The Wives of Nelson Rolihlahla "Madiba" Mandela.

Nelson and Evelyn

Nelson Mandela was first married to a nurse, Evelyn Ntoko Mase, in 1944 and they had two sons and 2 daughters one of whom died at nine months old leaving three surviving children. They were married for 14 years.  Although their marriage didn't last as Evelyn became a Jehovah's Witness and greatly resented Mandela's political performance. This then turned the marriage sour and sullen.  Accusing him of adultery, they divorced in 1958. 

Nelson and Winnie

Nelson Mandela saw and fell in love with Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela, a beautiful but violent woman who was 16 years his junior and they got married in 1958. Their 38-year marriage, blessed with two children, ended when they separated in April 1992 after it was revealed she had been unfaithful to her husband during his imprisonment.  The couple divorced in March 1996 and she then adopted the surname Madikizela-Mandela.  A controversial activist, she is popular among her supporters, who refer to her as the 'Mother of the Nation', yet reviled by others after the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission found "Ms Winnie Madikizela Mandela politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights", concluding that she had personally been responsible for the murder, torture, abduction and assault of numerous men, women and children, as well as indirectly responsible for even larger number of such crimes. In March 2009, the Independent Electoral Commission ruled that Madikizela-Mandela, selected as an ANC candidate, could run in the April 2009 general election, despite her suspended jail sentence for fraud.

Nelson and Graca

Nelson Mandela married Graca Machel in 1998 while he was still the incumbent President of South Africa thereby making Graca the first woman in the world to have been First Lady of two countries, serving first as the First Lady of Mozambique from 1975 to 1986 and the First Lady of South Africa from 1998 to 1999.  She was his wife until his death on December 5, 2013.