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Meaning of "morganatic"
Morganatic is an adjective describing a marriage between people of unequal social rank, typically where the higher rank person renounces their rights for the lower rank partner and any children
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- Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.
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Had issue from two morganatic marriages.
The marriage was acceptable although morganatic.
A marriage is said to be morganatic if a man marries a woman of unequal rank.
The marriage was then considered morganatic.
This was a morganatic marriage.
She was a commoner and this was considered a morganatic marriage.
A morganatic marriage is awful.
Both of her brothers contracted morganatic marriages.
It was a morganatic union and was kept secret while her father lived.
Then someone must suggest to her a morganatic marriage.
Morganatic marriage was not recognized in French law.
Such was the case of the morganatic.
Theirs was a morganatic marriage.
The government indicated that the marriage was not morganatic.
Theirs was a morganatic union.
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Morganatic marriage did not exist in French law.
The marriage was a morganatic one.
This was a morganatic marriage as Olga was of unequal rank.
The task was difficult because of the stormy morganatic marriage.
The union was considered morganatic according to the family law of the House of Schwarzburg.
The union was morganatic.
The House of Urach is a morganatic cadet branch of the formerly royal House of Württemberg.
Both marriages were morganatic.
Their marriage was morganatic and Lucia was never a Queen consort.
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.
Wilhelm was the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg.
Ferdinand II forbade their union as it would be a morganatic marriage.
She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark.
He declared the would-be marriage morganatic.
It is called a morganatic marriage.
However, it is certain that it was not a political marriage, since it was clearly morganatic.
It was rumored that she entered into a morganatic marriage with her chamberlain.
This was a morganatic marriage, and the children born of it were not eligible to succeed.
All other sons are legitimate but morganatic and have no right to succeed.
However, as Lucas was a commoner the marriage was considered morganatic.
Marriages have never been considered morganatic in any part of the United Kingdom.
By this morganatic marriage, John was excluded from succession to the throne.
Her husband wed again to Rosa Vercellana in a morganatic marriage.
Clearly, this morganatic marriage was inconceivable at the time.
Prince Michael renounced his rights to the throne upon his morganatic marriage to Marina Karella.
Because of his morganatic marriage, his sons were excluded from succession.
Rumors soon emerged that Maria Anna contracted a morganatic marriage to Capt.
This differs from morganatic marriages, which are considered legally valid.
He was the eldest son of Ferdinand of Bavaria and his morganatic wife Maria Pettenbeckin.
In Portugal, morganatic marriage was not recognized.
However, he decided to proffer to his government a morganatic marriage.
Because the marriage was a morganatic one, she was not awarded the title of princess.
His wife however was a commoner, which indicates an almost morganatic status to the marriage.
This was a morganatic marriage ; the wedding took place in Vienna.
Would the King agree to a morganatic marriage?
