ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Powell was 16 and John Milton 35 when they married in 1642.

Detailed explanation-2: -Information. The poet John Milton married Mary Powell in 1643, during the English Civil War. She was from a Royalist family, whereas Milton himself was of strong Parliamentarian sympathies, and she soon left him. Two years later however she returned and asked his forgiveness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blind and once a widower, Milton married Katherine Woodcock in 1656. Their marriage lasted only 15 months: she died within months of the birth of their child.