Morganatic marriage - Wikipedia Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, [1] is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spouse or to any children born of the marriage
MORGANATIC Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Although the deprivations imposed on the lower-ranking spouse by a morganatic marriage may seem like a royal pain in the neck, the word morganatic actually comes from a word for a marriage benefit
Morganatic marriage | Royal, European Historical | Britannica Morganatic marriage, legally valid marriage between a male member of a sovereign, princely, or noble house and a woman of lesser birth or rank, with the provision that she shall not thereby accede to his rank and that the children of the marriage shall not succeed to their father’s hereditary
What is Morganatic Marriage? - Historical Index Because a morganatic marriage deprives children of their rights as heirs, the arrangement is illegal in many regions of the world The term is generally used to discuss royal marriages
Morganatic marriage - New World Encyclopedia A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage
MORGANATIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary A morganatic marriage is one in which one partner is of higher social rank, and the other cannot claim this partner's title or possessions or pass them to their children:
Morganatic Marriage: Understanding Its Legal Definition | US Legal Forms A morganatic marriage is a type of union where one partner holds a higher social or royal status than the other In these marriages, the lower-status partner and any children from the union do not inherit titles, property, or privileges from the higher-status partner
Morganatic - definition of morganatic by The Free Dictionary morganatic - A survival of an ancient Germanic marriage custom, a gift on the morning after the wedding from husband to wife called morgangeba, "morning" and "give"; it now describes a marriage between people of different social status, especially a man of superior rank and woman of inferior rank
morganatic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary morganatic (not comparable) 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)