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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morganatic marriage
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morganatic marriage

Summary

morganatic marriage ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,565 views/month, #429 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • dower is named after morganatic marriage[2].
  • morganatic marriage is a type of mesalliance[3].
  • morganatic marriage is a type of marriage[4].
  • morganatic marriage's Commons category is recorded as Morganatic spouses[5].
  • morganatic marriage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Morganatic spouses[6].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • morganatic marriage's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mesalliance[3] and marriage[4].

Origins

dower is named after morganatic marriage[2].

Why It Matters

morganatic marriage ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,565 views/month, #429 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after dower
    Named after
    Subclass of
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Otto's encyclopedia, New Encyclopedic Dictionary +4
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