A morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank that, in the context of royalty or another inherited title, prevents the higher-ranking spouse's position or privileges from passing to the other spouse or to any children of the marriage. The institution is most closely associated with German-speaking territories and with the countries most influenced by German-speaking dynastic custom, where it allowed a noble to marry for personal reasons without disturbing the line of succession or inheritance. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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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Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, 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.
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