Mermaid1962
Majesty
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From what I've read, many aristocratic daughters seemed to be used as pawns married off for social or financial reasons. I think that would be frightening, growing up knowing that you might end up being married off to someone that one didn't particularly like and who might be much older.
9 years old...... that´s terrible. I have the same background minus film stars that Blondie has but it makes me grieve to think how many of the aristocratic families made money from poor little children down a mine, mills etc.
The women in the aristocratic families didn´t have it that easy either in a different way, on my husband´s family tree there is a young girl (daughter of a Count) who married at 19 had 5 children became a widow and married again and had 15 children.
From the dates that are provided I think she died of the 20th......
Buy a book about Kate´s relatives, no thanks.