Historical Arranged Marriages Novels & Stories

She knew what an arrangement meant. "An arrangement," she repeated flatly. "What kind of arrangement?" Her father met her eyes. "The Valancourts and the Ashcrofts have been allied for over a century. We've saved each other from ruin multiple times. Our grandfathers decided that the best way to solidify that alliance was to unite our bloodlines. To join our families through marriage." "Marriage," Celestine said. Her voice was very quiet. "My marriage." "Yes." "To whom?"

While I was here, stuck in my office— as usual— doing paper works and examining letters upon letters. ‘Is it strange or lucky that no one has sent me any marriage letters?’ I said to myself as I sort through another pile of letters. From what I know when I was Reine, ladies of legal age (also even in their early teens) would receive or be arranged in a marriage of convenience for many reasons. It could be for fortune, fame, power, preservation of bloodline, and even because of debt. Come to think of it, nobles and royals back then were so illogical and greedy in a sense that they were able to give their children as a sacrifice or make them as their puppet. Goodness, imagining if I were in th

He couldn't help but laugh at Randy's arrogant attitude, which he had often displayed. "What? An arranged marriage? Seriously?" Darwin asked incredulously. "Yeah, Win. You know I never lie, right?" Darwin nodded afterward and then sat across from Randy, trying to find out what was really happening. "Are you seriously going to be in an arranged marriage?" Soon, hearty laughter erupted from Darwin's lips. He was delighted to hear that his arch-nemesis was experiencing a fate similar to his own—being arranged for marriage. Such was the destiny of heirs of wealthy families. If they couldn't find a spouse of equal status, they would be arranged to marry someone from a similar background to streng

It can't be. ”Meaning I've secured a suitable match for you. It took quite a bit of work on my end, but the engagement has been finalized.” The words hit with the quiet force of a wrecking ball. Not shouted. No drama. Just a clinical statement, like he'd confirmed the weather or the price of gold. Arranged marriages were common practice in our world of big business and power plays, where marriages weren't love matches; they were alliances. I was expected to enter a lifetime contract after ”quite a bit of work” on my father's end.

"How great was this date that you came back engaged?" Fitz rested his elbows on his knees, his hands clasped together in front of him as he stared at his feet. "I didn't have a choice, Kinsey. Our fathers arranged it as part of a merger to not only strengthen our businesses, but our families as well. My grandfather did the same to my dad. It's how it's done in our tribe. In several tribes to be honest." "This isn't the dark ages," she snapped. "Families don't do arranged marriages anymore. Shifters follow the call of their animals."

He moved on to his other leg and started again, at the ankle. — In some cases, if they and their parents are more modern, the couple can spend some time together. May be allowed to date with a date, or alone. “It still sounds archaic. Not that he believed in arranged marriage, but in his opinion, no culture he had worked out a good system for building stable, loving marriages. — Compared to Western culture, where people choose their own peers? - Yes. "And where you swear in marriage that you will be united until death do you part, but you have no

In fact, I did a deep dive research on arranged marriages throughout history in the library after I left the hospital and I learned that most powersful Alphas were too stubborn to concede the hopes of having a love marriage or a mated marriage that could strengthen their reign. Eventually, they all caved, every single alpha in history whose prospective Luna kept on fighting for the marriage to happen ended up caving at some point. And now that I knew that, I was more fired up to go after Ace again and claim what was rightfully mine to begin with. Besides, I’d given him more than enough time to play house with that worthless whore. While I was suffering under my mother’s treacherous punishmen

He chuckled. "But seriously!" I insisted. "That's crazy to me. I didn't realize arranged marriages were still a thing." "In many parts of the world, yes. It works for many people. It's just their way of life. Not everyone has arranged marriages in Iran, only the wealthy and religious. My bloodline comes from a very small population there, and they just coordinate marriages to prevent incest. But it's also, for them, about pleasing their god." "So is there a woman back in Iran waiting for you to come sweep her off her feet?"

This arranged marriage would be about me, submitting myself completely to him. This is an Arrangement of occurrence a proof that Irisian Marie Villafuente is agreeing to undertake herself to Zachary Levi Esqueza within 36 weeks validity of this agreement. She shall not have any romantic relationship in men, nor do what she wants without any consent of Zachary Levi Esqueza. She must perform the habitual activity of a normal housewife to her husband-boss when Zachary Levi Esqueza requested for it. She must oblige, not argue and submit herself unless there are unsafe circumstances.

“ We are serious Kace, this marriage is to strengthen our company and by marrying Tessa, the Montgomery family's company which has gone bankrupt will be merged with ours and it'll become one, “ My dad said with a serious face. “ Oh so this marriage is arranged for business purposes then “ I mumbled sadly. I couldn't believe my parents would even come up with such a thing but as the first son of our family, I always wanted to please my parents. The marriage wouldn't do any harm to me because I was diagnosed with suspected erectile dysfunction, so my doctor said. I have difficulty getting an erection for any woman at all. I know it would bring problems for me when my parents start demanding I