Marriage market
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A marriage market is a public place where parents list advertisements for their children with the aim of finding a marital spouse for them. People then congregate there and read the listings, often in
Parents browse marriage classified ads at the Shanghai Marriage Market
In India, matrimonial websites serve the purpose of a marriage market
Arranged marriage
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An arranged marriage is a marriage where the spouses are selected by a third party. The third party is most commonly the spouses' parents, possibly with the aid of a marriage broker.
Marriage market
…use of marriage brokers was estimated to be a ₹250 billion industry in October 2011. Marriage brokers exist in New Delhi and other regions of India. Arranged marriage Arranged marriage in the Indian subcontinent…
"Marriage à-la-mode" by William Hogarth: a satire on arranged marriages and prediction of ensuing disaster
In 1770, Empress Maria Theresa sent 14-year-old Maria Antonia to France to marry Louis-Auguste
The arranged marriage in 1697, of Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, age 12 to Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir apparent to the throne of France, as a result of the Treaty of Turin (1696). The marriage created an alliance between Louis XIV of France and the Duke of Savoy.