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Elizabeth Taylor’s Seven Husbands: The Full Marriage Timeline

Elizabeth Taylor’s marriages ran from 1950 to 1996: seven husbands, eight weddings, and two marriages to Richard Burton.
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Elizabeth Taylor married seven men in eight marriages. She married Richard Burton twice; her marriage to Mike Todd ended with his death, not divorce. The marriages began in 1950 and ended in 1996.

Who were Elizabeth Taylor’s seven husbands?

In order, Taylor’s husbands were Conrad “Nicky” Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, John Warner, and Larry Fortensky. Burton is counted twice in the marriage total because Taylor married him, divorced him, and then married him again.

The dates and endings below follow the Elizabeth Taylor Estate’s timeline.

Husband Marriage dates How it ended
Conrad “Nicky” Hilton May 6, 1950–February 1, 1951 Divorce
Michael Wilding February 21, 1952–January 30, 1957 Divorce
Mike Todd February 2, 1957–March 22, 1958 Todd died; Taylor was widowed
Eddie Fisher May 12, 1959–March 6, 1964 Divorce
Richard Burton, first marriage March 15, 1964–June 26, 1974 Divorce
Richard Burton, second marriage October 10, 1975–August 1, 1976 Divorce
John Warner December 4, 1976–November 7, 1982 Divorce
Larry Fortensky October 6, 1991–October 31, 1996 Divorce

How many times was Elizabeth Taylor married?

Taylor was married eight times. The distinction is simple: there were seven husbands, but Richard Burton appears in two separate marriages. Her marriages span 1950 to 1996, with a gap of nearly nine years between the end of her marriage to John Warner and her wedding to Larry Fortensky.

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Her early marriages: Hilton, Wilding, and Todd

Conrad “Nicky” Hilton

Taylor was 18 when she married hotel heir Conrad Hilton on May 6, 1950. The marriage ended in divorce on February 1, 1951, less than a year later.

Michael Wilding

She married British actor Michael Wilding in 1952. Their marriage lasted until 1957, and they had two sons. The estate’s family overview records the marriage and children.

Mike Todd

Film producer Mike Todd became Taylor’s third husband in February 1957. They had a daughter, Liza. Todd died in a plane crash in March 1958, ending their marriage through his death rather than a divorce.

Eddie Fisher and the first marriage to Richard Burton

Eddie Fisher

Taylor married singer Eddie Fisher in May 1959. Their marriage ended in divorce in March 1964.

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Richard Burton, 1964–1974

Taylor and Welsh actor Richard Burton met while working on Cleopatra. Their relationship drew intense public attention, and they married on March 15, 1964. The marriage ended in divorce on June 26, 1974.

Burton was part of Taylor’s family life as well as her public story. He became stepfather to her children and legal father to Maria, whom he and Taylor adopted, according to Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales. Biography.com’s account also describes Burton’s role in the family.

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Why did Elizabeth Taylor marry Richard Burton twice?

The public timeline establishes that Taylor and Burton married in 1964, divorced in 1974, remarried in 1975, and divorced again in 1976. It does not establish one definitive private motive for either decision. The chronology is clear; reducing it to a single explanation would go beyond what those dates can show.

For readers interested in their relationship beyond the marriage dates, TIME’s 2011 retrospective on Furious Love discusses the 2010 collection of letters between Taylor and Burton.

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John Warner and Larry Fortensky

John Warner

Taylor married John Warner on December 4, 1976, several months after her second divorce from Burton. Their marriage ended in divorce in November 1982.

Larry Fortensky

Taylor married construction worker Larry Fortensky on October 6, 1991. Their marriage ended in divorce on October 31, 1996, according to the estate timeline. The years between Warner and Fortensky mark a substantial break between her seventh and eighth marriages.

What the timeline does—and does not—tell us

The record gives a straightforward count, sequence, and set of dates: eight marriages to seven men, with Burton the repeated husband and Todd the husband whose death ended the marriage. A timeline cannot, by itself, explain Taylor’s personal reasons for marrying or divorcing. Each relationship had its own circumstances, and the public chronology should not be mistaken for a complete account of her private life.

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