Robert M. Price Hero archetype why was he a hero? I don't know. Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? He views Jesus of Nazareth as an invented figure conforming to the Rank-Raglan mythotype. why were these his views? suggesting that the early Christians adopted the model for the figure of Jesus from the popular Mediterranean dying-rising saviour myths of the time, did they adopt it? I don't know.
was he married?
Did Robert M. Price ever marry?
He views Jesus of Nazareth as an invented figure conforming to the Rank-Raglan mythotype.  In the documentary The God Who Wasn't There, Price supports a version of the Christ myth theory, suggesting that the early Christians adopted the model for the figure of Jesus from the popular Mediterranean dying-rising saviour myths of the time, such as that of Dionysus. He argues that the comparisons were known at the time, as early church father Justin Martyr had admitted the similarities. Price suggests that Christianity simply adopted themes from the dying-rising god stories of the day and supplemented them with themes (escaping crosses, empty tombs, children being persecuted by tyrants, etc.) from the popular stories of the day in order to come up with the narratives about Christ. [Per the Kyrios Christos Cult] The ancient Mediterranean world was hip-deep in religions centering on the death and resurrection of a savior god. [...] It is very hard not to see extensive and basic similarities between these religions and the Christian religion. But somehow Christian scholars have managed not to see it, and this, one must suspect, for dogmatic reasons. [...] But it seems to me that the definitive proof that the resurrection of the Mystery Religion saviors preceded Christianity is the fact that ancient Christian apologists did not deny it! [...] A Christ religion modeled after a Mystery cult is a Mystery cult, [and against Mack's Christ cult] a Christ cult worthy of the name. This is what we expect Burton Mack to be talking about when he talks about Christ cults. Price notes that historians of classical antiquity approached mythical figures such as Heracles by rejecting supernatural tales while doggedly assuming that "a genuine historical figure" could be identified at the root of the legend. He describes this general approach as Euhemerism, and argues that most historical Jesus research today is also Euhemerist. Price argues that Jesus is like other ancient mythic figures, in that no mundane, secular information seems to have survived. Accordingly, Jesus also should be regarded as a mythic figure. But, Price admits to some uncertainty in this regard. He writes at the conclusion of his 2000 book Deconstructing Jesus: "There may have been a real figure there, but there is simply no longer any way of being sure." CANNOTANSWER
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Robert McNair Price (born 7 July 1954) is an American New Testament scholar. His most notable stance is arguing in favor of the Christ myth theory — the claim that a historical Jesus did not exist.  Price is the author of a number of books on biblical studies and the historicity of Jesus.

A former Baptist minister, Price was a fellow of the Jesus Project, a group of 150 individuals who studied the historicity of Jesus and the Gospels, the organizer of a Web community for those interested in the history of Christianity, and a member of the advisory board of the Secular Student Alliance. He is a religious skeptic, especially of orthodox Christian beliefs, occasionally describing himself as a Christian atheist.  Price eventually moved to a maximalist position in favor of the Christ myth theory, believing that neither Jesus nor Nazareth itself existed in Roman Galilee.

Price is also a writer, editor, and critic in the field of speculative fiction. He has written about the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. Price was appointed executor of Lin Carter's literary estate, although Price's actions became controversial in 2020 after an inflammatory introduction he wrote to Lin Carter's Flashing Swords #6 anthology caused multiple authors to withdraw their work in protest. He co-wrote a book on the rock band Rush with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999).

Price is currently the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism.

Background
Price was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1954 and moved to New Jersey in 1964. He received a Master of Theological Studies in New Testament from Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary in 1978. At Drew University, he was awarded one Ph.D. in Systematic Theology in 1981 and another in New Testament in 1991. Price was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montclair, New Jersey. He has served as Professor of Religion at Mount Olive College.  He additionally did some work at minor institutions, including professorships at nonaccredited schools Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary and the Center for Inquiry Institute.

Christ myth theory
Price challenges biblical literalism and argues for a more skeptical and humanistic approach to Christianity. Price questioned the historicity of Jesus in a series of books, including Deconstructing Jesus (2000), The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man (2003), Jesus Is Dead (2007), and The Christ-Myth Theory and Its Problems (2012), as well as in Jesus at the Vanishing Point, a contribution to The Historical Jesus: Five Views (2009).

Methodology
Price uses critical-historical methods, but also uses "history-of-religions parallel[s]," or the "Principle of Analogy," to show similarities between Gospel narratives and non-Christian Middle Eastern myths. Price criticizes some of the criteria of critical Bible research, such as the criterion of dissimilarity and the criterion of embarrassment. Price further notes that "consensus is no criterion" for the historicity of Jesus. According to Price, if critical methodology is applied with ruthless consistency, one is left in complete agnosticism regarding Jesus's historicity. In Jesus at the Vanishing Point, Price acknowledges that he stands against the majority view of scholars, but cautions against attempting to settle the issue by appeal to the majority.

Key arguments for the Christ myth theory
In Jesus at the Vanishing Point (2010), Price gives three key points for the traditional Christ myth theory, which originated with Bruno Bauer and the Dutch Radical School:
 There is no mention of a miracle-working Jesus in secular sources; Price asserts that Eusebius fabricated the Testimonium Flavianum.
 The epistles, written earlier than the gospels, provide no evidence of a recent historical Jesus; all that can be taken from the epistles, Price argues, is that a Jesus Christ, son of God, lived in a heavenly realm, there died as a sacrifice for human sin, was raised by God, and enthroned in heaven.
 The Jesus narrative is paralleled in Middle Eastern myths about dying and rising gods; Price names Baal, Osiris, Attis, Adonis, and Dumuzi/Tammuz as examples, all of which, he writes, survived into the Hellenistic and Roman periods and thereby influenced Early Christianity. Price alleges that Christian apologists have tried to downplay these parallels.

In The Christ-Myth Theory and Its Problems (2011), Price maintains that the Christ myth theory is the most likely explanation for the origin of Christianity, giving another overview of arguments:
 "almost every story in the Gospels (and Acts) can be plausibly argued to be borrowed from the Greek Old Testament, Homer, or Euripides." 
 "every detail of the narrated life of Jesus fits the outlines of the Mythic Hero archetype present in all cultures."
 "the epistles, regardless of their dates as earlier or later than the gospels, seem to enshrine a different vein of early Christian faith which lacked an earthly Jesus, a Christianity that understood "Jesus" as an honorific throne-name bestowed on a spiritual savior who had been ambushed and killed by the Archons who rule the universe before he rose triumphant over them [...] Christianity eventually rewrote Jesus into an historical incarnation who suffered at the hands of earthly institutions of religion and government."

Jesus-agnosticism
Price argues that if critical methodology is applied with ruthless consistency, one is left in complete agnosticism regarding Jesus's historicity. Price is quoted saying, "There might have been a historical Jesus, but unless someone discovers his diary or his skeleton, we'll never know." He also similarly declared in a 1997 public debate:

Price notes that historians of classical antiquity approached mythical figures such as Heracles by rejecting supernatural tales while doggedly assuming that "a genuine historical figure" could be identified at the root of the legend. He describes this general approach as Euhemerism, and argues that most historical Jesus research today is also Euhemerist. Price argues that Jesus is like other ancient mythic figures, in that no mundane, secular information seems to have survived. Accordingly, Jesus also should be regarded as a mythic figure, but Price admits to some  uncertainty in this regard. He writes at the conclusion of his 2000 book Deconstructing Jesus: "There may have been a real figure there, but there is simply no longer any way of being sure."

Mythological origins
Price believes that Christianity is a historicized synthesis of mainly Egyptian, Jewish, and Greek mythologies, viewing Jesus of Nazareth as an invented figure conforming to the Rank-Raglan mythotype.

Price argues that the early Christians adopted the model for the figure of Jesus from the popular Mediterranean dying-rising saviour myths of the time, such as that of Dionysus. He argues that the comparisons were known at the time, as early church father Justin Martyr had admitted the similarities. Price suggests that Christianity simply adopted themes from the dying-rising god stories of the day and supplemented them with themes (escaping crosses, empty tombs, children being persecuted by tyrants, etc.) from the popular stories of the day in order to come up with the narratives about Christ.

Gospels as midrash
Price asserts that there was an almost complete fleshing out of the details of the gospels by a midrashic rewriting of the Septuagint, Josephus, Homer, and Euripides' The Bacchae. According to Price, "virtually every story in the gospels and Acts can be shown to be very likely a Christian rewrite of material" from those sources and "virtually every case of New Testament narrative" can be traced back to a literary prototype, leaving "virtually nothing left."

Influences of Greek Cynicism
Price does not see in the Q document a reliable source for the historical Jesus, simply because Q shows everywhere a Cynic flavor, representing a school of thought rather than necessarily the teaching of a single person. Price acknowledges that outside the New Testament there are a small number of ancient sources (Tacitus, for example) who would testify that Jesus was a person who really lived. However, Price points out that, even assuming the authenticity of these references, they relate more to the claims of the Christians who lived at that time on Jesus, and do not prove that Jesus was a contemporary of the writers of antiquity.

Historicising the myth
Citing accounts that have Jesus being crucified under Alexander Jannaeus (83 BCE) or in his 50s by Herod Agrippa I under the rule of Claudius Caesar (41–54 CE), Price argues that these "varying dates are the residue of various attempts to anchor an originally mythic or legendary Jesus in more or less recent history."

Price also propounds the belief that the town of Nazareth did not exist during the first half of the first century CE, and is a pseudo-historical invention. Price and Bart Ehrman disputed this issue in the dueling works Did Jesus Exist? and Price's Bart Ehrman and the Quest of Historical Jesus of Nazareth: An Evaluation of Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist?

H. P. Lovecraft scholarship

Price has been a figure in H. P. Lovecraft scholarship and fandom for many years.  He is the editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu. (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies. In essays that introduce the anthologies and the individual stories, Price traces the origins of Lovecraft's entities, motifs, and literary style. The Cthulhu Cycle, for example, saw the origins of Cthulhu the octopoid entity in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Kraken" (1830) and particular passages from Lord Dunsany, while The Dunwich Cycle points to the influence of Arthur Machen on Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror."

Price's religious background often informs his Mythos criticism, seeing gnostic themes in Lovecraft's fictional god Azathoth and interpreting "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" as a kind of initiation ritual.

Many of the early Cthulhu anthologies by Chaosium were overseen by Price; his first book was The Hastur Cycle (1993), an anthology of short stories which traced the development of a single Lovecraftian element, and this was followed by Mysteries of the Worm (1993), a collection of Robert Bloch's Mythos fiction.

Other works
In 2010 Price became one of three new hosts on Point of Inquiry (the Center for Inquiry's podcast), following the retirement of host D. J. Grothe from the show. Having appeared on the show twice before as a guest (see external links below), he hosted until 2012. Price hosted The Bible Geek, a podcast where Price answered listeners' questions. The most recent show was in June 2019. As of 2022, Price is a regular guest on an interview podcast about religion, "MythVision Podcast."

In 2005, Price appeared in Brian Flemming's documentary film The God Who Wasn't There, is the subject of the documentary "The Gospel According to Price" by writer/director Joseph Nanni, and appears in the films of Jozef K. Richards in the documentary, Batman & Jesus, and comedy series, Holy Shit.

In 2020, Price was in the process of bringing back an anthology series called Flashing Swords!, which was popular in the late 1970s. In the introduction to the sixth volume, he had made several statements that readers and other collaborating authors felt were  transphobic, misogynistic, and racist. Several authors, in response, announced they were having their names and works retracted from the volume, citing Price's political remarks.

Debates 
In 1999, Price debated William Lane Craig, arguing against the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. In 2010, he debated James White, arguing against the reliability of the Bible. In 2010, Price debated Douglas Jacoby, on Jesus: Man, Myth, or Messiah? In 2016, he debated New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman on the historicity of Jesus. Although they disagreed, Ehrman considered Price one of the more esteemed proponents of mythicism as Price had the relevant credentials and study, compared to other mythicists whose expertise stemmed from other disciplines.

Publications

Books on religion
The Widow Traditions in Luke-Acts: A Feminist-Critical Scrutiny Society of Biblical Literature.  (Mar 1997).
Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush Borgo Press. . with Carol Selby Price (1 Nov 1998)
Deconstructing Jesus Prometheus Books. . (20 Mar 2000).
The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition? Prometheus Books. . (20 Dec 2003)
The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave Prometheus Books.  edited with Jeffery Jay Lowder (20 April 2005) with the following articles: "Introduction: The Second Life of Jesus," "Apocryphal Apparitions: 1 Corinthians 15:3-11 as a Post Pauline Interpretation" and "By This Time He Stinketh: The Attempts of William Lane Craig to Exhume Jesus." 
The Da Vinci Fraud: Why the Truth Is Stranger than Fiction Prometheus Books. .  (20 Sep 2005).
The Reason Driven Life: What Am I Here on Earth For? Prometheus Books. .  (1 Sep 2006).
The Pre-Nicene New Testament: Fifty-four Formative Texts Signature Books . (30 Oct 2006)
The Paperback Apocalypse: How the Christian Church was Left Behind Prometheus Books. .  (1 Sept 2007).
Jesus is Dead American Atheist Press . (30 April 2007).
Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms Prometheus Books.  (8 April 2008)
Beyond Born Again: Towards Evangelical Maturity Wildside Press.  (30 Oct 2008).
Inerrant the Wind: The Evangelical Crisis of Biblical Authority Prometheus Books.  (1 Dec 2008).
The Case Against The Case For Christ: A New Testament Scholar Refutes the Reverend Lee Strobel, American Atheist Press.  (15 Feb 2010)
Jesus Christ Superstar: The Making of a Modern Gospel. eBookIt (1 April 2011)
Paul: The Lost Epistles eBookIt.com (21 July 2011)
The Christ-Myth Theory and Its Problems American Atheist Press.  (1 August 2011)
The Amazing Colossal Apostle: The Search for the Historical Paul Signature Books  (15 February 2012)
Bart Ehrman and the Quest of Historical Jesus of Nazareth: An Evaluation of Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist?  edited with Frank R. Zindler the following articles, "Introduction: Surprised by Myth" and "Bart Ehrman: Paradigm Policeman." American Atheist Press 2013 (16 Apr 2013)
The Needletoe Letters, eBookIt (7 May 2012) 
Killing History: Jesus In The No-Spin Zone, Prometheus Books  (2 September 2014)
 
Judaizing Jesus: How New Testament Scholars Created the Ecumenical Golem, Pitchstone Publishing, , (12 October 2021)

Chapters and articles on religion
The Evolution of the Pauline Canon, in Hervormde Teologiese Studies, Number 1&2 June 1997, 36-67
 Chapter: "Jesus: Myth and Method" in The Christian delusion edited by John W. Loftus Amherst, NY Prometheus Books 2010 
Foreword to Beyond the Crusades, American Atheist Press (2016) by Michael B. Paulkovich 
 Apocryphal Apparitions: 1 Corinthians 15:3-11 as a Post-Pauline Interpolation, Journal of Higher Criticism 2/2 (Fall 1995), 69-99
 Robert Eisenman's James the Brother of Jesus: A Higher-Critical Evaluation, Journal of Higher Criticism 4/2 (Fall 1997)

Cthulhu Mythos (as editor or author)
Acolytes of Cthulhu
The Antarktos Cycle: Horror and Wonder at the Ends of the Earth
The Azathoth Cycle: The Blind Idiot God
Beyond the Mountains of Madness featuring short stories inspired by Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, plus one Weird Tales story that probably inspired Lovecraft
Black Forbidden Things
Blasphemies & Revelations Mythos Books. .  (30 Sep 2008).
The Book of Eibon
The Book of Iod (stories by Henry Kuttner)
The Cthulhu Cycle: Thirteen Tentacles of Terror
Dark Wisdom: New Tales of the Old Ones (stories by Gary Myers)
The Dunwich Cycle: Where the Old Gods Wait
The Hastur Cycle
The Horror of It All: Encrusted Gems from the "Crypt of Cthulhu"
H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos
The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones
The Ithaqua Cycle: The Wind-Walker of the Icy Wastes
Lin Carter: A Look Behind His Imaginary Worlds
Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak, Supernatural Sleuth
Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos (with Lin Carter) Borgo Pr; Rev Sub edition (Nov 1997) 
The Mighty Warriors (May 2018)
Mysteries of the Worm (stories by Robert Bloch)
Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. Howard
The Necronomicon
The New Lovecraft Circle
The Nyarlathotep Cycle: The God of a Thousand Forms
Shards of Darkness (stories by Edward P. Berglund)
The Shub-Niggurath Cycle: Tales of the Black Goat with a Thousand Young
The Sword of Thongor
The Taint of Lovecraft (stories by Stanley Sargeant)
Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos
Tales Out of Dunwich
Tales Out of Innsmouth: New Stories of the Children of Dagon
The Tsathoggua Cycle: Terror Tales of the Toad God
Worlds of Cthulhu
The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter
The Yith Cycle: Lovecraftian Tales of the Great Race and Time Travel

Magazines
Editor of Midnight Shambler and Crypt of Cthulhu

Notes

References

Sources

External links

The Human Bible podcast
The Amazing Colossal Apostle at archive.org

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This article contains a list of child bridegrooms or child husbands wherein notable or historically significant examples have been singled out.

List

Antiquity 
 Tutankhamun was married before the age of nine years to his half-sister Ankhesenamun (aged about 16).

8th century 
 The future Emperor Shōmu (aged about 16) was married to in Asukabe-hime (aged 16) .

10th century 
 The future Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (aged 16/17), was married to Theophanu (aged about 17) in 972.

 The future Louis V of France (aged about 15) was married to the twice-widowed Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (aged 40) in 982.

 The future Emperor Ichijō (aged 10) was married to Fujiwara no Teishi (about 12/13) in October 990.

11th century 
 Fujiwara no Shōshi (aged about 12) was married to the future Emperor Ichijō (aged 19/20) in 1000.

 The future Emperor Go-Ichijō (aged 10) married his aunt Fujiwara no Ishi (aged 19) in 1018.

 The future Emperor Horikawa (aged 14) was married to his paternal aunt Princess Tokushi (aged about 33) in 1093.

12th century 
 Pons, Count of Tripoli (aged 13/14), was married to Cecile of France (aged 14/15) in 1112.

 William Adelin (aged 15), son and heir of Henry I of England, was married to Matilda of Anjou (aged about 13) in 1119.

 Louis VII of France (aged 17) married Eleanor of Aquitaine (aged about 15) in 1137; their marriage was annulled in 1152.

 Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (aged about 12/13), was married to Constance of France (aged about 15/16) in 1140.

 Philip I, Count of Flanders (aged 15/16), was married to Elisabeth of Vermandois (aged 16) in 1159.

 The future Emperor Nijō (aged 15) was married to his paternal aunt Princess Yoshiko (aged 17) in March 1159.

 Alfonso VIII of Castile (aged 14/15) married Eleanor of England in 1170, when she was about 9-years-old.

 Henry the Young King (aged 17) was married to Margaret of France (aged 13/14) in 1172. They had been betrothed since 1160, when Henry was 5 and Margaret was about 2.

 Canute VI of Denmark (aged about 13/14) was married to Gertrude of Bavaria (aged 22 or 25) in 1177. They had been engaged since 1171, since he was about 7/8 and she was about 16 or 19.

 Henry I, Duke of Brabant (aged about 14), was married to Matilda of Boulogne (aged 9) in 1179.

 Alexios II Komnenos was 10 when he is reported to have married Agnes of France (aged 9) in 1180.

 Philip II of France (aged 14) married Isabella of Hainault (aged 10) in 1180.

 Humphrey IV of Toron (aged about 17) married Isabella of Jerusalem (aged 10/11) in 1183. They had been betrothed when Humphrey was about 14/15 and Isabella was 8-years-old.

 Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (aged 13/14), married Berengaria of Castile in 1187, when she was about 8-years-old. The marriage was never consummated due to Berengaria's young age.

 William IV, Count of Ponthieu (aged 15/16), was married to Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (aged 34), in 1195.

13th century 
 Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine (aged about 16), was married to Matilda of Brabant (aged about 12) in 1212.

 Henry I of Castile married his cousin Mafalda of Portugal (aged about 20) in 1215, when he was either 10- or 11-years-old. The marriage was never consummated due to Henry's young age; and the marriage was annulled by the Pope in 1216 on the grounds of consanguinity. Later that year, Henry was betrothed to his second cousin Sancha, heiress of León, but he died in 1217 at the age of 13.

 Baldwin II of Constantinople (aged about 17) was married to Marie of Brienne (aged about 10) in 1234.

 Alexander III of Scotland (aged 10) was married to Margaret of England (aged 11) in December 1251.

 Edward I of England (aged 15) was married to Eleanor of Castile (aged 13) in 1254.

 The future Philip III of France (aged 17) was married to Isabella of Aragon (aged 13/14) in May 1262. They had been betrothed since May 1258, when he was 13 and she was 9/10.

 John I, Duke of Brabant (17/18), was married to Margaret of France (aged 15/16) in 1270.

 The future Ladislaus IV of Hungary (aged 7/8) was married to Elizabeth of Sicily (aged 8/9) in 1270.

 Philip of Sicily (aged about 15/16) was married to Isabella of Villehardouin (aged either 8 or 11) in May 1271.

 The future Philip IV of France (aged 16) was married to Joan I of Navarre (aged 11) in August 1285.

 Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (aged 13) was married to Judith of Habsburg (aged 13) in January 1285.

 John II, Duke of Brabant (aged 14), was married to Margaret of England (aged 15) in 1290. John and Margaret had been betrothed since they were 2 and 3, respectively.

 Henry, Count of Luxembourg (aged about 13/14), was married to Margaret of Brabant (aged 15) in July 1292.

 John I, Count of Holland (aged 12/13), was married to Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (aged 14) in 1297.

14th century 
 Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (aged 14), was married to Joan de Geneville (aged 15) in 1301.

 The future Gaston I, Count of Foix (aged 13/14), was married to Joan of Artois (aged 11/12) in 1301.

 The future Louis X of France (aged 15) was married to Margaret of Burgundy (aged about 15) in 1305.

 Philip V of France (aged about 13/14) was married to Joan of Burgundy (aged 14/15) in 1307.

 The future Charles IV of France (aged 13) was married to Blanche of Burgundy (aged about 11/12) in January 1308.

 John of Luxembourg (aged 14) was married to Elizabeth of Bohemia (aged 18) in September 1310.

 John III, Duke of Brabant (aged 10/11), was married to Marie of Évreux (aged 7/8) in 1311.

 Edmund Mortimer (aged about 13/14, possibly younger) was married to Elizabeth de Badlesmere (aged 3) in 1316.

 Thomas Beauchamp (aged about 6) was married to Katherine Mortimer (aged about 5) in 1319.

 Louis I, Count of Flanders (aged about 15/16), was married to Margaret of France (aged 9/10) in 1320.

 Guigues VIII of Viennois (aged 13/14) was married to Isabella of France (aged 10/11) in 1323.

 Alfonso XI of Castile (aged 13/14) was married to Constanza Manuel of Villena (aged at most 10) in 1325. He had the marriage annulled two years later, and in 1328, at the age of 16/17, married his double first cousin Maria of Portugal (aged 14/15).
 
 Edward III of England (aged 15) was married to Philippa of Hainault (between the ages of 12 and 17) in 1327.

 The future David II of Scotland (aged 4) was married to Joan of the Tower (aged 7) in 1328.

 Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (aged about 9/10), was married to Agnes Mortimer (aged about 11/12) in 1328 or 1329. Laurence was a ward of Agnes's father, Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (aged about 12/13; later Holy Roman Emperor), was married to Blanche of Valois (aged about 12/13) in 1329.

 Reginald II, Duke of Guelders (aged about 16), was married to Sophia Berthout in 1311. After Sophia's death in 1329, he married Eleanor of Woodstock (aged 13) in 1332, when he was about 37-years-old.

 John, Duke of Normandy (aged 13), was married to Bonne of Luxembourg (aged 17) in July 1332.

 Andrew of Hungary (aged 6) was married to the future Joanna I of Naples (aged about 6/7) in 1333.

 William IV, Count of Holland (aged 10/11), was married to Joanna of Brabant (aged 11/12) in 1334.

 Marie de Namur (aged about 13/14) was married to Henry II, Graf of Vianden, in 1335/36. Henry was murdered in 1337; about three years later, in 1340, Marie (now about 17/18) was married to Theobald of Bar, Seigneur de Pierrepont (aged about 25/26), her second cousin, once removed.

 Philip of Burgundy (aged about 14/15) was married to Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (aged about 11/12), circa 1338.

 William Montagu (aged 12) was married to Joan of Kent (aged 13) in either late 1340 or early 1341. In 1348, it was revealed that Joan had secretly married Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, in 1340; and, as a result, Montagu's marriage to Joan was annulled.

 Gaston III, Count of Foix (aged 16/17), was married to Agnes of Navarre (aged 13/14) in 1348.

 Charles V of France (aged 12) was married Joanna of Bourbon (aged 12) to in April 1350.

 Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (aged about 15), was married to Maud de Ufford (born 1345/46) sometime before 10 June 1350, when Maud was about 5-years-old.

 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (aged 13/14), was married to Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (aged 20), in 1352.

 Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (aged 10/11), was married to the future Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (aged 6/7), in 1357.

 Richard Fitzalan (aged 12/13) was married to Elizabeth de Bohun (aged about 9) in 1359.

 John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (aged 11), was married to Margaret of England (aged 12), daughter of Henry III of England, in 1359.

 Gian Galeazzo Visconti (aged 8) was married to Isabella of Valois (aged 11/12) in October 1360, about a week before Gian's 9th birthday.

 Albert III, Duke of Austria (aged 16/17), was married to Elisabeth of Bohemia (aged 7/8) in 1366.

 Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (aged 15/16), was married to Philippa of Clarence (aged 12/13) in 1368.

 The future Charles III of Navarre (aged 13/14) was married to Eleanor of Castile (aged about 12) in May 1375.

 John V, Lord of Arkel (aged 14), was married to Joanna of Jülich in October 1376.

 John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (aged 8), was married to Elizabeth of Lancaster (aged 17) in 1380. The marriage remained unconsummated due to John's age, and was annulled after Elizabeth became pregnant by John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, whom she later married.

 Henry Bolingbroke (aged 13; later King Henry IV of England) was married to Mary de Bohun (aged about 10/11) in 1380.

 Richard II of England (aged 15) was married to Anne of Bohemia (aged 15) in January 1382.

 John, Count of Nevers (aged 14) was married to Margaret of Bavaria (aged 21/22) in April 1385.

 The future John V, Duke of Brittany (aged 6/7), was married to Joan of France (aged 4/5) in 1396.

 John of Perche (aged 10/11) was married to Marie of Brittany (aged 5) in July 1396.

15th century 
 Louis, Duke of Guyenne (aged 7), married Margaret of Nevers (aged 10) in August 1404.
Charles, Duke of Orléans (aged 11), married his cousin Isabella of Valois (aged 16) in June 1406.

 Philip the Good (aged 12) was married to Michelle of Valois (aged 14) in June 1409.

 John, Duke of Touraine (aged 16), was married to Jacqueline of Hainaut (aged 14) in 1415.

 John IV, Duke of Brabant (aged 14), was married to Jacqueline of Hainaut (aged 16) in March 1418, following her first husband's death the year before.

 John II, Duke of Alençon (aged 15), married Joan of Valois (aged 15), daughter of Charles, Duke of Orléans, in 1424.

 Louis, Dauphin of France (aged 12), was married to Margaret Stewart (aged 11), daughter of James I of Scotland, in June 1436. The wedding took place a little over a week before Louis's thirteenth birthday.

 Henry IV of Castile (aged 14/15) was married to his cousin Blanche of Navarre (aged 15/16) in 1440.

 Afonso V of Portugal (aged 15) was married to Isabel of Coimbra (aged 15) in May 1447.

 John de la Pole (age 7) was married to Margaret Beaufort, (age 7; approximately) in 1450 by the arrangement John's father. The marriage was annulled in 1453.

 Ferdinand II of Aragon (aged 17) was married to his second cousin Infanta Isabella of Castile (aged 18; later Isabella I of Castile) in 1469. They became the parents of Catherine of Aragon.

 John, Prince of Portugal (aged 14) was married to his first cousin Eleanor of Viseu (aged 11) in January 1470.

 Louis, Duke of Orléans (aged 14) was married to his cousin Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (age 12), in 1476.

 Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (age 4), was married to Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (age 6), in 1477. She died at age 10 and he, as one of the Princes in the Tower, is believed to have been murdered at age 10.

 Afonso, Prince of Portugal (aged about 15), was married by proxy to Isabella of Aragon (aged 19) in the spring of 1490.

16th century 
 Arthur, Prince of Wales (aged 15), was married to Catherine of Aragon (aged 15) in 1501. He died a few months later and she eventually married his younger brother, Henry VIII of England.

 Charles, Count of Montpensier (aged 15), was married to Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (aged 14), in 1505.

 Henry VIII of England (aged 17), married Catherine of Aragon (aged 23) in June 1509, a couple of weeks before his 18th birthday.

 Claude, Duke of Guise (aged 16), was married to Antoinette de Bourbon (aged 18) in 1513.

 Henry, Duke of Orléans (aged 14), was married to Catherine de' Medici (aged 14) in 1533.

 Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset (aged 15/16), was married to Lady Frances Brandon (aged 15/16) in 1533.

 Henry Clifford (aged 17/18) was married to Lady Eleanor Brandon (aged 15/16) in 1535.

 Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (aged 14), grandson of Pope Paul III, was married to Margaret of Parma (aged 15), illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in November 1538.

 Philip, Prince of Asturias (aged 16; later Philip II of Spain), was married to Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal (aged 16), in 1543.

 João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (aged 14), was married to his double first cousin Joanna of Austria (aged 16) in 1552.

 Lord Guildford Dudley (aged about 17/18) was married to Lady Jane Grey (aged about 16/17) in 1553.

 Henry, Lord Herbert, was at most 15-years-old, was married to Lady Katherine Grey (aged 12), younger sister of Lady Jane Grey, in 1553. The marriage was annulled in 1554.

 Francis, Dauphin of France (aged 13/14), was married to Mary, Queen of Scots (aged 15/16), in 1558. The pair had been betrothed since Mary was five and Francis was three.

 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (aged 15), was married to Claude of France (aged 11), daughter of Henry II of France, in 1559.

17th century 
 Alfonso, Hereditary Prince of Modena (aged 16/17), was married to Isabella of Savoy (aged 16) in 1608.

 César, Duke of Vendôme (aged 14), was married to Françoise de Lorraine (aged 15/16) in July 1608.

 Frederick V, Elector Palatine (aged 16), married Elizabeth Stuart (aged 16), eldest daughter of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark, in 1613.

 Louis XIII of France (aged 14) was married to his second cousin Anne of Austria (aged 14) in November 1615.

 The future Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (aged 14), was married to Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (aged 14) in December 1650.

 The future William II, Prince of Orange (aged 15), married Mary, Princess Royal (aged 9), in 1641. The marriage was reported to not have been consummated for a number of years due to the bride's age.

 Walter Scott of Highchester (aged 14) was married to Mary Scott, 3rd Countess of Buccleuch (aged 11), in 1659.

 James Crofts, 1st Duke of Monmouth (aged 14), illegitimate son of Charles II of England and his mistress Lucy Walter, was married to Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (aged 12), in April 1663.

 Sir Edward Lee (aged 14) was married to Lady Charlotte FitzRoy (aged 13) in 1677. They had been betrothed since 1674, before Charlotte's tenth birthday.

 Ivan V of Russia (aged 17) was married to Praskovia Saltykova (aged 18/19) in either late 1683 or early 1684.

 Louis, Prince of Condé (aged 16), was married to his distant cousin Louise Françoise de Bourbon (aged 11) in 1685.

 Philippe, Duke of Chartres (aged 17), married his first cousin Françoise Marie de Bourbon (aged 14), legitimated daughter of Louis XIV, in February 1692.

 Louis, Duke of Burgundy (aged 15), was married to Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (aged 12) in December 1697.

18th century 
 Philip V of Spain (aged 17) was married to Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy (aged 12) in September 1701, five days before Maria Luisa's 13th birthday.

 Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (aged 17), was married to Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon (aged 19) in July 1713.

 Jules, Prince of Soubise (aged 17), was married to Anne Julie de Melun (aged 15/16) in September 1714.

 Louis, Prince of Asturias (aged 14), was married by proxy to Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (aged 11) in November 1721.

 Louis XV of France (aged 15) was married to Marie Leszczyńska (aged 22) in 1725.

 José, Prince of Brazil (aged 14), was married to Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain (aged 10) in January 1729.

 Louis François, Prince of Conti (aged 14), was married to Louise Diane d'Orléans (aged 15) in January 1732.

 Gaston, Count of Marsan (aged 17), was married to Marie Louise de Rohan (aged 16) in June 1736.

 Ercole Rinaldo d'Este (aged 13/14) was married to Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa (aged 15/16) in 1741.

 Louis, Dauphin of France (aged 15), was married to Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (aged 18) in 1744. After Maria Teresa's death in early 1746, Louis was required to remarry quickly in order to secure the succession to the French crown. Thus, he married again in February 1747, at the age of 17, to Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony (aged 15).

 Peter of Holstein-Gottorp (later Peter III of Russia) was 17-years-old when he married his 16-year-old second cousin Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (later known as Catherine the Great) in 1745.

 Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (aged 16), was married to Charlotte de Rohan (aged 15) in 1753.

 Christian VII of Denmark (aged 17) was married to Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (aged 15) in 1766.

 Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (aged 17) was married by proxy to Maria Carolina of Austria (aged 15) in April 1768.

 Louis Henri, Duke of Enghien (aged 14), was married to Bathilde d'Orléans (aged 19) in 1770.

 Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France (aged 15), was married to Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria (aged 14; later known as Marie Antoinette) in April 1770.

 Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence (aged 15; the future King Louis XVIII of France), was married to Marie Joséphine of Savoy (aged 17) in 1771.

 Charles Philippe, Duke of Artois (aged 16; later Charles X of France), was married to Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy (aged 17) in 1773.

 The future Alexander I of Russia (aged 15) married Princess Louise of Baden (aged 14) in 1793.

19th century
 Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias (aged 17; later Ferdinand VII of Spain), was married to his first cousin Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (aged 17) in October 1802, about a week before his 18th birthday.

 Tokugawa Iemochi (aged 15) was married to Chikako, Princess Kazu (aged 15), daughter of Emperor Ninkō, in February 1862.

Ceremonial marriages

Sanele Masilela, a nine year old South African boy married 62-year-old Helen Shabangu.
Jose Griggs, at the age of seven, married nine-year-old Jayla Cooper

See also
List of child brides
Teen marriage

References

Lists of men
Husbands Lachlan Og MacLean, 1st Laird of Torloisk was the second son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean and the first Laird of Torloisk.

Biography
He was the second son of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean, and he received from his father a charter of the lands of Lehire-Torloisk, forfeited by the son of Ailean nan Sop, which was afterward confirmed by royal grant. He was present at the Battle of Gruinnart, and was severely wounded. He was a witness to a charter given by his father to Martin MacGillivray of Pennyghael, and subscribed himself in the Irish characters, Mise Lachin Mhac Gilleoin. He was an important man in his day, and was so influential that he was compelled to make his appearance before the privy council.

He was first married to Marian, daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell of Achnabreck and had:
Hector MacLean, 2nd Laird of Torloisk
He was a second time married to Margaret, daughter of Captain Stewart of Dumbarton, but had no children. 
He was a third time married to Marian, daughter of Donald MacDonald of Clanranald, and had:
Hector Maclean
Lachlan Og Maclean, who died unmarried but had a son Donald Maclean
Lachlan Catanach Maclean was killed at Inverkeithing
Ewen Maclean
John Diuriach Maclean married the daughter of John Maclean, Laird of Ardgour and had Allan and several daughters
Other children include: 
Allan Maclean who died unmarried at Harris
Neil Maclean who married a daughter of Lochbuie, by whom he had a daughter
Lachlan, who died a lieutenant-colonel in the British service
Jannet Maclean, married Hector, first MacLean of Kinlochaline 
Mary Maclean, married John Garbh, eldest son of John Dubh of Morvern 
Catherine Maclean, married John, brother to MacNeil of Barra
Julian Maclean, married Allan MacLean, brother of Lochbuie
Isabella Maclean, married Martin MacGillivray of Pennyghael

Lachlan Og lived to an advanced age, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Hector MacLean, 2nd Laird of Torloisk.

References

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Lachlan Og MacLean, 1st Laird of Torloisk
Lachlan