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Marriage of Chey Chettha II to Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van
The 1620 marriage of Cambodian king Chey Chettha II to Ngoc Van, daughter of the Vietnamese Nguyen lord Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, opening Cambodia to Vietnamese settlement.
Marriage of convenience
Marriage of convenience (sham marriage): a union contracted for advantage such as immigration status, tax, or political alliance rather than a genuine relationship. Valid in law, but ground for visa refusal; burden of proof on the state.
Marriage of Daddy and Peaches
The 1926 marriage of Edward W. "Daddy" Browning, 51, and 15-year-old Frances "Peaches" Heenan in Cold Spring, New York; a tabloid sensation that fueled 1920s child-marriage reform and ended in a contested 1927 separation.
Marriage of Princess Wencheng
The Marriage of Princess Wencheng (文成公主入藏) was the first marriage alliance between Tang China and Tufan, agreed after a Tibetan attack and Tang counter-campaign in 638.
Marriage of Ramesses II and Maathorneferure
The marriage of Ramesses II and Maathorneferure was a diplomatic marriage of 1245 BC between the pharaoh and a daughter of the Hittite king Hattusili III.
Marriage officiant
A marriage officiant (solemniser, celebrant, registrar, or ordained minister) is a person legally authorized to solemnize marriage. Coverage spans US online ordination and notaries, UK celebrant-versus-registrar rules, Ireland's Register of Solemnisers, Australia's celebrant categories, and England and Wales officiant reform.
Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a 2019 Noah Baumbach Netflix drama starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as divorcing spouses Charlie and Nicole Barber; Laura Dern won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and the film earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.
Marriage vows
Marriage vows are the formal promises exchanged at weddings. Rooted in Roman consent law and formalized in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer from Sarum rites; the wife's obedience vow was dropped from the 1920s, and no US state prescribes specific vows.
Marriage, Not Dating (연애 말고 결혼)
Marriage, Not Dating (연애 말고 결혼) is a 2014 tvN Korean romantic comedy, 16 episodes, directed by Song Hyun-Wook, starring Yeon Woo-jin and Han Groo in a contract-romance plot, peaking at 4.2% Nielsen ratings.
Marriageable age
Marriageable age: the minimum legal age to marry, set by national law and shaped by the 1962 UN Marriage Convention, CEDAW, and CRC standards favoring 18, with widespread parental or judicial exceptions allowing minors to wed in many countries.
Married at First Sight (American TV series)
Married at First Sight (American TV series), based on Denmark's Gift Ved Første Blik, is a reality show where experts match strangers who legally marry at first meeting; FYI 2014, Lifetime from 2017, Peacock from season 19, with roughly 14-30% long-term success.
Married at First Sight (Australian TV series)
Married at First Sight Australia, also MAFS Australia, is Nine Network's Endemol Shine reality dating series matching singles via experts. Highest-rating Australian entertainment show; since 2025 faces SafeWork NSW notices and welfare allegations.
Married at First Sight (Australian TV series) season 11
Season 11 (2024) of Married at First Sight Australia, the Nine Network reality series; 10 couples, 38 episodes, experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling, Alessandra Rampolla; debut reached 2,461,000 viewers.
Married at First Sight (Australian TV series) season 12
Season 12 of Married at First Sight Australia (2025), the Nine Network reality romance series, premiered January 27, 2025 with 40 episodes, experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling, and Alessandra Rampolla, a wall-punch controversy, and Rhi and Jeff as the only lasting original couple.
Married at First Sight (Australian TV series) season 13
Season 13 of Married at First Sight Australia (MAFS 2026), aired on Channel 9 and 9Now from February 2, 2026; record 16.0 million Total TV reach, 2.76 million average audience, Stan companion show After The Dinner Party.
Married at First Sight (British TV series)
Married at First Sight UK, also called MAFS UK, is a British reality dating series on Channel 4/E4 since 2015, based on a Danish format, produced by CPL Productions, revamped in 2021 to the Australian commitment-ceremony format, and pulled from streaming in May 2026 after rape allegations.
Married to Medicine
Married to Medicine is a Bravo reality series premiering March 24, 2013, following Atlanta women who are doctors or doctors' wives. Created by Mariah Huq, it ran 12 seasons, spawned Houston and Los Angeles spin-offs, and streams on Peacock.
Married to the Mob
Married to the Mob is Jonathan Demme's 1988 American gangster comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer as mob wife Angela de Marco, with Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Alec Baldwin, and Mercedes Ruehl; score by David Byrne, Metascore 71.
Married... with Children
Married... with Children, developed from a pilot titled Not the Cosbys, is a Fox sitcom (April 1987 to June 1997, 11 seasons, about 259 episodes) about the dysfunctional Bundy family of suburban Chicago, created by Ron Leavitt and Michael Moye and starring Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate, and David Faustino.
Marriner S. Eccles
Marriner S. Eccles (Marriner Stoddard Eccles) was a Utah banker who chaired the Federal Reserve from 1936 to 1948, reshaping it into its modern centralized form.
Marriott Center
Marriott Center, also called the J. Willard Marriott Center, is BYU's multi-purpose arena in Provo, Utah, opened December 3, 1971 with 22,700 seats, then the nation's largest basketball arena; now about 17,978-18,987 seats and home of Cougar basketball and gymnastics.
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Marriott Hotels & Resorts is the flagship full-service hotel brand of Marriott International, the lodging company founded by J. Willard Marriott that began as a 1927 root beer stand.
Marriott International
Marriott International is an American hotel company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, operating the world's largest lodging system, 9,361 properties with 1.7 million rooms in 144 countries as of 2024.
Marriott World Trade Center
Marriott World Trade Center (Vista International, 3 WTC): 22-story, 820-room hotel on the southwest corner of the World Trade Center plaza, opened 1981, destroyed September 11, 2001; site now part of the 9/11 Memorial Plaza.
Marrit Leenstra
Marrit Leenstra, Dutch speed skater born 1989 in Wijckel, won Olympic team pursuit gold at Sochi 2014 and three world titles in the event, retired in 2018, and works at Milan-Cortina 2026 as Athlete Service Coordinator.
Marriyum Aurangzeb (مریم اورنگزیب)
Marriyum Aurangzeb (مریم اورنگزیب), PML-N politician, former federal information minister, and since March 2024 Punjab Senior Minister for planning, environment, climate change, forestry, and wildlife under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
Marrow (character)
Marrow, also known as Sarah Rushman, is a mutant character in Marvel Comics. She is a Morlock survivor with powers that allow her to grow bone blades and spikes.
Marrow (vegetable)
Marrow, the mature fruit of Cucurbita pepo, same species as courgette or zucchini; a British-grown vegetable harvested at 20-30 cm or larger, stored after hardening, with varieties like 'Tiger Cross' and a 116 kg record.
Marrow Deep
Marrow Deep is Mastodon's ninth studio album, released August 28, 2026 on Loma Vista. Its first without Brent Hinds and with guitarist Nick Johnston and keyboardist João Nogueira, it mourns Hinds and Dailor's mother, with guests Geezer Butler, Josh Homme, and Neil Fallon.
Marrow fibroblast
Marrow fibroblast (Cell Ontology CL:0002240): a fibroblast in the bone marrow, subtype of fibroblast and bone marrow stromal cell; the Friedenstein CFU-F lineage that supports hematopoiesis, forms bone, and drives marrow fibrosis.