Divorce

Divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage.

Divorce in Ruled Britannia
Divorce is forbidden under the Catholic Church. In 1527, King Henry VIII of England unsuccessfully petitioned the Pope for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He was refused, and began the English Reformation, which made England a Protestant kingdom in 1530. The Protestant Church of England permits divorce, but as a practical matter it is all but impossible for ordinary people to obtain.

In 1598, when the Protestant Queen Elizabeth (whose own legitimacy had once been called into question because her father married her mother after divorcing Catherine) was restored to England's throne, she granted Sir William Shakespeare a divorce from Anne Hathaway so he could marry Kate.

Divorce in World War
Both Bruce and Richard Yeager were divorced, though Richard had remarried by 2031.

Divorce in Southern Victory
Jefferson Pinkard divorced his wife, Emily, after findhing her in bed with Bedford Cunningham upon his return from a Freedom Party meeting. He had previously discovered her in bed with Cunningham when home on furlough during the Great War.