morganatic marriage
marriage between people 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
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Summary
morganatic marriage ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,153 views/month, #429 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Named after: dower[2]
- Subclass of: mesalliance[3], marriage[4]
- Commons category: Morganatic spouses[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Morganatic spouses[6]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Otto's encyclopedia[8], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
Why It Matters
morganatic marriage has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]