Francis Ferdinand's marriage was a morganatic alliance, and in consequence of a declaration which he made when contracting it, his children do not inherit his rights to the Austrian crown.
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Morganatic
//mɔɹɡəˈnætɪk//
Synonyms for "morganatic" (3 found)
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9 translations across 9 languages.
French
1 entries- morganatique adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
German
1 entries- morganatisch adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Ido
1 entries- morganatika adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Italian
1 entries- morganatico adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Latin
1 entries- morganaticus adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Portuguese
1 entries- morganático adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Russian
1 entries- морганати́ческий adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Spanish
1 entries- morganático adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
Ukrainian
1 entries- морганати́чний adj (designating a marriage between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank)
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we have this day repudiated our former spouse and have bestowed our royal hand upon the princess Selene, the splendour of the night. (The former morganatic spouse of Bloom is hastily removed in the Black Maria.)
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Because of her noble birth, she bitterly resented her position as a morganatic wife.
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Louis's association with the pious widow, Madame de Maintenon (with whom he contracted a morganatic marriage in 1684) had led to a new tone of piety, even prudery, at court.
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