: A common plot involves a young woman whose family is facing financial ruin (debtors' prison), forcing her into a list of potential husbands based on their wealth rather than love.
: They married privately in 1707 and publicly in 1712. She accompanied him on military campaigns, unusual for women of the time, and was eventually crowned Empress Consort and later ruled as the first woman to hold the Russian throne in her own right. Romance and Courting in 1684 Sexy Girl (1684) mp4
: "Courting" was never private; a chaperone, typically a parent, was always present during meetings. : A common plot involves a young woman