. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of Philip Sherard 2nd Earl Harborough and Anne Pedley Countess Harborough.

On 19th June 1762 William Dalrymple Crichton 5th Earl Dumfries 4th Earl of Stair and Anne Duff Countess Dumfries were married. She by marriage Countess Dumfries. The difference in their ages was 39 years. He the son of Colonel William Dalrymple Earl Dumfries and Penelope Crichton 4th Countess of Dumfries.

On 30th October 1764 Henry Howard and Julia Molyneux were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In 1767 Arthur Charles Stanhope and Frances Board were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 9th October 1767 Bennet Sherard 3rd Earl Harborough and Elizabeth Cave Countess Harborough were married at St Nicholas' Church, Stanford-on-Avon. She by marriage Countess Harborough. The difference in their ages was 31 years. He the son of Philip Sherard 2nd Earl Harborough and Anne Pedley Countess Harborough.

On 25th August 1769 Clotworthy Upton 1st Baron Templetown and Elizabeth Boughton Baroness Templetown were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

In 1770 Gilbert Heathcote 3rd Baronet and Elizabeth Hudson Lady Heathcote were married. She by marriage Lady Heathcote of London. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

On 28th March 1772 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart and Louise Stolberg Gedern were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 5th May 1776 David Murray 2nd Earl Mansfield and Louisa Cathcart 2nd Countess Mansfield were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

In 1777 John Astley and Mary Wagstaffe were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

On 17th April 1780 Thomas Mannock 8th Baronet and Anastasia Browne were married at the house of her brother Reverend Mark Browne 9th Viscount Montagu. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 9th August 1783 Archibald Montgomerie 11th Earl Eglinton and Frances Twysden were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton and Susanna Kennedy Countess Winton.

In 1786 Thomas Wynn 1st Baron Newborough and Maria Stella Chiappini Baroness Newborough were married at Florence, Tuscany. She by marriage Baroness Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

In 1786 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan and Elizabeth Waldegrave Countess Cardigan were married. She by marriage Baroness Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of John Waldegrave 3rd Earl Waldegrave and Elizabeth Leveson-Gower Countess Waldegrave. He the son of George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan and Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan.

In 1787 George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend and Georgiana Anne Poyntz were married. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

On 24th November 1787 Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden and Countess Louise Caroline von Hochberg were married. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

In 1796 Dawson Turner and Mary Palgrave were married. They had eleven children, some sources say twelve, of which eight survived to adulthood. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

In 1809 Albermarle Bertie 9th Earl Lindsey and Charlotte Layard Countess Lindsey were married. She by marriage Countess Lindsey. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

On 9th November 1810 John Fleming Leicester 1st Baron Tabley and Georgiana Cottin Baroness Tabley were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 2nd February 1816 Thomas Stapleton and Frances Woodley were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Before 1824 James Gunman and Sarah Delaval were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

On 15th July 1828 William Richard Annesley 3rd Earl Annesley and Priscilla Cecilia Moore Countess Annesley were married. She by marriage Countess Annesley of Castlewellan in County Down. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of Richard Annesley 2nd Earl Annesley.

In June 1831 Temple West and Andalusia Carstairs were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years.

On 25th July 1833 Charles Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough and Frances Jocelyn Countess Gainsborough were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden and Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden.

On 20th August 1833 Charles Brudenell 1st Marquess Ailesbury and Maria Elizabeth Tollemache Marchioness Ailesbury were married at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey. She by marriage Marchioness Ailesbury. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of Thomas Brudenell 1st Earl Ailesbury and Susanna Hoare Countess Ailesbury.

On 11th March 1841 Montagu Bertie 5th Earl of Abingdon and Frederica Kerr Countess of Abingdon were married. She by marriage Countess Abingdon. The difference in their ages was 31 years. He the son of Willoughby Bertie 4th Earl of Abingdon and Charlotte Warren.

On 29th April 1847 James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury and Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury were married. She by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr. He the son of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury.

On 30th September 1847 George Harcourt and Frances Braham Countess Waldegrave were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years. He the son of Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and Anne Leveson-Gower.

On 29th August 1850 George Montagu 6th Duke Manchester and Harriet Sydney Dobbs Duchess Manchester were married. She by marriage Duchess Manchester. The difference in their ages was 34 years. He the son of William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester and Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester.

Before 1857 James Boswell 2nd Baronet and Jessie Jean Montgomery-Cuninghame Lady Boswell were married. She by marriage Lady Boswell of Auchinleck in Ayrshire. The difference in their ages was 36 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 26th May 1857 John Rous 2nd Earl Stradbroke and Augusta Musgrave Countess Stradbrooke were married. She by marriage Countess Stradbroke. The difference in their ages was 35 years. He the son of John Rous 1st Earl Stradbroke and Charlotte Maria Whittaker Countess of Stradbroke.

On 9th February 1858 Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot and Eleanor Chandos-Pole were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Bishop Richard Bagot and Harriet Villiers.

On 23rd November 1858 Ashton Mosley and Jane Charlotte Every were married. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

On 12th September 1859 Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 9th Baron Stafford and Emma Eliza Gerard were married. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

On 26th February 1862 George Chichester 3rd Marquess Donegal and Harriet Graham Marchioness Donegal were married. She by marriage Marchioness Donegal. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of George Chichester 2nd Marquess Donegal.

On 26th September 1865 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville.

On 1st May 1867 Herbert Duckworth and Julia Prinsep Jackson were married at Tichurst, East Sussex, presumably at St Mary's Church, Ticehurst. The difference in their ages was 33 years.

On 20th July 1875 William Eden 4th Baron Auckland and Edith Eden Baroness Auckland were married. She by marriage Baroness Auckland of West Auckland. The difference in their ages was 30 years. He the son of Bishop Robert Eden 3rd Baron Auckland.

On 12th February 1881 William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett Baron Burdett-Coutts and Angela Burdett-Coutts 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts were married. He by marriage Baron Burdett-Coutts of Highgate and Brookfield in Middlesex. There were no children from the marriage. Because of her husband's American birth a clause in her step-grandmother's will forbidding her heir to marry a foreign national was invoked and Burdett-Coutts forfeited three-fifths of her income to her sister Clara Burdett. The difference in their ages was 36 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

In June 1882 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster and Katherine Cavendish Duchess Westminster were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster. The difference in their ages was 31 years. He the son of Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster.

On 8th October 1885 Henry Tate 1st Baronet and Amy Hislop Lady Tate were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

On 20th November 1886 George Frederick Watts and Mary Fraser Tytler were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

On 15th December 1886 William Charles Evans 8th Baron Carbery and Victoria Cecil Baroness Carbery were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter.

In 1902 James Watts and Margaret Frary Watts Miller were married. She the sister of author Agatha Christie née Miller. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

On 8th October 1903 John Montagu Burgoyne 10th Baronet and Katherine Louisa Gretton Lady Burgoyne were married. She by marriage Lady Burgoyne of Sutton in Bedfordshire. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

On 30th December 1905 Charles Hadfield and Caroline Wood were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 3rd August 1907 Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont and Princess Maria Ruspoli were married. She by marriage Duchess Gramont. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont.

In 1913 George Francis Coventry Pocock 3rd Baronet and Mary Wheeler Lady Pocock were married. She by marriage Lady Pocock of Hart in County Durham and Twickenham in Middlesex. The difference in their ages was 37 years.

On 5th April 1923 John William Beaumont Pease 1st Baron Wardington and Dorothy Charlotte Forster Baroness Wardington were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

On 27th July 1927 Charles Edward Hill-Trevor 3rd Baron Trevor and Phyllis May Sims Baroness Trevor were married. She by marriage Baroness Trevor of Brynkinalt in Denbighshire. The difference in their ages was 39 years.

On 18th November 1931 Albert Holden Illingworth 1st Baron Illingworth and Margaret Wilberforce Baroness Illingworth were married. She by marriage Baroness Illingworth of Denton in Yorkshire. The difference in their ages was 35 years.

On 27th September 1937 Major John Hamilton-Russell and Joan Elizabeth Mary Cuffe were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe 5th Earl of Desart and Margaret Joan Lascelles Countess of Desart.

On 18th June 1942 William Bingham Compton 6th Marquess Northampton and Virginia Lucie Heaton Marchioness Northampton were married. She by marriage Marchioness Northampton. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of William George Spencer Scott Compton 5th Marquess Northampton and Mary Florence Baring Marchioness Northampton.

On 7th February 1947 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster and Anne Winifred Sullivan Marchioness Westminster were married. She by marriage Marchioness Westminster. The difference in their ages was 36 years.

In 1952 Henry Paulet 16th Marquess of Winchester and Bapsybanoo Pavry Marchioness of Winchester were married. She by marriage Marchioness Winchester. The difference in their ages was 39 years. He the son of John Paulet 14th Marquess Winchester and Mary Robinson Montagu Marchioness Winchester.

Francesco Baux 1st Duke Andria and Sueva Orsini were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of Count Nicholas Orsini and Jeanne Sabran.

Richard Tempest and Anne Clifford were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

John de Brienne I King Jerusalem and Beregaria Ivrea were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years. She the daughter of Alfonso IX King Leon and Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile. He the son of Erard Brienne II Count Brienne and Agnès Montfaucon Countess Brienne.

Nicholas Poyntz and Elizabeth Hussey were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders and Matilda Normandy Countess Flanders were married. She by marriage Countess Flanders. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy. He the son of Arnulf II Count Flanders and Rozala of Italy.

Gilbert Basset and Isabel Ferrers were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby and Sibyl Marshal.

Bertram Verdun and Maud Ferrers were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers 1st Earl of Derby and Hawise de Vitre Countess Derby.

Edmund Denny and Mary Troutbeck were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

Richard Wilbraham and Dorothy Grosvenor were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years.

Geoffrey Despencer and Emma Harcourt were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years.

Peter Bruce and Juetta Flamville were married. The difference in their ages was 33 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

William Stafford of Bramshall and Ermentrude FitzWalchelin were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

John Bonville of Shute and Catherine Wingfield were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years.

John Gage and Margaret Copley were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

Robert Savile and Anne Hussey were married. The difference in their ages was 35 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

John Harrington and Catherine Culpepper were married. The difference in their ages was 36 years.