On marrying and marrying off women of impure virtue.

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It really depends on the woman and how important her inheritance/money was. A rich heiress without kids? A great catch (Eleanor of Aquitaine's colorful marital history didn't discourage Henry Plantagenet from marrying her and adding Aquitaine to his empire, and Isabella I of Jerusalem famously remarried while still visibly pregnant with her late husband's kid).

On the other hand, a younger daughter who didn't stand to inherit anything would be a harder sell (although, depending on the terms of the will, she might also have more freedom to pick her own husband if she was financially secure enough).
I'm not saying that women who have children or dalliances outside of wedlock should be impossible to marry off but there should be a negative modifier when making the request and then the women of higher status and worth/wealth would still he able to get a marriage while women of lower standing will have a greatly reduced list to choose from