Seven love stories that hit the world. Love that saves the world ... Love stories of famous people
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, takes deep roots in our whole being and often continues to turn green and bloom.
even in the ruins of our heart.
Victor Hugo
On the eve of the coming spring, we will talk about the most famous love stories of the most worthy people.
Romeo and Juliet - eternal love
"There is no sadder story in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet ..." Why big love these two by our standards children (Juliet was 13, her beloved Romeo is two or three years older) has become a symbol of love of all times and peoples. What is the power and strength of this feeling of a timeless river?
It is possible that she was sung by the wonderful style of the great playwright William Shakespeare, or maybe because love was a victim of the eternal squabbles of adults, the voluntary death of the heroes made the crowd shudder and melted the enmity of the hearts of the warring families of the Montagues and Capulets... Who knows...
And even if the authenticity of the events described in the tragedy has not been confirmed, but who will doubt the reality of history, because the names of Romeo and Juliet have become synonymous with beautiful true love, and to this day cause admiration and admiration for two young hearts.
Love story of Odysseus and Penelope
Another no less famous love story from ancient times, sung by the ancient Greek - the great Homer. It is based on the marital relationship of Odysseus and his wife Penelope - an example of a rare sacrifice in the name of love and the female ability to wait in spite of everything ...
Odysseus, like a true warrior, leaves his young wife after the wedding and goes to war.
Penelope waited twenty long years for his return, she raised her son alone and during this time rejected the proposals of the hand and heart of 108 men who, referring to the death of her husband, sought to take his place.
No less faithful was Penelope and Odysseus, in their naval battles, trials and wanderings, remaining faithful and chaste to his wife. So, having met a beautiful sorceress who tried to seduce him and offered eternal youth in exchange for love for her, the hero of Hellas resisted the temptation. And the unfading light of the distant love of his Penelope helped him in this. And only 20 years later, loving hearts were reunited in spite of all adversity.
Love to British King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
And now quite modern history love worth talking about.
In 1930, the Windsor Palace of Great Britain stunned the world with burning news: the heir to the royal throne, Edward VIII, abdicated. The reason was the love for a young American woman and, moreover, married woman Wallis Simpson, far from royalty.
The royal court was indignant and put the heir before a choice: either power or love for a commoner. Edward VIII, without hesitation, preferred a fiery love for a woman.
Divorced from their first husband, Walliss and Edward got married and lived for thirty-five years away from their homeland, keeping their love so dear to them.
“Love never dies,” wrote 84-year-old Wallis after the death of her husband. “She changes her course, it becomes softer and wider ... Love is work. Women must bring their wisdom to the altar of family happiness ... ".
Alexander Griboyedov and Nina Chavchavadze love story
This worthy love of our compatriot writer Griboedov for his wife: fleeting happiness in a few months and 30 years of mourning, as a symbol of fidelity and eternal love of a Georgian woman to a Russian writer.
Alexander Griboyedov, 33, as ambassador Russian empire was sent to Persia. Along the way, he visited the house of his longtime friend, Prince Alexander Chavchavadze. And his heart from the first minutes was conquered by the daughter of the owner of the house - the fifteen-year-old beauty Nina. And the young princess could not resist the great feeling for the Russian writer that flooded like an avalanche: “How sunbeam burned!” she confessed to a friend.
Having married in the fall, the young went to Persia, and in January of the following 1829, Alexander was brutally murdered by a mob of Islamic fanatics. So short was the moment of captivating love.
Nina Chavchavadze-Griboyedova did not marry again and for almost 30 years, until the end of her days, she did not remove mourning. “The Black Rose of Tiflis,” as she was called in the city, she wrote on her husband’s tombstone:
“Your mind and deeds are immortal in Russian memory, but why did my love survive you?”
The burial places of the Griboyedovs are nearby, in the city pantheon of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
You can list and list beautiful stories as a triumph of great love. It is easy to love someone who shares feelings with you. Where and what does love feed on when it is not shared, and sometimes even rejected? However, this does not make the feeling weaker, but perhaps on the contrary, even more piercing and amazing in its strength.
Elbert Einstein and Margarita Konenkova
The story of this unusual relationship is not a romantically filled hymn of devoted love, it is interesting only because it showed the only love of a brilliant scientist that broke his heart.
Einstein fell in love with Margarita Konenkova (nee Vorontsova), the wife of a famous Russian sculptor, at the age of 56, as soon as he saw her. How young Margarita did not look like his clumsy wife Elsa with a blurred figure and an exhausted face, whom he never loved, like his first wife Mileva - a Serbian! And here is a chiseled waist, beautiful breasts, an elegant position of the hands - in order to preserve this beauty, the woman refused to have children. The sculptor husband adored and idolized her and silently accepted her decision.
Konenkov is a sculptor and his muse-wife Margarita Konenkova.
At first, Margarita treated Einstein as just another fun, accustomed to constant betrayal husband with other men, she prepared for another flirtation. But she soon realized that her icy heart was beginning to melt from hitherto unknown fiery feelings for the great genius.
A year later, Einstein's wife, Elsa, dies, the marriage fetters no longer fetter his love for Margot. Both of them do not even try to hide her frequent visits to Princeton to the scientist's mansion. And only Margarita's husband seems not to notice anything or pretends not to notice .... He is afraid of losing his Margarita - muse and inspiration. And her caresses and tenderness were enough for many ... Incredibly talented, smart, beautiful, she, like a lioness, easily conquered more and more hearts, becoming the bohemian of America.
This relationship for three lasted a long time. Communicating, Margarita not only truly loved the founder of the theory of relativity, but also her homeland, the USSR, she carried out the tasks of the NKVD and found out from him all the secrets of developing atomic bomb. When Einstein found out about this, he could not even yell at his beloved, he just went to the FBI to ask for mercy for his beloved and help her return to her homeland.
IN last years before parting Margarita and Albert.
Upon the return of the Konenkov family to the USSR, the love relationship was put to an end. From that moment on, life for Einstein lost all meaning. He flatly refused to comply with the doctors' prescriptions for heart surgery, which was no longer able to withstand the cruel finale of separation.
Moreover, the authorities forbade Margarita's correspondence with Einstein, which caused incredible suffering for Albert. He wrote to her all the remaining years, but did not even have the opportunity to send letters. Even dying, 76-year-old Einstein could not send farewell letter his only beloved, with love in his heart for whom he left this world.
Not particularly tormented, Margarita took the news of the death of her distant friend, although she was far from being indifferent to him. Soon her husband, a sculptor, also died, and fate in her declining years treated her incredibly cruelly. Aged, unkempt, she lived out in oblivion in her house-workshop, often falling into oblivion. Only memories of a bright, unique love for a man with eternally disheveled hair and thick mustaches evoked joy in her ... She was dying of hunger, there was no one next to her except for the devoid of virtue, the impudent and cruel housekeeper who became the mistress here ....
In 1980, in the center of prosperous Moscow from dirty apartment they carried out the body of an emaciated once beautiful woman, on whose hand they tapped last minutes gold watch - a gift from the Great Einstein. He personally put them on when parting on the wrist of the woman dearest to him.
Ivan Turgenev and Pauline Viardot
The great Russian writer Ivan Turgenev and the famous opera diva Spanish-born "with a French conscience and spirit", as the newspapers of those times called her, Pauline Viardo-Garcia is a vivid example of dramatic, suffering love throughout the writer's life. Their relationship can rather be described as follows: one loved, the other only allowed herself to be loved ... but there is no doubt that the friendship was sincere and strong.
In an outwardly inconspicuous, slightly stooping woman with bulging eyes, there really was something rude, gypsy, inherited from her Spaniard father, singer Manuel Garcia. But according to contemporaries, as soon as the first notes broke from her voice, a spark ran through the audience, ecstasy embraced those who listened, and the appearance of the singer herself no longer mattered. Enchanted by the voice of the performer, people fell into a kind of prostration, and there could not be among them indifferent to this person.
Besotted at the first meeting by the charming voice of Polina, the Russian writer lost his head, and he experienced a similar state for four whole decades until last days own life.
Viardot, being married to a man 20 years older than herself, felt only warm sympathy for Turgenev, a commonality of views and interests, unity of spirit attracted him, and then she completely brought him closer to her, brought him into her house as a friend, family member beloved….
Pauline Viardot-Garcia not only lit up the writer's soul with love, became his muse for many years, inspired his creativity, helped him with translations into French, honing his style, but until his last days was next to him, dying of cancer far from his homeland. And Ivan Turgenev chose to love with unrequited love and be with her all his life, never having his family and children.
Poor artist Niko Pirosmani and French actress Margarita
Ah, again Margaret ....
“A million, a million scarlet roses…” - who does not know the refrain of this song about the incredibly poignant and unrequited love of a poor artist for a visiting actress. It is also based on real events. Niko Pirosmani is a Georgian artist from a simple family, who lost his parents early, is in constant need, he did not even have the opportunity to buy canvases, and he placed all his creations on walls, boards, on table oilcloth. Often he made a living by signboards for drinking establishments.
The beautiful French actress Margarita visited on tour the provincial town where Niko lived and worked, and at the same time the heart of the novice artist. Pirosmani fell in love with her passionately, from the first minutes, with all his guts, but, unfortunately, this love did not evoke a reciprocal feeling. The heart of the poor artist burned in the flames of passion.
On his birthday (it was spring), Niko Pirosmani filled several carts with fresh flowers and drove them to the windows of the house where Margarita was staying. Armfuls of lilacs, white acacia and snow-white roses (not scarlet) filled the streets of Tiflis with an incomprehensible aroma and lay down on the square with a thick floral blanket. So it remained a mystery where the artist got these flowers...
Margarita's heart, touched by the spectacle, trembled, she went out, kissed Niko and that's it ... The next day, the actress left the city forever. They didn't see each other again...
Nikola Pirosmanishvili did not become a great artist during his lifetime, his direction of primitivism in painting was not understood, he died at the age of 56, in complete poverty, until his last days, keeping the image of his beloved Margarita in his heart .... The artist's works are kept in museums around the world.
Love is a great power that can transform the whole world, make a person better, stronger, higher, it is timeless. According to Turgenev:
"Only by it, only by love does life hold on and move."
And let it scorch your wings with its flame at least once in your life! And may you be lucky in love!
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Incredible Facts
Do you believe in true love? What about love at first sight? Do you believe that love can last forever? Perhaps the love stories below will help you strengthen your faith in this feeling or renew your faith in it. These are the most famous love stories, they are immortal.
1. Romeo and Juliet
These are probably the most famous lovers in the whole world. This couple has become synonymous with love itself. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The story of two teenagers from two warring families who fall in love at first sight, then get married, and later risk everything for their love. The willingness to lay down one's life for a husband or wife is a sign of real feeling. Their premature departure united the feuding families.
2. Cleopatra and Mark Antony
The true love story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most memorable and intriguing. The history of these two historical characters was subsequently recreated on the pages of the work of William Shakespeare, and filmed by famous directors more than once. The relationship between Mark Antony and Cleopatra is a real test of love. They fell in love with each other at first sight.
The relationship between these two influential people put Egypt in a very advantageous position. But their romance was extremely outraged by the Romans, who feared that as a result of it, the influence of the Egyptians would increase significantly. Despite all the threats, Mark Antony and Cleopatra got married. It is said that while in battle against the Romans, Mark received false news of Cleopatra's death. Feeling empty, he committed suicide. When Cleopatra learned of Antony's death, she was shocked and then also committed suicide. Great love requires great sacrifices.
3. Lancelot and Guinevere
The tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere is probably one of the most famous of the Arthurian legends. Lancelot falls in love with Queen Guinevere, wife of King Arthur. Their love grew very slowly, as Guinevere did not let Lancelot close to her. In the end, however, passion and love overcame her, and they became lovers. One night, Sir Agravain and Sir Modred, King Arthur's nephew, at the head of a group of 12 knights, broke into the queen's room, where they found the lovers. Taken by surprise, they tried to escape, however, only Lancelot succeeded. The queen was captured and sentenced to death for adultery. However, a few days later, Lancelot returned to save his beloved. This whole sad story divided the Knights of the Round Table into two groups, thereby significantly weakening the kingdom of Arthur. As a result, poor Lancelot ended his days as a modest hermit, and Guinevere became a nun, and remained so for the rest of her life.
4. Tristan and Isolde
The tragic love story of Tristan and Isolde has been retold and rewritten numerous times. The action took place in the Middle Ages during the reign of King Arthur. Iseult was the daughter of the King of Ireland, and had just become engaged to King Mark of Cornwall. King Mark sent his nephew Tristan to Ireland to accompany his bride Iseult to Cornwall. During the journey, Tristan and Isolde fall in love with each other. Isolde still marries Mark, but the love affair continues after her marriage. When Mark finally found out about the betrayal, he forgave Iseult, but exiled Tristan forever from Cornwall.
Tristan went to Brittany. There he met Iseult of Brittany. He was drawn to her because she looked like his true love. He married her, but the marriage did not work out because of his true love to another woman. After he fell ill, he sent for his beloved in the hope that she would come and be able to cure him. There was an agreement with the captain of the ship sent by him that if she agreed to come, then the sails of the ship would be white upon return, if not, then black. Tristan's wife, seeing the white sails, told him that the sails were black. He died of grief before his love could reach him, and shortly thereafter Iseult died of a broken heart.
5. Paris and Helena
Told in the Homeric Iliad, the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War is a Greek heroic legend that is half fiction. Elena Troyanskaya is considered one of the most beautiful women in all literature. She married Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, fell in love with Helen and kidnapped her, taking her to Troy. The Greeks gathered a huge army, led by Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, to bring Helen back. Troy was destroyed, Helen returned safely to Sparta, where she lived happily throughout her life with Menelaus.
6. Orpheus and Eurydice
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is an ancient Greek myth about desperate love. Orpheus fell deeply in love and married Eurydice, a beautiful nymph. They loved each other very much and were happy. Aristaeus, Greek god of earth and Agriculture, became interested in Eurydice and actively pursued her. Fleeing from Aristaeus, Eurydice fell into a nest of snakes, one of which fatally bit her on the leg. The distraught Orpheus played such sad music and sang so sadly that all the nymphs and gods wept. On their advice, he went to underworld, and his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone (he was the only person, who dared to take such a step), who agreed to the return of Eurydice to earth, but on one condition: upon reaching the earth, Orpheus should not look back and look at her. Being extremely alarmed, the lover did not fulfill the conditions, turned around to look at Eurydice, and she disappeared a second time, now forever.
7. Napoleon and Josephine
Having married her by calculation at the age of 26, Napoleon clearly knew whom he was taking as his wife. Josephine was older than him, a wealthy and prominent woman. However, over time, he fell deeply in love with her, and she loved him, however, this did not stop both of them from cheating. But mutual respect kept them together, all the burning passion in its path did not fade away and was genuine. Yet, in the end, they broke up, because Josephine could not give him what he so wanted - an heir. Unfortunately, their paths diverged, however, throughout their lives they kept love and passion for each other in their hearts.
8. Odysseus and Penelope
Few couples understand the essence of sacrifice in a relationship, however, it was this Greek couple who understood it best. After they were separated, it took a long 20 years before the reunion. Shortly after marrying Penelope, war demanded that Odysseus leave his new wife. Although she had very little hope of his return, Penelope still resisted 108 suitors who sought to replace her husband. Odysseus also loved his wife very much and refused the sorceress who offered him eternal love and eternal youth. Thus, he was able to return home to his wife and son. So believe Homer who said that true love worth the wait.
9. Paolo and Francesca
Paolo and Francesca are the heroes of Dante's famous masterpiece The Divine Comedy. This real story: Francesca was married to terrible person Gianciotto Malatesta. However, his brother, Paolo, was the exact opposite, Francesca fell in love with him and they became lovers. The love between them became even stronger when (according to Dante) they read together the story of Lancelot and Guinevere. When their connection was revealed, Francesca's husband killed both.
10. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler
"Gone with the Wind" is one of the immortal literary works. Margaret Mitchell's iconic creation is laced with love and hate in Scarlett and Rhett Butler's relationship. Proving that timing is everything, Scarlett and Rhett never seemed to stop "fighting" each other. Throughout this epic story, this tempestuous passion and their tumultuous marriage took place against the backdrop of the events civil war. Flirtatious, fickle and constantly pursued by fans, Scarlett cannot decide among the many contenders for her attention. When she finally decides to settle for Retta, her mercurial nature pushes him away from her. Hope finally dies when their romance is never rekindled, with Scarlett saying at the end, "Tomorrow is a new day."
11. Jane Eyre and Rochester
In Charlotte Bronte's famous novel, loneliness finds its cure in solitude by keeping each other company. Jane is an orphan who took a job as a governess in the home of the very wealthy Edward Rochester. The couple bonded very quickly as Rochester had a rough appearance turned out to be a tender heart. However, he does not reveal his penchant for polygamy, and on their wedding day, Jane discovers that he is already married. A heartbroken Jane escapes, but then returns after a fire destroyed Rochester's house, killed his wife, and left him blind himself. Love triumphs, lovers reunite and live out their days in each other's company.
12. Layli and Majnun
A well-known classic of Persian poetry and one of the most famous poets of the medieval East, who supplemented Persian epic poetry colloquial speech and realistic style, Nizami of Ganja became famous after he wrote his romantic poem "Layli and Majnun". Inspired by an Arabic legend, Layli and Majnun is a tragic tale of unattainable love. For many centuries, it was told and retold, and the main characters were depicted on ceramics and written about them in manuscripts. Leyli and Kais fell in love with each other while studying at school. Noticing their love, they were forbidden to communicate and see each other. Kais then decides to go into the desert to live among the animals. He is often malnourished and becomes very emaciated. Due to his eccentric behavior, he becomes known as Majnun (crazy). In the desert, he meets an elderly Bedouin who promises him to win back his Layla.
The plan fails to materialize, and Layla's father continues to refuse to be together with the lovers due to Majnun's insane behavior. Soon he marries her to another. After the death of Leyla's husband, the old Bedouin facilitates her meeting with Majnun, however, they could not fully be on the same wavelength and understand each other. After their death, they were buried next to each other. The story is often interpreted as an allegory for the soul's desire to connect with the divine.
13. Eloise and Abelard
This is the story of a monk and a nun whose love letters have become world famous. Around 1100, Pierre Abelard traveled to Paris to study at the school of Notre Dame. There he acquired a reputation as an outstanding philosopher. Fulbert, a high-ranking official, hired Abelard as a tutor to his niece, Heloise. Abelard and Heloise fell in love with each other, conceived a child and secretly married. However, Fulbert was furious, so Abelard hid Eloise in a safe place in the monastery. Believing that Abelard had decided to abandon Heloise, Fulbert had him castrated while he slept. Heartbroken, Eloise became a nun. Despite all the troubles and hardships, the couple continued to love each other. Their emotional love letters were published.
14. Pyramus and Thisbe
A very touching love story that will not leave indifferent anyone who reads it. Their love was selfless, and they were sure that even in death they would be together. Pyramus was a very handsome man, and from childhood he was friends with Thisbe, a beautiful maiden from Babylonia. They lived in neighboring houses, and fell in love with each other as they grew up. However, their parents were strongly opposed to their marriage. One night, just before dawn, while everyone was sleeping, they decided to sneak out of the house and meet in a nearby field near a mulberry tree. Thisbe came first. While she was waiting under a tree, she saw a lion approaching a spring located near the tree to quench his thirst, his jaw was covered in blood.
Seeing this terrifying sight, Thisbe rushed to run to hide in the depths of the forest from a lion, but on the way she dropped her handkerchief. The lion followed her and came across a handkerchief, which he decided to taste. At this time, Pyramus approached the place, and seeing a lion with bloodied jaws and with a scarf of his beloved, he lost the meaning of life. At that moment, he pierces himself with his own sword. Unaware of what had just happened, Thisbe continued to hide. After a while, she came out of hiding, and discovered what Pyramus had done to himself. Realizing that she has no reason to live, she takes the sword of her beloved and also kills herself.
15. Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy
In fact, Jane Austen embodied the two attributes of human nature, pride and prejudice, in her characters Darcy and Elizabeth. Darcy belongs to high society, he is a typical educated representative of the aristocracy. On the other hand, Elizabeth is the second daughter of a gentleman with very limited means. Mr. Bennet is the father of five daughters who were given the right to grow up as they wanted, who did not receive a school education and were not brought up by a governess.
Elizabeth's very indulgent mother and irresponsible father never thought about their daughters' future, taking it for granted that they would do well. "All is well" in the understanding of the mother of girls meant to marry a rich and prosperous man. For a person like this social status, which Mr. Darcy possessed, the shortcomings of the Elizabeth family were very serious, and absolutely unacceptable to his polished and refined mind. He falls in love with Elizabeth, however she turns him down, but she later realizes that she cannot love anyone but Darcy. The story of their union and the birth of love is very interesting.
16. Salim and Anarkali
Every lover knows the story of Salim and Anarkali. The son of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, Salim, fell in love with an ordinary but very beautiful courtesan Anarkali. He was fascinated by her beauty, so it was love at first sight. However, the emperor could not accept the fact that his son fell in love with a courtesan. He began to put pressure on Anarkali, using all sorts of tactics to make her fall in the eyes of the prince in love. When Salim found out about this, he declared war on his father. But he failed to defeat his father's gigantic army, Salim was defeated, captured and sentenced to death. At this moment, Anarkali intervenes, who renounces her love in order to save her beloved from the clutches of death. She was buried alive in brick wall in front of Salem.
17. Pocahontas and John Smith
This love story is famous legend in American history. Pocahontas, an Indian princess, was the daughter of Powhatan, who was the leader of the Powhatan Indian tribe, who lived in what is now the state of Virginia. The princess first saw Europeans in May 1607. Among all, she drew attention to John Smith, she liked him. However, Smith was captured by members of her tribe and tortured. It was Pocahontas who saved him from being torn to pieces by the Indians, and later the tribe adopted him as their own. This incident helped Smith and Pocahontas become friends. The princess after this incident often visited Jamestown, passing messages from her father.
John Smith, severely injured after an accidental explosion of gunpowder, returned to England. After another visit, she was told that Smith was dead. Some time later, Pocahontas was taken prisoner by Sir Samuel Argall, who hoped to use her as a link between him and her father in order for the latter to free the English prisoners. During her captivity, she decides to become a Christian and, taking the name Rebecca, was baptized. A year later, she married John Rolfe (John Rolfe). Having gone to London after a certain time, she and her husband met with his old friend John Smith, after a long 8 years. This was their last meeting.
18. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
In 1612, a teenage girl, Arjumand Banu, married 15-year-old Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire. Then she changed her name to Mumtaz Mahal, bore Shah Jahan 14 children and became his beloved wife. After Mumtaz died in 1629, the grieving emperor decided to create a worthy monument in her honor. It took 20,000 workers, 1,000 elephants and almost 20 years of work to complete the construction of this monument - the Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan did not have time to complete the construction of a black marble mausoleum for himself. Deposed by his own son, he was imprisoned in the Red Fort at Agra, where he spent lonely hours looking across the Yamuna River at the monument to his beloved. He was subsequently buried next to her in the Taj Mahal.
19. Marie and Pierre Curie
This is a story about partnership in love and science. Unable to continue her studies in Poland because the universities then did not accept women, Marie Skłodowska-Curie came to Paris in 1891 to enter the Sorbonne. Marie, as the French began to call her, spent every free minute in the library or in the laboratory. The hard-working student once caught the eye of Pierre Curie, director of one of the laboratories in which Maria worked. Pierre actively courted Maria and several times proposed to her to marry him. Finally, in 1895, they got married and began working together. In 1898, the couple discovered polonium and radium.
Curie and scientist Henri Becquerel received the Nobel Prize in 1903 for the discovery of radioactivity. When Pierre died in 1904, Marie made a promise to herself to continue their work. She took his place at the Sorbonne, becoming the school's first female teacher. In 1911, she became the first person to win a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry. She continued to experiment and teach until her death from leukemia in 1934, driven by the memory of the man she loved.
20. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
This is a love story English queen who mourned her dead husband for 40 years. Victoria was a lively, cheerful girl who was fond of drawing and painting. She ascended the English throne in 1837 after the death of her uncle King William IV. In 1840 she married her cousin Prince Albert. Although initially disliked in some quarters for being German, Prince Albert was later admired for his honesty, hard work and devotion to his family. The couple had 9 children, Victoria loved her husband very deeply. She often used his advice in matters of state, especially with regard to diplomatic negotiations.
When Albert died in 1861, Victoria was devastated. She did not appear in public for three years. Her prolonged seclusion drew public criticism. There were several attempts on the Queen's life. However, under the influence of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Victoria returned to public life, opening a session of Parliament in 1866. However, she never ended her mourning for her beloved husband, wearing black robes until her death in 1901. During her reign, which was the longest in English history, Britain became a world power on which "the sun never sets".
Narcotic Russian-French love
Vysotsky had a rare skill - he could conquer any woman. The key to this phenomenon lay in his unrestrained nature, he was like a splash of champagne, dousing his chosen one with a wave of charm and leading him away. Marina Vladi turned out to be a tough nut to crack and at first resisted, she was surprised at his self-confidence, with which he said that he would definitely achieve her hand.
Having seen a lot in her 30 years, the actress for the first time did not know what to do, how to relate to this strange person. She went back to Paris and felt a nagging feeling of longing. Where is it from? The answer came with a phone call from Russia. Hearing a familiar velvety voice, Marina realized that she was gone. She was in love.
When bright brutality meets expressive femininity, there can be only one result - love. Although their love was more like a battlefield. For Vlady and Vysotsky, every day lived together was a holiday, they saw each other so rarely. Endless visa requests, huge distances tormented both, but also saved their marriage. It would be difficult for two bright personalities to get along together.
And also Marina and Vladimir fought with ... Vysotsky himself, his addictions, that side of his personality that drew him to the edge of the abyss. They fought with higher authorities for the right to be able to see each other as often as possible. However, now that Vlady is left alone, she no longer remembers the difficulties, she only remembers love.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
The love of the famous "Beatle" and the Japanese artist
The ill-wishers called her a demon in a female form, and him - an uncomplaining victim. Fans of the Beatles blamed her for the collapse of the famous Liverpool Four. The Beatles themselves disliked her. Except, of course, Lennon. Of meeting Yoko, he said, "It's like I won a big prize." And on the evening of their acquaintance, she wrote in her diary: “It seems that I have found someone I can love,” Yoko always knew exactly what she wanted.
And now Lennon began to receive postcards with the inscriptions "Breathe", "Dance", "Watch the fire before dawn." Yoko called him and talked to him for hours about art. Watched at the house. She wanted to win him over. And she succeeded. After some time, John discovered that he was not indifferent to her. After a while, John discovered that he did not want to live a single day without her. “The child of the ocean is calling me,” he sang in one of the songs. (Yoko means "child of the ocean" in Japanese).
By the age of 27, John Lennon had crazy popularity, a millionth fortune, a house with 100 bedrooms, luxury cars, a wife and a son. He had everything and he was bored. Yoko also missed her and was looking for something new. They immediately divorced their previous spouses and got married. Their honeymoon took place in Amsterdam, causing a buzz with their "bed interviews". The reporters gathered at the door of their Hilton suite expected that the controversial couple would like to give interviews while having sex, but Yoko and John in white pajamas sat on the bed in the flower-decorated room and talked about peace - it was their protest against the Vietnam War.
The album "Two Virgins" also came out shocking. On the cover, Yoko and John were photographed naked, and there was no music at all in the album - only groans, squeaks and other sounds. They participated in demonstrations, made films, John recorded songs. However, critics wrote: "The songs have become weaker." Former fans said: "Yoko John is not good." John developed depression again. Youko suggested that they separate for a while. She knew John needed time. He must decide for himself who he is and where he is.
Again parties, new friends and girlfriends. And new songs. Lennon's compositions were again at the top of the charts. However, was he happy? John is mad with longing for Yoko. He was catastrophically, painfully missing her. They met a year and a half later. And they didn't part again.
October 8, 1975, on the day of John's 35th birthday, Yoko gave birth to his son. Lennon found peace: "I am free as never before and ready for new creativity." They lived in unison - until that fatal shot of a crazy fan in December 1980. “Why doesn’t anyone believe that we just love each other?” Lennon laughed. “We just loved each other,” Yoko says the same thing now in rare interviews. Everything else is pop history.
Henry Ford and Clara Jane Bryant
The story of a great inventor and his great wife
In the late 1990s, a young mechanic worked for an electric company in Detroit for $11 a week. He worked 10 hours a day, and when he came home, he often worked half the night in his barn, trying to invent new type engine. His father believed that the guy was wasting time, the neighbors called him crazy, no one believed that anything good would come of these activities. Nobody but his wife. She helped him work at night, holding a kerosene lamp over his head for several hours. Her hands turned blue, her teeth chattered from the cold, she caught a cold every now and then, but ... She believed in her husband so much!
Years later, a noise came from the barn. Neighbors saw how a madman and his wife rode along the road without a horse, in the same cart. The eccentric's name was Henry Ford. By the age of fifty, Ford became a multimillionaire, and his car became one of the national symbols of America. When, while recording an interview with Henry Ford, a journalist asked who Ford would like to be in another life, the genius replied simply: “Anyone. If only my wife was next to me.
Alexander Pushkin and Natalia Goncharova
Deadly love of a poet
One of the first beauties of Moscow met Alexander Pushkin at the ball. The poet was so struck by the beauty and spirituality of a sixteen-year-old girl that he literally “fell ill with love” and soon asked for her hand. He was refused, because Pushkin was twice as old as Natalya - he was 30. He tried his luck a year later and this time he received consent.
For the six years that the couple lived together, Natalya Nikolaevna gave birth to her husband four children. But the young woman missed social entertainment and the success she enjoyed as a young and free girl. It is said that at every opportunity she flirted with men, considering this an entirely innocent occupation. Pushkin received a remark about the behavior of his wife even from Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich.
The French officer Dantes courted Natalya deliberately in public, so that everyone (and especially Pushkin) could see his undisguised passion and lust. There was nothing vicious between them, and it seemed to her that everything that was happening was completely innocent. The last straw was the libel, in which the jealous husband was awarded a "cuckold diploma". Natalya was indeed naive, believing that the hot descendant of an Ethiopian could survive such humiliation.
Pushkin challenged Dantes to a duel, where he was mortally wounded. And yet he did not blame his wife and before his death he told her: “You are not to blame for anything!”. And Natalya Goncharova did everything as the dying Pushkin told her: he asked her to leave the city, wear mourning for two years, and after ... after marry a decent person. The poet loved his wife so much that even being on his deathbed, he could not help thinking about her happiness.
Cleopatra and Caesar
The bloody love of the pharaoh and the emperor
Men went crazy over her, for the night spent in her arms, they were ready to give their lives and went for it voluntarily. The great Roman commanders also paid with their lives: Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra was not a beauty, but she had incredible charm and charisma, she was seductive, insidious and very smart. This first female politician in history received an excellent education, studied mathematics, philosophy, literature, skillfully played the musical instruments and knew 8 languages.
She made Caesar fall in love with herself by cunning: dressed in the most beautiful outfits, she ordered the servants to wrap her in a carpet and bring her as a gift to Caesar. Knowing the intricacies of all the love pleasures that existed at that time ancient world, Cleopatra, struck the spoiled emperor with ingenuity and a subtle sense of humor. Her movements and voice literally bewitched Caesar. Julius, that very night he became her lover. Thus, Cleopatra paid a huge national debt, received the Egyptian throne and the love of the great commander. But the Romans could not forgive him for a love relationship with an Egyptian, and as a result of an insidious conspiracy, Caesar was killed.
Cleopatra was able to fall in love with herself and another commander who fought for the "Roman throne" - Mark Antony. It was a crazy passion, sweeping away everything in its path, but even here the lovers were in for a failure. Rome went to war with Alexandria, Antony and Cleopatra lost. The Roman commander thought that his beloved had died, and, unable to bear it, threw himself on the sword. And Cleopatra, in order to avoid captivity and shame, ordered a poisonous snake to be brought to her.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine
The love story of the great commander and the beautiful Creole
They met when Napoleon was still poor, plain and unknown to anyone, and Josephine already had the status of a widow, often changed lovers, and besides, she was 6 years older than her future husband. But as if an unknown force attracted them to each other. After spending an evening with a beautiful Creole, Bonaparte was fascinated by her for the rest of his life. They became lovers, and then spouses, changing their age on paper.
On their wedding day in March 1796, Bonaparte presented his beloved with a sapphire ring. Inside the ring was an engraving: "This is fate." And soon fate made Josephine the empress, and Bonaparte the emperor. The great commander, confidently captured the whole world, winning one victory after another, and from each campaign he sent tender and passionate letters to his beloved wife, full of revelations and confessions.
But time passed, Napoleon dreamed of heirs, and Josephine could not get pregnant. In addition, rumors about the betrayals of the temperamental Creole, who remained alone for a long time, were confirmed. And then Bonaparte decides to enter into a new marriage with Princess Marie-Louise of Austria in order to preserve the dynasty and prolong her family. Josephine and Napoleon divorced in 1809. Josephine retains the title of empress at the urging of Bonaparte. And also receives champs elysees, Navarre Castle, Malmaison, three million a year, coats of arms, escorts, guards and all the attributes of a reigning person.
But even after the divorce, the emperor continues to write affectionate letters to Josephine, full of love and warmth. New marriage, appearance long-awaited son do not bring happiness to Bonaparte. After the defeat at Waterloo, the emperor goes into exile on the island of St. Helena. Josephine is denied his escort, and a couple of months after Napoleon's abdication of power, she dies. And in 1821, the great commander of all times and peoples Napoleon Bonaparte dies with the name of his beloved Josephine on his lips.
Edith Piaf and Marcel Cerdan
Paris sparrow and Moroccan scorer
This love story began in Paris. Edith Piaf was introduced to the "Moroccan scorer", and Marcel Cerdan - " great Edith Piaf. A few days later, Marcel called the singer and asked for a meeting. The next morning they realized that they were in love. Next to the tall and muscular athlete "Paris Sparrow" Edith Piaf (piaf - sparrow from French), only 147 cm tall, looked like a little girl. At night, they often went for a walk around New York. Both loved to ride roller coasters. This extraordinary couple was recognized on the streets, with amazement watching them eat ice cream and squeal on the rides like mere mortals.
The love affair of the French singer and French boxing champion did not go unnoticed. The journalists wanted to stir up a huge scandal, but the boxer was the first to hold a press conference: “Do you want to know if I love Piaf? Yes I love! Yes, she is my mistress, only because I am married. And I can’t get a divorce!” he blurted out. In the morning, not a single newspaper wrote a single line about Edith and Marseille, and by lunchtime Edith Piaf brought a huge basket of flowers from journalists. A card was enclosed in the flowers: "From the gentlemen to the woman who is loved more than anything in the world."
On October 28, 1949, Serdan dropped everything and flew to New York, having received a telegram from his beloved: "I miss you." His plane crashed near the Azores. In the morning, Edith was awakened not by the long-awaited kiss of Marcel, but by terrible news. That evening, Edith Piaf was carried to the stage of the Versailles hall in her arms - she could not walk. Stopping the applause from the audience, she said softly, “You don't have to clap for me today. Today I sing for Marcel Cerdan. For him alone."
Editor's note: All stories are partly based on legend and do not claim to be historically accurate.
Famous people love, lose and suffer no less than others. We will tell you about the seven most touching and sad love stories that the whole world has watched.
One of the most famous couples America of the 50s is a cult actress and famous baseball player. In 1954, the lovers got married and seriously planned to become an exemplary family. The fatal blonde with might and main assured that she wanted to give birth to Joe kids and become a completely domestic woman. However, in the understanding of Marilyn, this did not include leaving Hollywood. Of course, the hot Italian husband did not like this, and even the status of the sex symbol of the missus acted on him like a red rag on a bull. Jealousy won over love, and after only 2 years of marriage, the couple broke up.
However, the warmest feelings between the former spouses still remained - all their lives they kept in touch and helped each other. Moreover, it was DiMaggio who prepared the funeral of Monroe, and on his orders for many years fresh flowers appeared on the grave of the actress as a sign of love and respect from her former lover.
This love story began quite pragmatically - presidential candidate John F. Kennedy needed a profitable match and found it in the person of the respectable and educated Jacqueline Bouvier. The wedding took place in 1953 - the couple looked perfect, but their happiness was mostly a PR fiction. Kennedy was not particularly serious about the oath of allegiance to his wife and started romances left and right, while the faithful Jacqueline endured all his adventures and remained close during strong attacks and operations that John endured due to his serious problems with the spine.
In the late 50s, Jackie's patience snapped and she decided to file for divorce. Her father-in-law and former diplomat Joe Kennedy persuaded her to save the marriage. The couple stayed together, and for some time peace and love really reigned in their family - John began to appreciate his wife, and she allowed their relationship to start from a new leaf.
But the idyll was not destined to last b Xia for a long time - November 22, 1963 in Dallas, a shot killed Kennedy and at the same time completed the story of their relationship with Jacqueline.
The witnesses of that tragic event especially remembered the gesture faithful wife, who decided not to change her blood-splattered costume, so that the whole world could see not only her pain, but also the horror of the crime committed by the killer.
Although Birkin did not become the first love of the French chanson star Serge Gainsbourg, she definitely left a serious mark on his life and work. The couple met in 1968 on the set of the film "Slogan". At first they hated each other, but after a while the situation changed dramatically, and Jane turned from an enemy into the musician's third wife.
Together, the lovers spent a long 12 years, during which their daughter Charlotte and the famous hit "Je t" aime ... Moi non plus "(" I love you ... I don't either "), which was personally criticized by the Pope, managed to be born, that , however, only added to the popularity of the song.
The tandem broke up because of Serge's addiction to drinking, but they remained good friends and colleagues - it was Gainsbourg who wrote her best songs for Birkin. To this day, Jane speaks of ex-husband with great warmth and calls him a very vulnerable, but incredibly talented person.
This romance can rightly be called official - it flared up on the set of the film "Flames over England", where Lee and Olivier played lovers. Despite the fact that both actors were married, they decided to give a damn and start living together. The couple resolved the divorce formalities with their other halves only a few years later, and only after that they were able to register their relationship.
Both sides destroyed this beautiful story -Lawrence was tormented by envy of the success of his beloved, and Vivienne began to experience an exacerbation of manic-depressive psychosis, which eventually broke her life and put an end to her passionate relationship with Olivier.
The actor quickly came to his senses, married a year later and lived happily for 30 years, but Lee died only 7 years later from tuberculosis and remained single until the end of her life.
The fatal blonde of our time and her famous husband met in 1968 at the film set of the Warner Brothers studio. The novel flared up quickly - in the same year the couple got married. The couple stayed together for 7 years.
They broke up through the fault of Penn - he was never famous for exemplary behavior, but in those days he completely beat all records: he regularly got drunk, was wildly jealous of his wife and often beat her. Once he was completely carried away - the badly beaten singer even filed a complaint with the police. A little later, she really took him away, saying that she wished Sean all the best, if only he was away from her.
Nevertheless, Madonna's feelings were strong - later she repeatedly admitted that it was Penn who was her greatest love. In 1996, she invited the actor to attend her birth, and after that she regularly appeared with him at events and was extremely flattered when Sean visited and approved one of her performances. However, the couple could not forgive each other until the end, and their reunion remained only in the dreams of fans.
6. Romy Schneider and Alain Delon
One more love affair at work, which, moreover, began with mutual hatred - having met on the set of the film "Christina", the impulsive Delon and the sophisticated Schneider immediately disliked each other. But a few months later, Romy moved from Australia to Paris to Alain, and a couple of months later their engagement was announced. The wedding, however, never took place - after some time, Delon was seen by the paparazzi with a certain blonde, a little later he left Romy, and he married this blonde. Schneider, on the other hand, remained at the bottom.
Dealing with grief, she got married and forgot to think about Delon, until fate brought them together again on the set of the film "Pool". As it turned out, fate was here And Moreover, the role for Romy was procured by the actor himself. Passion flared up new force, her husband left Schneider, and soon Delon himself fled, again leaving the actress alone with herself and her pain.
Romy's suffering spilled over into a passion for alcohol, and in 1981 another blow awaited her - her 14-year-old son suddenly died. Soon the actress herself died of a broken heart.
Delon embraced death ex-lover as his guilt - he wrote about this in a letter published in one of the newspapers: “It is because of me your heart stopped beating. Because of me, because 25 years ago I was made your partner at Christina.
7. Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger
Williams and Ledger met on the set of the controversial Brokeback Mountain. According to colleagues of the actors, their romance flared up immediately. For three years the couple was happy together - in 2008, after the birth of their daughter Matilda, they announced their engagement. However, they never played a wedding - after some time, both actors announced a break in relations. For the press, the main version was the employment of Ledger and Williams. But close sources said that it was Heath's addiction to drugs. The actor also experienced a difficult and painful break with Michelle with their help. And soon he was found dead in his own house. He allegedly accidentally mixed strong sleeping pills, after which he could no longer wake up.
Williams suffered a loss for a long time and is unlikely to fully recover from it now. In an interview, she said that no one can even imagine how much everything died for her with Heath.
Chance meetings of future couples turned their lives upside down, some romantic relationships changed the fate of other people, influenced art and even the history of the 20th century.
Feelings sometimes required significant sacrifices from lovers, perhaps the largest of them shocked Great Britain in the 30s of the 20th century.
Kingdom in exchange for love
The acquaintance, which radically changed the lives of the Prince of Wales Edward and the American Wallis Simpson, occurred in 1931. They began to meet after 3 years, and the high-born family at first accepted the prince's new hobby condescendingly, hoping that he would soon grow cold towards a married woman.
At the end of January 1936, King George V, the father of the Prince of Wales, who became the new monarch Edward VIII, died, and the scandalous relationship became impossible to continue without a threat to reputation. He understood this, but the couple was not even allowed a morganatic marriage, so on December 10, 1936, the man abdicated. A modest wedding ceremony took place on June 3, 1937, and The Times magazine awarded Wallis the title of "Man of the Year", because her love turned out to be more important for Edward than power and changed the fate of the United Kingdom.
In the USSR, at about the same time, there was beautiful story love, which has become the standard of tender respectful feelings of two creative people.
Director and muse
In 1933, by order "from above" Grigory Alexandrov (pseudonym of Alexander Mormonenko) was to shoot the first Soviet musical comedy with Leonid Utyosov in the main male role, and he had to painfully look for a worthy partner. There are several versions of how the director met Lyubov Orlova, who later brilliantly played the housekeeper Anyuta: from the romantic version, according to which Alexandrov saw his future wife in the musical theater at the Moscow Art Theater, to a pragmatic meeting arranged by the actress's girlfriend. In January 1934, Alexandrov and Orlova signed, all 41 years of joint family life addressed each other as “you”, and after the death of his beloved, the man made a documentary film in memory of her.
Student novels pare caustically durable, especially if one of the partners becomes famous, but there are happy exceptions.
echo of love
In Moscow in the 50s, a meeting took place between Alla Kireeva, a student of the Literary Institute, and a talented young man Robert Rozhdestvensky, who transferred to the capital's university from the philological faculty of Karelian University. He devoted many poems to his beloved, who became the only wife and permanent muse, and, perhaps, he was able to express the whole depth of feelings with the words “we coincided with you.” Deafening popularity fell upon the poet, who became one of the most beloved "sixties" among the people, but he did not pay attention to the huge number of fans, because his wife and 2 daughters were waiting for him at home.
Over the course of 41 years, allotted to them by fate, they went through the everyday disorder of the first years life together, the test of fame, serious illness Christmas, incredible harmonious relationship couples are immortalized in his poems.
In theatrical circles, beautiful romances are not uncommon, but not all couples can boast that they have managed to save their relationship.
creative union
The acquaintance of the then-famous actor Sergei Yursky and the student of the theater institute Natalia Tenyakova took place in 1965 at the television play "Big Cat's Tale", in which they played the detective Sidney Hall and his bride Alice, respectively. The novel did not happen - they were not free, but a few years later a new meeting on the BDT stage became the beginning of their happy love story. The modest wedding took place 5 years after they met, and the romantic and creative union of the actors turned out to be surprisingly strong - they live together, play on the same stage. Was a resounding success teamwork actors in the film "Love and Doves", where Yursky and Tenyakova portrayed an elderly couple (in fact, they were then 49 and 40 years old).
