Yes, Tolkien met and fell in love with Edith Bratt when he was only 16. Several years later, they married and remained married until Edith’s death in 1971. Tolkien was known as a romantic and requested the gravestone they share to be engraved with the names of star-crossed lovers depicted in both “The Silmarillion” and “The Lord of the Rings,” Beren and Luthien.