Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver through the years

A look at Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's relationship, marriage and divorce from 1977-2021

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver met in 1977. According to Time magazine, they were introduced by Shriver's friend, Tom Brokaw at a charity tennis tournament. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Schwarzenegger and Shriver married in 1986 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (Photo by Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images) On Dec. 13, 1989, the couple welcomed their first child, Katherine. She is now married to actor Chris Pratt, with whom she shares a 1-year-old daughter, Lyla. (Getty Images) On July 23, 1991, the two welcomed their second child, Christina. (Getty Images) Schwarzenegger and Shriver's third child and first son, Patrick, was born on Sept. 18, 1993. Like his father, Patrick is also an actor. (Getty Images) The couple welcomed their fourth child together on Sept. 27, 1997. (Getty Images) Just days later, on Oct. 2, 1997, Schwarzenegger welcomed a son, Joseph Baena, with his mistress and the family housekeeper, Mildred Baena. The affair would remain a secret until Schwarzenegger left political office. Joseph is also an actor. (Getty Images) In 2003, Schwarzenegger was elected to the office of governor of California. Per Time, his early campaign was plagued with accusations of sexual misconduct, but his wife defended him. "You can listen to all the negativity, and you can listen to people who have never met Arnold, or who met him for five seconds 30 years ago. Or you can listen to me," she said at the time. (Photo by Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images) Cracks began to show in 2008 when Schwarzenegger backed John McCain's bid for president, just days before Shriver endorsed Barak Obama. (Getty Images) In 2011, Schwarzenegger left office and the two celebrated 25 years of marriage. Just days after their anniversary, they announced their divorce. It's rumored that Shriver confronted the housekeeper about her suspicions of an affair before then confronting her husband, leading to the split. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images) The couple's divorce – citing "irreconcilable differences" – took 10 years to become final after a sitting judge signed off on the agreement, which was held up because of their tricky property settlement. (Getty Images)