Reams have been written about it; he has forged the most unusual alliances and has triumphed over all odds. Like a rampaging elephant (not a very romantic simile, but you get the picture), he hasn’t bothered to see who’s in his way and just completely consumes the people involved. Yes, we are talking about this thing called Love. Over the decades, Cupid’s arrows have sometimes caused two human beings to love each other so deeply, passionately, and desperately that society and its dictates have simply stuck to each other. the way. And we have devoured their immortal love stories, secretly envying these couples who found their equal halves or soul mates. And feeling encouraged to find our own prince or princess.

Are here 10 of the most romantic couples of all time in human history.

1. Romeo and Juliet. Possibly the most famous pair of lovers of all time, this is a William Shakespearean love story that has inspired generations of lovers and continues to do so to this day. Rome and Juliet are the definitive synonyms of true and eternal love, and also of the greatest sacrifice of love: one’s own life.

2. Pyramus and Thisbe. Written by the Roman poet Ovid in his play ‘Metamorphoses’, this is a tragic love story that likely set the tone for William Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ several centuries later. In this story, two young lovers are next-door neighbors but cannot openly see each other due to their respective feuding families. They used to see each other in secret and one day they agreed to have a date under the mulberry tree. Through a series of unfortunate incidents and colossal misunderstandings, both Pryramus and Thisbe die within minutes of each other, each committing suicide believing the other to be dead.

3. Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Intriguing, memorable, and intensely romantic, this is a love story whose passionate appeal has not diminished with time. Not surprisingly, William Shakespeare dramatized the story of true love in his work. An incredibly beautiful, intelligent, and powerful woman, Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt, while Mark Antony was the Roman general who succeeded his murdered friend Julius Caesar. The two fell instantly in love and their union made them a formidable ruling power, putting Egypt in a position of supremacy. As with all love stories, his course was not correct either and the false news of Cleopatra’s death caused Antony to impale himself on his own sword. The broken Egyptian queen did the same, unable to live without her lover.

4. Salim and Anarkali.The Mughals, who ruled India from 1526 to 1858, not only built one of the greatest monuments of love that ever existed, the Taj Mahal, but also produced several memorable love stories. Among them, the most popular tale has been that of the handsome Prince Salim (the not-yet-crowned Emperor Jehangir) and the beautiful courtesan Anarkali, the court dancer in her father’s palace. Their love story is the stuff of legends: unlikely alliance, insurmountable social barriers, and parental opposition. And, the final, heartbreaking ending as Anarkali is walled up alive while an imprisoned Salim looks on helplessly.

5. Tristan and Isolde. Isolde, the daughter of the King of Ireland, was engaged to be married to King Mark of Cornwall. King Mark sent his niece Tristan to Ireland to accompany his future wife to Cornwall. However, fate had planned otherwise. Both Tristan and Isolde fell passionately in love with each other. However, Isolde married King Marcos but she never stopped loving Tristan. King Mark found out about this affair and banished Tristan from Cornwall. The heartbroken Tristan went to Brittany where he met Isolde of Brittany. Ultimately, he marries her but never consummates her union. Finally, due to a lie on the part of Isolde, Tristán dies of injury. The shattered Isolde dies soon after.

6. Ulysses and Penelope. This is a Greek love story that is marked by unimaginable devotion and sacrifice. Shortly after marrying Penelope, Odysseus leaves for battle and is separated from her for the next twenty years. But each patiently awaits the return of the other. During these long years of separation, Penelope staunchly rejects no less than 108 ardent suitors despite the fact that she has little hope that her beloved husband will return. Odysseus, for his part, bravely rejects the advances of a beautiful witch just so he can return to his wife and child.

7. Eloísa and Abelardo. The love story that became world famous in the early 12th century celebrates the passion between a monk and a nun. Peter Abelard was a Parisian philosopher par excellence, commissioned by the canon of Notre Dame, Fulbert, to tutor his niece, Heloise, a serious girl. Abelardo and Eloísa fell madly in love, and a child was conceived as a result of this secret romance. When the canon came across their love affair, Abelardo decided to send Eloísa to a convent to avoid the wrath of her uncle. However, the uncle was convinced that Abelardo was just having fun with his niece and had him castrated while she was sleeping. Deprived of his manhood, Abelardo became a monk for the rest of his life, but he continued to love Eloísa. Heartbroken, Eloísa became a nun in that same convent. However, the wonderfully moving love letters the two exchanged were later published and inspired true lovers everywhere.

8. Shah Jehan and Mumtaz Mahal. Another Mughal love story that has endured to this day is that of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. After Mumtaz’s death in 1629, the heartbroken emperor decided to build a fitting monument to the love of his life: the magnificent Taj Mahal, hailed as the greatest monument to love. It is also among the New Seven Wonders of the World. The construction of this white marble monument took twenty long years, employing 20,000 workers and 1,000 elephants. Shah Jehan was overthrown by his own son, Aurangazeb, and imprisoned in the Red Fort of Agra. He spent his long lonely years standing and looking across the Jamuna River at the gleaming white monument of his beloved queen. Finally, Shah Jehan was buried next to her in the Taj Mahal. Lovers try to see the Taj Mahal on a full moon night – it is an unforgettable sight.

9. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. This is an incredible love story in which an English monarch mourned the death of her husband, the only man she ever loved, for 40 long years. Victoria ascended the throne of England in 1837 and married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840. Deeply devoted to her husband, Victoria was devastated when Albert died in 1861. The grieving queen avoided all appearances. public for three years. . Even after returning to public life, she never stopped mourning her beloved husband and continued to wear black until his death in 1901. It was under his rule, the longest in English history, that Britain became a major power. world where “the sun never set”.

10. Orpheus and Eurydice. In this ancient Greek love story, Orpheus falls head over heels in love and marries Eurydice, a beautiful nymph. Aristaeus, the Greek god of the earth and agriculture, cast a shadow over this happy couple, and he also had an eye on the ethereal Eurydice. One day, while she was trying to escape from Aristeo’s amorous pursuit, Eurydice inadvertently stumbled directly into a den of snakes and was fatally bitten on her legs. The distraught Orpheus played and sang lugubrious songs that finally moved the gods and nymphs to return his lost love. However, as with most love stories, this one didn’t have a happy ending either. And he lost Eurydice for the second time, but this time for all eternity.

You realized? None of the love stories really had a ‘happy ending’. They all ended with one or both lovers dying in the end, usually due to some colossal misunderstanding. I wonder if everyone had ‘lived happily ever after’, would we have felt the same sense of shock that we do now? We will never know!