What is Morganatic Marriage?
Up until the last century, royals married other royals. Marriages between royal families were necessary to maintain alliances, heal tensions and acquire more territory. Most royal marriages were negotiated between the families while the intended spouses were children. Often, these would be brides and grooms had little or no say in their marriage partners.
Some royal rebels bucked this practice. Most often, a man, particularly a man who had already produced heirs, would enter into what…
