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Definition of Morganatically

Morganatically
Morganatic Mor`ga*nat"ic, a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam, fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See Morn.] Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. --Brande & C. -- Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Meaning of Morganatically from wikipedia

- could also marry a man of lower rank morganatically. As a result of the above, a king deciding to enter into a morganatic marriage who does not have children...
- 1946); married morganatically to Hildegard (Hilde) Maria Jungmayr, with issue. (64) Archduke Johann (b. 1947); married morganatically to Anne-Marie Stummer...
- Gotland (1859–1953), second son of King Oscar II of Sweden. He married morganatically and gave up his Swedish titles on March 15, 1888. He and his wife were...
- divorced Wolf Sigismund, Baron Pergler von Perglas, in 1931. They married morganatically on 9 March 1932. The prince was forced to cede his own succession rights...
- Hesse-Itter (1661–1676) Battenberg (1858, morganatic line. Mountbatten since 1917) The Battenberg family are morganatic descendants in the male-line of the...
- The Russian Imperial Family was split into four main branches named after the sons of Emperor Nicholas I: The Alexandrovichi (descendants of Emperor Alexander...
- married morganatically in 1919 Dagmar Baroness Nicolics-Podrinska; they were married until 1931. He married secondly in 1932 (also morganatically) Alicia...
- Elector of Baden, but the only ruler to use this title was married morganatically and so his spouse did not share his title. The rulers of Hesse-K****el...
- (Herzog) of Urach, as his elder brother Wilhelm had resolved to marry morganatically (he was a director at Mercedes-Benz for most of his life, and had two...
- morganatically, Pauline Lilienthal (their issue went by the name "von Falkenberg") in 1868. After her death in 1903, he married, also morganatically,...