Editing William Luther Pierce (section)

== Personal life ==
Pierce was married five times. His first marriage was to Patricia Jones, a mathematician whom he met while he was attending the [[California Institute of Technology]]. They were married in 1957 and had twin sons, Kelvin and Erik, born in 1960.{{sfn|Morris|2017|p=36}}{{sfn|Berger|2016a|p=7}}<ref name=":0" /> According to Kelvin Pierce, his father was emotionally and physically abusive. In 2020, Kelvin coauthored ''Sins of My Father'', which chronicled his experiences with his father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Darby |first=Seyward |date=2021-03-31 |title=The father, the son and the racist spirit: being raised by a white supremacist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/31/william-luther-pierce-white-supremacist-son-kelvin-pierce |access-date=2022-01-12 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

William Luther Pierce's marriage with Patricia Jones ended in divorce in 1982.{{sfn|Morris|2017|p=35}} The same year, Pierce married Elizabeth Prostel, which lasted until 1985.{{sfn|Morris|2017|p=35}} Preferring immigrant women from Eastern Europe,<ref name="SPLC-Bio" /> in 1986 Pierce married a Hungarian woman named Olga Skerlecz; the marriage lasted until 1990. Skerlecz moved to California after their divorce.{{sfn|Griffin|2001|p=28}} Pierce then married another Hungarian woman named Zsuzsannah in early 1991. They met through an advertisement that Pierce placed in a Hungarian women's magazine aimed at arranging international marriages. Leaving him in the summer of 1996, Zsuzsannah moved to Florida. His last marriage in 1997, which lasted until his death, was to another Hungarian woman, known under the pseudonym "Irena". The marriage between Irena and Pierce was troubled, as he was reportedly "sharp and condescending" leaving her miserable living with him.<ref name="SPLC-Bio" />