Morganatic Spouses
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royal family, royalty or other List of titles, inherited title 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. Generally, this is a marriage between a man of high birth (such as from a reigning, abolished monarchy, deposed or German mediatisation, mediatised dynasty) and a woman of lesser status (such as a daughter of a German nobility#Divisions of nobility, low-ranked noble family or a commoner).Webster's Online Dictionary
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