| Most spectacular in this period, however, were the marriages of European nobles to the heiresses of American millionaires. |
| Well-born but impecunious younger brothers kidnap heiresses and roguishly attempt to persuade them into matrimony. |
| He not only had offices at his disposal, he also had heirs, heiresses, and widows. |
| Of course, it is not obligatory for young heirs and heiresses to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. |
| The plot is about a pair of cosmetic company heiresses who lose their family fortune. |
| Upon the death of Walter de Lacy in 1241 his two granddaughters became heiresses to his lands and lordships in England, the Welsh Marches, and Ireland. |
