Comments on: 10 Great Love Affairs in History

By: GTT

GTT — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:32:29 +0000

I´ll second the inclusion of Katherine Swinford and John, Duke of Lancaster. They were lovers for years until they got married (after the death of his second wife). Their children were legally changed from bastards to legitimate… Amazing story…

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:22:33 +0000

Gertrude Stein was a man, which is obviously why s/he was taken with a woman.

By: A. AZ

A. AZ — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:23:23 +0000

What about shah jahan and mumtaz mahal…he built the taj mahal one of the wonders of the world just out of love for his dead wife mumtaz…this one has to be in the top 10…

By: sarahsilence

sarahsilence — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:57:33 +0000

What about Katherine Swynford and John, Duke of Lancaster? They have an affair for many, many years. Their offspring and descendants became major players in the English court; the Tudors are direct descendants of them.

By: fox_hunter

fox_hunter — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:53:24 +0000

how about benigno aquino and corazon aquino from the Philippines. Ninoy is the number 1 political rival of marcos, been exiled in US murdered the they he returned to philippine. his plain housewife cory continue his mission to free philippines in marcos martial law rule by running against him in 1986 snap election.

By: Mike B

Mike B — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:54:16 +0000

Charles Lindbergh fathered 7 children by 3 different European women, 2 of them sisters. He visited 2 of these secret families in Germany for 17 years. “A few short-lived affairs” indeed. I find this a very fitting entry to an article about Great Loves. Does loving someone really override biological imperative? Really?

By: shirleyfeeney

shirleyfeeney — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:04:58 +0000

What about Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn? They were together for decades, and he died in her home. I can’ t imagine what it must have been like for Ms. Hepburn to have to make that call to Mrs. Tracy…

By: Aya

Aya — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:13:41 +0000

There’s another couple you forgot, especially if you’re gonna talk about civil rights couples: Mildred Loving and Richard Loving, of the landmark case Loving V. Virginia, which overturned the ban on interracial marriage in the US.

They decided to marry in Washington D.C. when Mildred got pregnant at 18, but were arrested (in the middle of the night, from their own bed!) for living as man and wife. They both plead guilty, and were allowed to avoid a 1 year jail sentence, so long as they left the state of Virginia for 25 years and didn’t return on visits together. Obviously, this didn’t sit so well with them, and their case was eventually brought before the Supreme Court, who ruled in their favor in 1967.

After the decision, they lived pretty quietly with their three kids, until Richard died in a car accident in 1975. Mildred died in 2008.

By: Tracie

Tracie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:55:24 +0000

Caesar was never “king of Rome”. He was named “dictator in perpetuity” precisely because Rome at that time was a Republic, and the Roman people were proud of that fact. That’s why there were two consuls, so there would never be one person with a large amount of power. Of course, Caesar severely disrupted the status quo, and Caesar Augustus, his successor, became emperor.

Also, historians have recently come to believe that Cleopatra was not “plain looking”. A quick Wikipedia search would have provided a lot more credible information than the first entry of this article.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:37:04 +0000

In addition to the point about Alix of Hesse, you can’t call the woman who introduced Edward to Wallis Simpson “Lady Thelma Furness”. She’s Thelma, Lady Furness.