Iconic & Historic Brides

Below is a collection of some of the World’s most famous Brides and their Weddings brought to you by the Africa Bridal Industry Academy (ABIA) – what style they all have..

 #1 Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956

Grace Kelly Wedding

Grace Kelly's Wedding To Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956.

  • Monaco’s entire adult population — some 3,000 at the time — was invited to the wedding reception.
  • Aristotle Onassis presented Prince Rainier III and his bride, Princess Grace with a 147-foot yacht as a wedding gift. The newlyweds traveled the Mediterranean on the yacht on honeymoon.
  • The people of the principality of Monaco offered the couple a Rolls Royce convertible as a wedding present.
  • Grace Kelly had with her the book entitled Bride’s Manual: A Manual of Catholic Devotion with Mass for the Marriage Ceremony and the Nuptial Blessing during her wedding ceremony to Prince Rainier III.
  • Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, “On her wedding day, Grace Kelly gave new meaning to the word icon.”
Grace Kelly 1956 Wedding

Grace Kelly & Prince Rainier III of Monaco on their wedding day in 1956.

 

Grace Kelly Bride

Grace Kelly offered the embodiment of bridal elegance on her famed wedding day.

 

 #2 Princess Diana Weds Prince Charles in 1981

Princess Diana Wedding

Princess Diana & Princess Charles' 1981 Wedding.

Royal Wedding

1981's Royal Wedding.

#3 Jacqueline Lee Bouvier weds John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Wedding

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier becomes a Kennedy.

John F Kennedy Wedding

7 years after their 1953 wedding John & Jackie Kennedy would become America's first couple.

#4 Joséphine de Beauharnais Weds Napoléon Bonaparte in 1796

This after seeing her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais guillotined during the Reign of Terror. In 1795 she met General Napoléon Bonaparte and became his mistress. In a letter to her he wrote, “I awake full of you. Your image and the memory of last night’s intoxicating pleasures has left no rest to my senses.” They wed a year later.

In February of 1797, Bonaparte wrote: “You to whom nature has given spirit, sweetness, and beauty, you who alone can move and rule my heart, you who know all too well the absolute empire you exercise over it!” Many of the love letters remain intact to this today.

Napoleon Wedding

Joséphine de Beauharnais became Empress of the French in 1804 after Napoleon created a monarchy with himself as Emperor Napoléon I.