Do not get married on January 25th!

I’d like to thank all of you who expressed sympathy for the plight of Doc, the shepherd victim of Hurricane Sandy in desperate need of a home. There are a few glimmers of hope on his horizon, and I will be sure to share whatever I learn.
Anyone contemplating January 25th for a wedding might want to think twice, for this date has a rocky track record. On this day in 1308, Edward II wed Isabella, daughter of the King of France; there has been some uncertainty about her birth date but historians now believe it was in late 1295, so she was twelve at the time. Many royal marriages did not end well, but few imploded as spectacularly as theirs did. At least not until the sixteenth century, when Henry VIII secretly wed Anne Boleyn on January 25th, 1533. He proclaimed her the love of his life and broke with the Church of Rome in order to have her. Three years later, of course, she would die on Tower Green at his command.