35. King Charles Couldn’t Attend His Own Wedding
It’s already been stated that Charles and Marie Louise didn’t get married because they were in love with each other; her husband’s deformed features disgusted the bride. Charles was so sick that he actually couldn’t attend his own wedding. Instead, Louis Armand I, a cousin of Marie Louise, stood in for him. This is known as a proxy marriage, and the practice was not uncommon at the time.
