diff --git a/frontend/app/trees/[id]/page.tsx b/frontend/app/trees/[id]/page.tsx
index 6f568a7..41e87e3 100644
--- a/frontend/app/trees/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/trees/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -86,8 +86,18 @@ export default function FamilyViewPage() {
   }, [search, treeId]);
 
   const byId = useMemo(() => new Map(people.map((p) => [p.id, p])), [people]);
+  // Order parents deterministically: father (male) on top, mother below, with a
+  // stable fallback when gender is unknown (so it doesn't depend on which link
+  // happened to be created first).
+  const parentRank = (id: string) => {
+    const g = byId.get(id)?.gender;
+    return g === "male" ? 0 : g === "female" ? 1 : 2;
+  };
   const parentsOf = (id: string) =>
-    rels.filter((r) => r.type === "parent_child" && r.person_to_id === id).map((r) => r.person_from_id);
+    rels
+      .filter((r) => r.type === "parent_child" && r.person_to_id === id)
+      .map((r) => r.person_from_id)
+      .sort((a, b) => parentRank(a) - parentRank(b));
   const childrenOf = (id: string) =>
     rels.filter((r) => r.type === "parent_child" && r.person_from_id === id).map((r) => r.person_to_id);
   const partnersOf = (id: string) =>
diff --git a/frontend/app/trees/[id]/persons/[personId]/page.tsx b/frontend/app/trees/[id]/persons/[personId]/page.tsx
index 52064a8..242cccf 100644
--- a/frontend/app/trees/[id]/persons/[personId]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/trees/[id]/persons/[personId]/page.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ const EVENT_TYPES = [
   "residence", "census", "immigration", "emigration", "occupation", "education",
   "military service", "naturalization", "other",
 ];
+// These belong to a couple, not a person — they attach to the partnership and
+// show on both partners' pages, so they're only entered once.
+const PARTNERSHIP_EVENTS = ["marriage", "divorce", "engagement"];
 const MONTHS = ["", "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
 const GED_MON = ["", "JAN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAY", "JUN", "JUL", "AUG", "SEP", "OCT", "NOV", "DEC"];
 const DATE_QUALS: Record<string, string> = { exact: "", about: "ABT", before: "BEF", after: "AFT" };
@@ -117,6 +120,8 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
 
   const [evType, setEvType] = useState("birth");
   const [evTypeOther, setEvTypeOther] = useState("");
+  const [evSpouse, setEvSpouse] = useState(""); // partner for a partnership event
+  const [allEvents, setAllEvents] = useState<Event[]>([]); // tree-wide, for partnership events
   const [dateQual, setDateQual] = useState("exact");
   const [dateDay, setDateDay] = useState("");
   const [dateMonth, setDateMonth] = useState("");
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
       return;
     }
     setPerson(p.data ?? null);
-    const [all, nm, mine, tr, ev, rl, src, cit] = await Promise.all([
+    const [all, nm, mine, tr, ev, rl, src, cit, evAll] = await Promise.all([
       api.GET("/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/persons", { params: { path: { tree_id: treeId } } }),
       api.GET("/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/persons/{person_id}/names", {
         params: { path: { tree_id: treeId, person_id: personId } },
@@ -184,12 +189,14 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
       }),
       api.GET("/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/sources", { params: { path: { tree_id: treeId } } }),
       api.GET("/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/citations", { params: { path: { tree_id: treeId } } }),
+      api.GET("/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/events", { params: { path: { tree_id: treeId } } }),
     ]);
     setPeople(all.data ?? []);
     setNames(nm.data ?? []);
     setMe(mine.data ?? null);
     setTree(tr.data ?? null);
     setEvents(ev.data ?? []);
+    setAllEvents(evAll.data ?? []);
     setRels(rl.data ?? []);
     setSources(src.data ?? []);
     setCitations(cit.data ?? []);
@@ -217,6 +224,23 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
   const eventCites = (id: string) => citations.filter((c) => c.event_id === id);
   const personCites = citations.filter((c) => c.person_id === personId);
 
+  // Partnership events live on the relationship and show on both partners.
+  const myPartnerRels = rels.filter(
+    (r) => r.type === "partnership" && (r.person_from_id === personId || r.person_to_id === personId),
+  );
+  const myPartnerRelIds = new Set(myPartnerRels.map((r) => r.id));
+  const relEvents = allEvents.filter(
+    (e) => e.relationship_id && myPartnerRelIds.has(e.relationship_id),
+  );
+  const spouseOfRelEvent = (relId: string | null | undefined) => {
+    const r = myPartnerRels.find((x) => x.id === relId);
+    if (!r) return null;
+    return r.person_from_id === personId ? r.person_to_id : r.person_from_id;
+  };
+  const isPartnershipType = (t: string) => PARTNERSHIP_EVENTS.includes(t);
+  // Personal events + this person's partnership events, shown together.
+  const shownEvents = [...events, ...relEvents];
+
   async function addEvent(e: React.FormEvent) {
     e.preventDefault();
     const event_type = evType === "other" ? evTypeOther.trim() : evType;
@@ -227,9 +251,47 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
       dateMonth,
       dateYear,
     );
+
+    let body: components["schemas"]["EventCreate"] = {
+      event_type,
+      person_id: personId,
+      date_value,
+      date_start,
+      date_precision,
+    };
+
+    // A partnership event belongs to the couple: attach it to the partnership
+    // relationship (creating it if needed) so it's entered once and shows on
+    // both partners.
+    if (isPartnershipType(event_type)) {
+      if (!evSpouse) return;
+      let relId = myPartnerRels.find(
+        (r) => r.person_from_id === evSpouse || r.person_to_id === evSpouse,
+      )?.id;
+      if (!relId) {
+        const { data, error: relErr } = await api.POST(
+          "/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/relationships",
+          {
+            params: { path: { tree_id: treeId } },
+            body: { type: "partnership", person_from_id: personId, person_to_id: evSpouse },
+          },
+        );
+        if (relErr || !data) return;
+        relId = data.id;
+      }
+      body = {
+        event_type,
+        relationship_id: relId,
+        person_id: null,
+        date_value,
+        date_start,
+        date_precision,
+      };
+    }
+
     const { error } = await api.POST("/api/v1/trees/{tree_id}/events", {
       params: { path: { tree_id: treeId } },
-      body: { event_type, person_id: personId, date_value, date_start, date_precision },
+      body,
     });
     if (!error) {
       setDateDay("");
@@ -237,6 +299,7 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
       setDateYear("");
       setDateQual("exact");
       setEvTypeOther("");
+      setEvSpouse("");
       load();
     }
   }
@@ -777,11 +840,11 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
           <CardTitle className="text-base">Life events</CardTitle>
         </CardHeader>
         <CardContent className="space-y-4">
-          {events.length === 0 ? (
+          {shownEvents.length === 0 ? (
             <p className="text-sm text-[var(--muted)]">No events yet.</p>
           ) : (
             <ul className="space-y-2">
-              {events.map((ev) =>
+              {shownEvents.map((ev) =>
                 editId === ev.id ? (
                   <li key={ev.id}>
                     <form
@@ -850,9 +913,18 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
                   <li key={ev.id} className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 text-sm">
                     <span>
                       <span className="font-medium capitalize">{ev.event_type}</span>
+                      {ev.relationship_id ? (
+                        <span className="text-[var(--muted)]">
+                          {" "}
+                          · with {nameOf(spouseOfRelEvent(ev.relationship_id) ?? "")}
+                        </span>
+                      ) : null}
                       {ev.date_value ? (
                         <span className="text-[var(--muted)]"> — {ev.date_value}</span>
                       ) : null}
+                      {ev.detail ? (
+                        <span className="text-[var(--muted)]"> — {ev.detail}</span>
+                      ) : null}
                     </span>
                     <span className="flex items-center gap-3">
                       {citeControl(`e:${ev.id}`, { event_id: ev.id }, eventCites(ev.id))}
@@ -901,6 +973,23 @@ export default function PersonDetailPage() {
                 />
               </label>
             )}
+            {isPartnershipType(evType) && (
+              <label className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+                <span className="text-xs text-[var(--muted)]">Spouse / partner</span>
+                <select
+                  className={fieldCls}
+                  value={evSpouse}
+                  onChange={(e) => setEvSpouse(e.target.value)}
+                >
+                  <option value="">— choose —</option>
+                  {others.map((p) => (
+                    <option key={p.id} value={p.id}>
+                      {p.primary_name ?? "Unnamed"}
+                    </option>
+                  ))}
+                </select>
+              </label>
+            )}
             <label className="flex flex-col gap-1">
               <span className="text-xs text-[var(--muted)]">When</span>
               <select className={fieldCls} value={dateQual} onChange={(e) => setDateQual(e.target.value)}>