!!!Morganatische Ehe

Morganatic Marriage, up to the beginning of the 20th century, legally 
valid marriage between a male member of a sovereign, princely or noble 
house and a woman of lesser birth or rank. In the House of Habsburg 
the offspring of such marriages were excluded from succession. 
Examples were Archduke Ferdinand II (who married Philippine Welser), 
Archduke Johann (Anna Plochl), and Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir 
apparent to the Habsburg throne (Countess Sophie Chotek).


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