Sorry, got to disagree with you. I worked in Italy and knew a ot of people whose marriages were "arranged" by the famiies.
In Europe as in The USA, the daughters of elite families ave a "coming out" ball, where they are "announced to society" tht they are of a marrying age.

Pease remember that families work in the background to try and bing coples together. They aregiven choices and ntforced into the union.