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1636:. Traditionally the female members of the family married Namboodiri Brahmins while male members marry ladies of the Nair caste. These wives of the male members are not royalty or didn't receive any royal titles or power, per the matrilineal system but instead get the title of Nethyar Amma. Their position ceases when the Maharaja dies. The children born to Neytharammas will be known by their mother's caste and hold no key royal titles. Currently the family marries mostly within the Kerala Kshatriya class.
2108:. The Duchess bitterly resented the denial of the royal title and the refusal of the Duke's relatives to accept her as part of the family. In the early days of George VI's reign the Duke telephoned daily, importuning for money and urging that the Duchess be granted the style of Royal Highness, until the harassed King ordered that the calls not be put through. However, within the household of the Duke and Duchess, the style "Her Royal Highness" was used by those who were close to the couple.
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1408:, a descendant of the deposed Royal House of Georgia. After the annexation of Georgia in 1801, Leonida's family were deemed ordinary nobility in Imperial Russia rather than royalty, leading to claims that her 1948 marriage to Vladimir (who, however, also belonged to a deposed dynasty by then) was unequal and should be considered morganatic. As a result, some factions within Russia's monarchist movement did not support the couple's daughter,
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court and marriages into other high-ranking families. A specific exception was made for bearers of the title of duke who, regardless of their origin, outranked all other nobles. But the ducal title in post-medieval France (even when embellished with the still higher status of "peer") ranked its holder and his family among France's nobility and not, as in
Germany and Scandinavia (and, occasionally, Italy,
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1944:) rejected option 1 but thought that option 2 "might be possible ... if some solution along these lines were found to be practicable" but "would be guided by the decision of the Home government". Thus the majority of the Commonwealth's prime ministers agreed that there was "no alternative to course (3)". On 24 November, Baldwin consulted the three leading opposition politicians in Britain:
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922:, who belonged to the minor nobility, Leopold became a prince in 1817, at the age of 27, as the result of a new law of succession. Baden's grand-ducal family faced extinction, so Leopold was enfranchised by international treaty and married to a princess, ascending the throne in 1830. His descendants ruled the grand duchy until the abolition of the monarchy in 1918.
789:. Within post-monarchical dynasties, until the end of the 20th century the heads of the Spanish and Italian Bourbon branches, the Orléans of both France and Brazil, and the Imperial Bonapartes have, in exile, exercised claimed authority to exclude from their dynasty descendants born of unapproved marriages — albeit without calling these marriages "morganatic".
1847:, proposing that he be allowed to do so morganatically and remain king. Baldwin expressed his belief that Mrs. Simpson would be unacceptable to the British people as queen due to her status as a divorcee, which contradicted Church of England doctrine at the time, but agreed to take further soundings. The prospect of the marriage was rejected by the
2175:. It was through his mother, a sister of Charles II and the Duke of York, that William claimed the throne, because, to his mind, the son of a princess had a stronger claim than the daughter of a commoner. It was to shore up his own claim to the throne that he agreed to marry his first cousin, Princess Mary. When James II fled at the
1428:(daugther of a private man);i.e. excluding those not belonging to a reigning or mediatised royal house. Those princes that did so anyway lost all rights of succession to the throne themselves, and were no longer considered dynastic members of the royal house; their marriages were never considered morganatic but simply
113:, the heads of both ruling and formerly reigning German dynasties initially continued the practice of rejecting dynastic titles and/or rights for descendants of "morganatic" unions, but gradually allowed them, sometimes retroactively, effectively de-morganatizing the wives and children. This was accommodated by
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The question however has to be considered on the basis of the fact that, for reasons which are readily understandable, he with the express approval of His
Majesty enjoys this title and has been referred to as a Royal Highness on a formal occasion and in formal documents. In the light of precedent it
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Neither Mrs. Simpson nor I have ever sought to insist that she should be queen. All we desired was that our married happiness should carry with it a proper title and dignity for her, befitting my wife. Now that I have at last been able to take you into my confidence, I feel it is best to go away for
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in 1902. Paul returned to serve in the
Russian army during the First World War, and Nicholas II rewarded his uncle's loyalty by elevating Olga and her children as Princess and Princes Paley in 1915. Paul's patriotism, however, sealed his fate, and he died at the hands of Russia's revolutionaries in
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We incline to the view that on his abdication the Duke of
Windsor could not have claimed the right to be described as a Royal Highness. In other words, no reasonable objection could have been taken if the King had decided that his exclusion from the lineal succession excluded him from the right to
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branches of the dynasty which evoked international intervention and troop movements. It centered on whether some ancestresses of the
Biesterfeld branch had been legally dynastic; if so, that line stood next to inherit the princely crown according to primogeniture. If not, the Biesterfelds would be
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rather than granted by the Crown. Rather, the main determinant of relative rank among the French nobility was how far back the nobility of a family's male line could be verifiably traced. Other factors influencing rank included the family's history of military command, high-ranking offices held at
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applies. In some countries, a woman could also marry a man of lower rank morganatically. As a result of the above, a king deciding to enter into a morganatic marriage who does not have children from a previous marriage thereby gives up the chance of being succeeded by his own children and accepts
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benefit. The bride received property from the bridegroom's clan. It was intended to ensure her livelihood in widowhood, and it was to be kept separate as the wife's discrete possession. However, when a marriage contract is made wherein the bride and the children of the marriage will not receive
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for Russia in 1797, eliminating the sovereign's right to designate the heir to the throne, but requiring that dynasts be born of authorized marriages. In 1820 a new law also stipulated that only children of
Romanovs born of marriages with persons of equal status, i.e., members of a "royal or
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with their partners as if married, but whose relationships were not legally recognised. As a result, their partners and children (which would be considered illegitimate) held no titles, and had no succession rights. This differs from morganatic marriages, which are considered legally valid.
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retained their positions as nobles of the
Transkei. This status entailed, however, a degree of subjugation to the head of the dynasty, in particular in the matter of marital selection, which proved so onerous an issue to Nelson Mandela that it prompted the departure to
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We came to the conclusion that the wife could not claim this right on any legal basis. The right to use this style or title, in our view, is within the prerogative of His
Majesty and he has the power to regulate it by Letters Patent generally or in particular
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prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spouse, or any children born of the marriage. The concept is most prevalent in German-speaking territories and countries most influenced by the customs of the German-speaking realms.
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Although the issue of morganatic marriages were ineligible to succeed to their families' respective thrones, children of morganatic marriages have gone on to achieve dynastic success elsewhere in Europe. Descendants of the 1851 marriage of
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to marry without the permission of the sovereign, and any marriage contracted without the sovereign's consent was considered invalid. This led to several prominent cases of
British princes who had gone through marriage ceremonies, and who
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has married a person of either royal birth or of the titled aristocracy. Members of the Royal Family may still lose their place in the line of succession for themselves and their descendants if they marry without the monarch's permission.
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of the Thembu royal family remain ineligible to succeed to the Thembu throne, which is itself one of the several traditional seats that are still officially recognized by South Africa's government. Instead, the Mandelas were given the
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with Matilda Calvi, daughter of Count Carlo Giorgio di Bergolo, in January 1914 but renounced his dynastic rights and titles subsequently). They were granted the non-royal prefix of "Prince" and their descendants bear the title
1161:#35731, dated 11 August 1911, Nicholas II amended the amendment, reducing application of this restriction from all members of the Imperial Family to grand dukes and grand duchesses only. This decree allowed marriages of the
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and their titles ensured a comfortable lifestyle and all other luxuries. The descendants of these Ammaveedu members were simply called Thampi and Thankachi and they didn't get any other distinguishing privileges.
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that the emperor's consent be obtained, that the dynast renounce his or her personal succession rights, and that the Pauline laws restricting succession rights to those born of equal marriages continue in force.
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of a wealthy family in 1557. Their children were given the title Margrave von Burgau, the issue of Ferdinand's second (and equal) marriage being of archducal rank and preferred for purposes of inheritance.
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The letters and diaries of working-class people and ex-servicemen generally demonstrate support for the King, while those from the middle and upper classes tend to express indignation and distaste.
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anything else (other than the dower) from the bridegroom or from his inheritance or clan, that sort of marriage was dubbed as "marriage with only the dower and no other inheritance", i.e.,
2014:, respectively, appeared to support a morganatic marriage. The King estimated that the newspapers in favour had a circulation of 12.5 million, and those against had 8.5 million.
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dynastic events, Germany's deposed heads of state continued to notify its editors of changes in family members' status and traditional titles. In 1919 the morganatic wife and children of
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in the 1550s) and insisted on being named King in his own right. The compromise solution involved naming both to the crown as had rarely happened in the past (see for example
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of the Thembu people, married and subsequently left a son named Mandela, who became Nelson's grandfather and the source of his surname. However, because Mandela was only the
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3526:"Windsor, (Bessie) Wallis, duchess of Windsor (1896–1986)"
1235:(1871–1965). His mother was a daughter of renowned author
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The revelation of African culture in Long Walk to Freedom
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Prince Julius of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
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2948:"Swaziland prince and princess attend Boston University"
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de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy.
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that eventually led to his political career. Like the
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Thoren, Victor E.; Christianson, John Robert (1990).
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3043:, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, 2002, pp. 48–54 and
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Travancore State Manual Vol ii 1940 by TK Velu Pillai
2474:. A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles.
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The Cochin Royal family also followed the system of
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755:In secret marriage, Louis XIV wed his second wife,
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101:that succession would pass to his other relatives.
3190:"Queen wants Camilla to be known as Queen Consort"
2606:de la Roque, Gilles-Andre. Traite de la Noblesse.
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1385:to end her loveless marriage to her social equal,
378:morganatic branches of the Russian Imperial Family
3647:The Lord of Uraniborg: A Biography of Tycho Brahe
3041:The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain
2766:La Descendance de Pierre le Grand, Tsar de Russie
2744:, Berkeley, California, 2010. pp. vi-x, 24, 158.
1799:(as he was at the time), legally held the title "
1013:at turn of the 20th century, as the next heir by
692:in 1609 and, in exile from revolutionary France,
458:, who was one of her guards in a secret marriage.
3497:Home Office memo on the Duke and Duchess's title
2036:His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936
1843:that he intended to marry the American divorcée
1406:Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhransky
358:, married the twice-divorced American socialite
3403:Ziegler, p. 308 and the Duke of Windsor, p. 373
3086:"Introducing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge"
2591:. Paris: Editions du Palais Royal. p. 531.
2020:
1994:, opposed the marriage. On the other hand, the
1811:(derived from other titles her husband held as
1448:. Here, a number of its peoples have legalized
1412:, as the rightful heir to the Romanov dynasty.
3546:, retrieved 2 May 2010 (subscription required)
2120:made it illegal for all persons born into the
1083:adopted and designated as his heir his nephew
3689:
2768:. Sedopols, Paris, 1983. pp.43, 127. French.
2612:. Etienne Michalet, Paris, 1678, pp. 5, 8-10.
2566:. Du Chaney Eds, Paris, 1998, p. 11. French.
1608:only. These were morganatic marriages called
8:
1163:princes and princesses of the Blood Imperial
997:by primogeniture when it became likely that
2564:Introduction sur la Maison royale de France
2497:. HarperCollins Publishers. p. xxvii.
1855:governments were consulted pursuant to the
1212:, married morganatically in 1880. Princess
895:(created Countess von Hohenstein) descends
263:Marie Louise, Countess Larisch von Moennich
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3455:, Official website of the British monarchy
1348:Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
1033:in 1917; and his abortive election by the
940:The senior line of the dynasty ruling the
887:Likewise, from the morganatic marriage of
801:parts of Europe, where equality of birth (
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706:and, by royal command, with the so-called
600:in 1533, the last of these provinces, the
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1379:Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
1281:Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia
824:. The marriage was initially resisted by
696:in 1798). Exceptions were made for equal
3346:, Oxford University Press, 1965, p. 401.
3247:. 1951. London: Cassell and Co., p. 332.
2987:Staff Correspondent (19 November 2014).
2884:Mafela, Munzhedzi James (October 2008).
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2042:on 8 March 1937 by his brother, the new
1315:, a morganatic branch of the grandducal
1173:An early victim of the Pauline laws was
676:inherited the throne of France from the
611:, was the main criterion of rank in the
409:Royal women who married morganatically:
3531:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3385:See, for example, Williams, pp. 138–144
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1341:Prince Theodor Aleksandrovich of Russia
1269:Duke Constantine Petrovich of Oldenburg
866:Alexander, sovereign prince of Bulgaria
446:, regent of Spain after her husband's (
444:Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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2666:. University Press, 1911, pp. 740-741.
2589:Histoire de la Maison Royale de France
2459:Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd Edition
2070:a memorandum summarising the views of
1783:upon her marriage on 29 April 2011 to
1756:(then second in line to the throne as
1326:Less fortunate among the Romanovs was
1265:Prince George Aleksandrovich Yurievsky
916:Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
854:Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
631:acquired by purchase of a noble estate
335:Late in his life, the widowed ex-king
316:to which their father belonged, their
306:Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
240:Royal men who married morganatically:
3422:Casciani, Dominic (30 January 2003),
2199:, who ruled England simultaneously).
1597:were, under the existing matrilineal
1389:, and quietly marry commoner Colonel
1387:Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
1369:George and incorporated him into the
1079:In the former Royal Family of Saxony
967:, who in 1877 was agreed upon by the
893:Countess Claudine Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde
249:property passed to their youngest son
37:(top), with his morganatic wife, the
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3560:Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931–1937
3200:from the original on 5 February 2022
2682:2 December 2005. Retrieved 2012/5/2.
2494:Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
2226:List of royal marriages to commoners
1672:adding citations to reliable sources
1557:in 1973, elder brother of both King
920:Louise Caroline Geyer von Geyersberg
343:, who was created Countess von Edla.
3609:. Viking, Great Britain: 1988. p 52
3605:Van der zee and Van der zee, 1688:
3500:, National Archives, archived from
3290:. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
3262:, Church of England, archived from
2859:. New York: Random House. pp.
880:(through his paternal grandmother,
822:Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa
690:Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency
428:Napoleon I. Her second husband was
384:Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
3259:Marriage in Church After a Divorce
3188:Coughlan, Sean (5 February 2022).
3162:"Camilla 'will be Charles' queen'"
1081:Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
204:), corresponding to Early English
133:("Princely Houses") series of the
35:Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua
25:
2407:. University Press, 1911, p. 835.
1346:Nicholas II forbade his brother,
1295:. She and her children were made
1187:Countess Joanna Grudna-Grudzińska
779:Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
388:Countess Sophie Chotek von Wognin
135:Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
4612:
4611:
3425:King's abdication appeal blocked
2678:The 1895-1905 Succession Dispute
2675:Velde, Francois. Heraldica.org.
2609:Du Gentilhomme de nom et d'armes
2478:. Clarendon Press, 1908. p. 663.
1861:Parliament of the United Kingdom
1648:
1410:Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
1391:Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky
1222:princes and princesses Yurievsky
1214:Ekaterina Mihailovna Dolgorukova
1175:Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich
1023:Monaco succession crisis of 1918
856:to the German-Polish noblewoman
625:or not) were also legally noble
296:Rosa Teresa Vercellana Guerrieri
3319:Statute of Westminster 1931 c.4
2855:The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
2382:(translated from the French by
1867:of which Edward was also king:
1659:needs additional citations for
1402:Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrillovich
1350:, from marrying twice-divorced
1183:Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1165:with non-royal spouses, on the
767:in 1695; Anne Marie d'Orléans (
604:, came to the crown of France.
432:. After his death, she married
397:Danish astronomer and nobleman
312:. Instead of being part of the
308:in 1851 married morganatically
255:Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria
4594:Marriage in pre-Islamic Arabia
2892:Australian National University
2518:Thoren & Christianson 1990
1934:Prime Minister of South Africa
1831:Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
1398:Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich
1328:Grand Duke Paul Aleksandrovich
1303:(1896–1963) marrying, in 1916
1291:which proved fatal to so many
1257:William III of the Netherlands
1204:Princess Catherine Dolgorukova
1031:Grand Duchy of Alsace-Lorraine
965:Prince Alexander of Battenberg
870:Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg
467:Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria
450:) death while their daughter,
430:Count Adam Albert von Neipperg
414:Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
267:Elisabeth ("Sissi") of Austria
265:, was a confidante of Empress
1:
4203:Ghost marriage in South Sudan
3322:, The UK Statute Law Database
3219:Bridge, London (2022-09-08).
2634:143:161-80, 144:1-57. French.
2553:. Retrieved 2012/5/2. Danish.
1942:Prime Minister of New Zealand
1910:Duke Alexander of Württemberg
1337:Princess Irene Pavlovna Paley
889:Duke Alexander of Württemberg
765:Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin
3557:Bloch, Michael, ed. (1986),
1495:(d. 1832), who ruled as the
1335:1919. One of his daughters,
1003:Duke Albrecht of Württemberg
993:in the 1890s, as the senior
973:Princess Viktoria of Prussia
876:), and, in the female line,
3412:The Duke of Windsor, p. 361
2344:Webster's Online Dictionary
2319:. about.com. Archived from
2143:It has been suggested that
1936:) opposed options 1 and 2.
1926:Prime Minister of Australia
1914:William Lyon Mackenzie King
1898:(a morganatic marriage); or
1857:Statute of Westminster 1931
1483:Thembus that reside in the
1332:Olga Valerianovna Karnovich
1305:Prince George of Battenberg
1251:after the last male of the
1233:George, Count von Merenberg
975:despite the efforts of her
931:Prince Sizzo von Leutenberg
868:, queen-consorts of Spain (
665:dynasties which habitually
570:Neither of the children of
454:, was a minor. She married
439:, her chamberlain, in 1834.
292:Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
251:, also following tradition.
182:matrimonium ad morganaticam
4666:
3652:Cambridge University Press
3607:A Revolution in the family
3476:quoted in Bradford, p. 243
3367:quoted in Bradford, p. 188
3344:English History, 1914-1945
2950:. WGBH Boston. 13 May 1987
2315:Stritof, Sheri & Bob.
2139:James II/VII and Anne Hyde
1984:, and newspapers owned by
1593:, the male members of the
1503:'s child by a wife of the
1355:Natalya Sergeyevna Wulfert
820:, and Bohemian aristocrat
712:(i.e., out-of-wedlock but
367:Alfonso de Borbón y Borbón
60:, which in the context of
56:between people of unequal
4607:
3623:Crawford, Donald (1997).
3578:cited in Bradford, p. 232
3563:, Summit Books, pp.
3288:The Duke of Windsor's War
3243:HRH The Duke of Windsor.
2698:excerpt. 1918/11/5. p. 8.
2214:Clandestinity (canon law)
2145:William, Prince of Orange
1779:, a commoner, became the
1555:Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini
1365:(1910–1931) a title, but
1309:Marquess of Milford Haven
1142:promulgated a strict new
1105:Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
1091:cousin's morganatic son,
437:Charles-René de Bombelles
346:In 1917, the grandson of
339:married the opera singer
324:, whose branch living in
166:Oxford English Dictionary
92:, titles, precedence, or
2696:Düsseldorfer Nachrichten
2118:Royal Marriages Act 1772
1946:Leader of the Opposition
1918:Prime Minister of Canada
1839:informed Prime Minister
1797:Charles, Prince of Wales
1299:, her younger daughter,
858:Countess Julia von Hauke
818:Archduke Franz Ferdinand
513:Danish Act of Succession
356:Prince Royal of Portugal
314:House of Hesse-Darmstadt
310:Countess Julia von Hauke
230:matrimonium morganaticum
146:Royal Family of Thailand
3536:Oxford University Press
3286:Bloch, Michael (1982).
2353:. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
2187:had been granted under
1787:, who had been created
1715:, was also a commoner.
1595:Travancore Royal Family
1559:Mswati III of Swaziland
1062:Georg, Count von Carlow
1054:Prince Oskar of Prussia
1029:ended; the prospective
1019:Hereditary Prince Louis
1007:Principality of Albania
775:Antoine, Duke de Lauzun
761:Louis the Grand Dauphin
694:Maria Caterina Brignole
536:Christian IX of Denmark
517:Christian IV of Denmark
348:Fernando II of Portugal
337:Fernando II of Portugal
318:patrilinear descendants
274:Ferdinand II of Austria
169:), is derived from the
4191:Chinese ghost marriage
3544:10.1093/ref:odnb/38277
2550:Royal House: Rosenborg
2317:"Left-Handed Marriage"
2112:Morganatic vs. invalid
2102:
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1957:Sir Archibald Sinclair
1741:as Prince of Wales to
1422:1810 Act of Succession
1275:. Merenberg's sister,
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1197:
1095:, and his three sons.
1011:Principality of Monaco
991:Kingdom of Württemberg
987:Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
842:Sarajevo assassination
826:Emperor Franz Joseph I
793:German-speaking Europe
770:La Grande Mademoiselle
552:Prince Aage of Denmark
530:married the ballerina
42:
3065:Somervell, Sir Donald
2989:"Seeking royal roots"
2376:Diesbach, Ghislain de
2087:
2079:Parliamentary Counsel
2006:newspapers, owned by
1938:Michael Joseph Savage
1793:Camilla Parker Bowles
1577:Travancore and Cochin
1573:, King of the Zulus.
1471:, the late leader of
1450:traditional authority
1261:Grand Duke William IV
1203:
1195:
1121:Grand Duke William IV
1087:, thus bypassing his
942:Principality of Lippe
918:, by his second wife
914:died out. The son of
860:(created Princess of
783:Marquise de Montesson
382:The 1900 marriage of
352:Afonso, Duke of Porto
322:Princes of Battenberg
298:. Popularly known in
48:, sometimes called a
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3269:on 15 September 2012
3170:. London. 2005-03-21
2532:Julius af Glucksborg
2472:Philological Society
2380:Secrets of the Gotha
2258:Inter-caste marriage
2155:during the reign of
2122:British royal family
1887:. The options were:
1835:On 16 November 1936
1807:" and, in Scotland,
1781:Duchess of Cambridge
1750:British royal family
1713:Edward IV of England
1668:improve this article
1249:throne of Luxembourg
1109:counts von Merenberg
1070:Bavarian Royal House
1066:Duke Charles Michael
1025:was resolved as the
933:, morganatic son of
927:House of Schwarzburg
619:continental European
594:Catherine de' Medici
475:Charles I of Austria
463:Stéphanie of Belgium
330:House of Mountbatten
50:left-handed marriage
4640:Morganatic marriage
4432:Royal intermarriage
4134:Mystery of Crowning
3626:Michael and Natasha
3504:on 31 December 2010
3474:Neville Chamberlain
3221:"The Queen Consort"
3039:Willis, Daniel A.,
2545:History of Roskilde
2405:Morganatic Marriage
2177:Glorious Revolution
1991:The Daily Telegraph
1809:Duchess of Rothesay
1805:Duchess of Cornwall
1777:Catherine Middleton
1709:Elizabeth Woodville
1571:Goodwill Zwelithini
1547:its dynastic status
1543:House of Battenberg
1426:enskild mans dotter
1363:George Mikhailovich
1313:House of Battenberg
1285:Emperor Nicholas II
1179:Catherine the Great
1093:Rüdiger von Sachsen
882:Alice of Battenberg
807:Ehe zur linken Hand
757:Madame de Maintenon
698:royal intermarriage
360:Nevada Stoody Hayes
46:Morganatic marriage
4298:Marriage allowance
3928:Widow conservation
3705:Types of marriages
3025:has generic name (
3001:on 22 October 2010
2740:2013-05-30 at the
2349:2012-02-23 at the
2265:à la façon du pays
2185:Philip II of Spain
1817:Lady Diana Spencer
1770:English common law
1762:James VII & II
1724:Katherine Swynford
1289:Russian Revolution
1263:. Olga's brother,
1206:
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1125:Congress of Vienna
1015:proximity of blood
912:House of Zähringen
874:Louise Mountbatten
669:with one another.
602:county of Auvergne
572:Queen Margrethe II
561:Count af Rosenborg
528:King Frederick VII
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4348:Mixed-orientation
4198:Widow inheritance
3877:Marriage in Islam
3867:Clerical marriage
3661:978-0-521-35158-4
3069:National Archives
2849:Massie, Robert K.
2764:Enache, Nicolas.
2750:978-0-9771961-8-0
2504:978-0-00-751975-0
2423:Almanach de Gotha
2384:Margaret Crosland
2209:Agnatic seniority
2038:. He was created
1961:Winston Churchill
1801:Princess of Wales
1795:, second wife of
1789:Duke of Cambridge
1743:Maria Fitzherbert
1700:
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1581:In the erstwhile
1526:privy counsellors
1311:and scion of the
1243:of a then-exiled
1237:Alexander Pushkin
1196:Tsar Alexander II
1058:Kaiser Wilhelm II
1045:Almanach de Gotha
1042:Relying upon the
946:Lippe-Biesterfeld
872:) and of Sweden (
709:princes légitimés
703:princes étrangers
661:) among Europe's
485:title of Prince (
422:House of Habsburg
403:King Frederick II
282:Philippine Welser
148:, the polygamous
119:Almanach de Gotha
105:German background
90:succession rights
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2195:and his son
2189:Queen Mary I
2181:king consort
2153:Duke of York
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2075:T. M. Cooper
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1986:Lord Kemsley
1981:Daily Herald
1979:
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1922:Joseph Lyons
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1881:South Africa
1851:. The other
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1774:
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1758:Duke of York
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1666:Please help
1661:verification
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1534:the Mandelas
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4465:Interethnic
4460:Inter-caste
4398:Consanguine
4326:Watta satta
4275:Convenience
4129:Handfasting
3918:Scientology
3892:Nikah 'urfi
3734:Nikah 'urfi
3133:"Biography"
3023:|last=
2930:|work=
2248:Gold digger
2238:Concubinage
1877:New Zealand
1837:Edward VIII
1711:, queen of
1610:Sambandhams
1493:Ngubengcuka
1454:chieftaincy
1367:legitimated
1273:Djaparidize
1218:legitimised
1131:) instead.
981:grandmother
878:Charles III
714:legitimised
609:quarterings
452:Isabella II
426:the emperor
418:archduchess
399:Tycho Brahe
354:, the last
300:Piedmontese
198:*morgangeba
111:World War I
58:social rank
39:Anglo-Irish
4634:Categories
4496:monogamous
4485:Morganatic
4480:Interfaith
4403:Avunculate
4375:Common-law
4293:Green card
4260:Tongyangxi
4176:Posthumous
4117:Ceremonial
4108:Tongyangxi
3965:Prajapatya
3768:Remarriage
3555:See also,
3428:, BBC News
3230:2022-12-30
3204:5 February
3174:2009-01-11
3147:2009-01-11
3115:2009-01-11
3075:144/22945.
2954:27 October
2656:, editor.
2476:Morganatic
2399:, editor.
2327:2007-03-13
2302:References
2291:Sugar baby
2157:Charles II
2151:after the
2068:John Simon
1988:, such as
1902:Abdication
1705:Henry VIII
1680:April 2017
1626:Ammaveedus
1587:Travancore
1567:Great Wife
1561:and Queen
1458:Asantehene
1352:noblewoman
1167:conditions
1099:Luxembourg
1060:. In 1928
864:) include
862:Battenberg
734:Louis XIII
521:noblewoman
511:until the
469:, married
376:A list of
286:bourgeoise
225:additional
206:morgengifu
202:Morgengabe
178:Late Latin
161:Morganatic
129:Fürstliche
82:mediatised
4541:Polyandry
4455:Hypergamy
4303:Predatory
4245:Hypergamy
4228:Financial
4144:Las Vegas
4124:Betrothal
4079:Abduction
4001:Ayyavazhi
3993:Paishacha
3972:Gandharva
3843:Josephite
3833:Christian
3821:Religious
3783:Hollywood
3778:Temporary
3729:Customary
3472:Diary of
3015:cite news
3005:5 January
2994:The Hindu
2932:ignored (
2922:cite book
2296:War bride
2263:Marriage
2253:Hypergamy
2243:Courtesan
2169:Anne Hyde
2127:cohabited
2044:George VI
1969:The Times
1873:Australia
1865:Dominions
1766:Anne Hyde
1754:George VI
1739:George IV
1563:Mantfombi
1530:Apartheid
1307:, future
1144:house law
1113:male line
1103:When the
956:Reichstag
838:Hohenberg
726:Richelieu
722:Louis XIV
700:with the
688:in 1601,
672:Once the
508:Lex Regia
461:Princess
365:In 1929,
272:Archduke
176:from the
156:Etymology
64:or other
4645:Monarchy
4618:Category
4546:Polygyny
4536:Polygamy
4427:Homogamy
4390:Endogamy
4367:De facto
4353:Sororate
4343:Sologamy
4321:Exchange
4283:Lavender
4208:Levirate
4056:Arranged
3986:Rakshasa
3899:Levirate
3838:Catholic
3805:Putative
3800:Voidable
3793:Wedlease
3773:Same-sex
3763:Marriage
3751:Monogamy
3724:Covenant
3565:231, 233
3298:, p. 346
3198:Archived
3137:BBC News
2851:(1995).
2738:Archived
2587:(1967).
2491:(2013).
2426:(Gotha:
2347:Archived
2274:marriage
2203:See also
1883:and the
1853:Dominion
1618:nobility
1514:chiefdom
1485:Transkei
1477:nobleman
1442:dynastic
1436:Transkei
1293:Romanovs
830:Princess
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