Wives of Duryodhana

In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Duryodhana—the principal antagonist—is married to several princesses, though the epic provides little detail about them, not even mentioning any name. The mother of his son Lakshmana appears in prominence, who in her brief appearance in the Stri Parva, mourns the death of her husband Duryodhana and her son. Elsewhere, in the Shanti Parva, his marriage with an unnamed princess of Kalinga—daughter of King Chitrangada—is narrated, whom Duryodhana abducted from her svayamvara, with the assistance of his close friend Karna. In the Bhishma Parva, a princess of Kashi Kingdom is mentioned as his bride.