List of coupled cousins

This is a list of notable individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a cousin.

Notable people

John Adams II

Mark Antony

Boswell

von Braun

Darwin

Einstein

Gide

Grieg

Hayek

Herzen

Hussein

Li

Mościcki

Poe

Prus

Rachmaninoff

Stravinsky

Wells

A

• John Adams II (1803–1834) and his first cousin, Mary Catherine Hellen
• Mark Antony and his first cousin, Antonia Hybrida Minor

B

• Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), second signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Mary Bartlett^[1]
• Ilsley Boone (1879–1968) and his first cousin, Ella Murray "Mae" Boone, founder of the American Sunbathing Association, which today is known as the American Association for Nude Recreation
• James Boswell (1740–95) (biographer of Samuel Johnson) and Boswell's cousin Peggie Montgomerie married in 1769.^[2]
• Christine Boutin (b. 1944), French politician and her first cousin, Louis Boutin^[3]
• Wernher von Braun and his first cousin, Maria Luise von Quistorp^[4]
• Charles Bulfinch (1763–1844), American architect, and his first cousin, Hannah Apthorp^[5]

C

• Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and his first cousin, Clodia

D

• Charles Darwin and his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood^[6] Their respective siblings Caroline Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood III also married.^[7]
• Pierre S. du Pont married his first cousin, Alice Belin, in 1915
• Andrew Jackson Donelson and his first cousin, Emily Donelson; later, his first cousin, Elizabeth Martin Randolph

E

• Albert Einstein and his first cousin, Elsa Löwenthal née Einstein^[8]
• William Greenleaf Eliot, founder of Washington University in St. Louis (and grandfather of poet T. S. Eliot), married his first cousin.
• William Crowninshield Endicott, former US Secretary of War, and his first cousin, Ellen Peabody^[9]

F

• Vivian Fuchs, British explorer, and his cousin Joyce Connell^[10]

G

• Carlo Gambino, a mob boss, and his first cousin, Catherine Castellano^[11]
• Buddha Gautama and first cousin Yaśodhara
• André Gide, Nobel Prize-winning French author, and his cousin Madeleine Rondeaux^[12]
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American author, and her first cousin, George Houghton Gilman^[13]
• Carl Giles, cartoonist, and his cousin, Joan Giles
• A. D. Gordon and his cousin, Faige Tartakov.
• Laurent Gouvion, French general and later Marshal of the Empire, and his first cousin, Anne Gouvion
• Samuel L. Gouverneur and his first cousin, Maria Hester Monroe
• Duncan Grant, Scottish painter, who was in a relationship with his male cousin, the English writer Lytton Strachey.^[14]
• Bibb Graves, and his first cousin, Dixie Bibb
• Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, and his first cousin, Nina Hagerup^[15]

H

• Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-British economist, and his cousin Helene Bitterlich^[16]
• Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and political activist, and his cousin Natalya Zakharina^[17]
• Saddam Hussein and his first cousin Sajida Talfah

J

• Jacob was married to two of his first cousins, sisters Leah and Rachel
• Ja'far al-Sadiq and his first cousin, Fatima bint al-Hussain'l-Athram bin al-Hasan bin Ali
• Jesse James and his first cousin, Zerelda "Zee" Mimms^[18]
• Jón Sigurðsson, leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement, and his first cousin, Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir

K

• Naoto Kan, former Prime Minister of Japan, and his first cousin, Nobuko Himei^[19]
• Nobusuke Kishi, former Japanese statesman, and his first cousin, Yoshiko Kishi^[20]
• Kujō Michiie and his first cousin, Saionji Rinshi

L

• David Lean, British film director, and his first cousin, Isabel Lean (his first wife)^[21]
• Charles Lilburn Lewis and his first cousin, Lucy Jefferson Lewis
• Li Ka-shing, founder of Cheung Kong Holdings, married his first cousin Chong Yuet Ming, who died in 1990
• John Amory Lowell and his first cousin, Susan Cabot Lowell

M

• John A. Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada, and his first cousin, Isabella Clark^[22]
• Rob Roy MacGregor and his cousin Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar, who married in January 1693
• Gerardo Machado y Morales, fifth president of Cuba, and his first cousin, Elvira Machado Nodal^[23]
• Maeda Toshiie, Japanese Daimyō in the 15th century, and his cousin, Matsu.
• Delarivier Manley, British playwright and political satirist, and her first cousin John Manley^[24]
• Francis Marion, American revolutionary leader also called the "Swamp Fox," and his first cousin, Mary Esther Videau^[25]
• Humphrey Marshall and his first cousin, Anna Maria ("Mary") Marshall.
• Abraham Maslow, father of humanistic psychology, and his first cousin, Bertha Goodman^[26]
• Matthew Fontaine Maury married his first cousin, Ann Hull Herndon, sister of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who died on his ship SS Central America
• Darius Milhaud, French composer, and his first cousin Madeleine Milhaud^[27]
• Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne who was the model for the character Christopher Robin of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, and his first cousin Lesley Sélincourt
• Marina Mora, Peruvian beauty queen and former Miss Peru, and her first cousin Gustavo Mora^[28]
• Mōri Terumoto, Japanese Daimyo in late 15th and early 16th century, and his cousin (first wife), Minami no Kata.
• Ignacy Mościcki, Polish chemist and president and his first cousin, Michalina Czyżewska
• Muhammad, Islamic prophet and his first cousin, Zaynab bint Jahsh

N

• Naoe Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai and Karō of the Uesugi clan in 15th and 16th century, and his cousin, Osen.

O

• Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Japanese statesman and waka poet in the Nara period, and his cousin, Sakanoue no Ōiratsume.

P

• Edgar Allan Poe and his first cousin, Virginia Clemm^[29]
• Peter A. Porter and his first cousin, Mary Cabell Breckinridge
• Bolesław Prus, Polish novelist, and his cousin Oktawia Trembińska^[30]

R

• Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, and his cousin, Natalia Satina^[31]
• Satyajit Ray, Indian film-maker, and his first cousin, Bijoya Ray^[32]
• Lionel de Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte von Rothschild
• Nathaniel de Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte de Rothschild
• Anselm Salomon von Rothschild and his first cousin, Charlotte Nathan Rothschild
• Mayer Carl von Rothschild and his first cousin, Louise von Rothschild
• Hassan Rouhani, 7th president of Iran and his first cousin Sahebeh Rouhani née Arabi

S

• Eisaku Satō, prime minister of Japan, and his cousin, Hiroko Sato^[33]
• Greta Scacchi, actress of Presumed Innocent, and her first cousin, Carlo Mantegazza^[34]
• Igor Stravinsky, composer, and his first cousin, Katerina Nossenko^[35]

T

• Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese daimyō, a son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his cousin Senhime^[36]

V

• Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and 2010 Nobel laureate, and his first cousin Patricia Llosa^[37]

W

• Gordon Welchman, Bletchley Park mathematician-cryptologist, and his cousin, Elisabeth Huber (his third wife)^[38]
• H. G. Wells, author, and his first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells (his first wife)^[39]
• William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Catherine Moffatt^[40]
• John A. Winston and his first cousin, Mary Agness Jones
• Henry Winthrop and his first cousin Elizabeth Fones

Y

• Annie Henrietta Yule, breeder of Arab horses at Hanstead Stud in England, and her cousin Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet, Scottish business based in British India^[41]

Royalty in Europe

The royal couples listed below are marriages that have occurred between first cousins from royal or noble houses. Such royal intermarriages have been common, as it has generally been deemed inappropriate for royals to marry commoners.

Royalty outside Europe

Japan

• Emperor Montoku and his first cousin, Fujiwara no Akirakeiko
• Emperor Reizei and his cousins, Princess Masako, Fujiwara no Kaishi, and Fujiwara no Chōshi
• Emperor Ichijō and his first cousin, Empress Shōshi
• Emperor Go-Suzaku and his first cousin, Princess Teishi
• Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousins, Princess Kaoruko and Fujiwara Shigeko
• Emperor Go-Reizei and his first cousin, Princess Shōshi
• Emperor Toba and his first cousin, Fujiwara no Tamako

Saudi Arabia

• Faisal of Saudi Arabia and his first cousin, Al Jawhara bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Al Kabir
• Salman of Saudi Arabia and his first cousin, Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi
• Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Hessa bint Abdullah Al Sudairi
• Sara bint Abdulaziz Al Saud and her first cousin, Faisal bin Saad bin Abdulrahaman
• Khalid bin Sultan and his first cousins, Lulua bint Fahd and Abeer bint Turki bin Abdulaziz
• Muhammad bin Fahd and his first cousin, Jawahir bint Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Noura bint Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdullah
• Muhammad bin Nayef and his first cousin Reema bint Sultan
• Salman bin Sultan and his first cousin, Falwa bint Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Hassa bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• Faisal bin Fahd and his first cousin, Munira bint Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his first cousin, Nuf bint Khalid bin Abdallah Al Abdul Rahman
• Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud and his first cousin, Adila bint Abdulla Al Saud
• Bandar bin Khalid Al Saud and his first cousin, Nouf bint Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud

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Others

Aristocracy

See also

• Avunculate marriage
• Consanguinity
• Cousin marriage
• Marriage

References