Now I know the story (king falls in love with American divorcée; king abdicates when he is not allowed to marry her), but the term "morganatic marriage" was new to me. It sounds excellent. Actually, it sounds like it has some sinister link to Morgana Le Fay. But that may just be in my brain.
It would be cool if that were the etymology for the word. Alas, that's not the case. It's from the phrase matrimonium ad morganaticum, or "marriage of the morning" - as in the morning after.
The Norwegian word for "morning" is "morgen".
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Morganatic marriage
01/12/2009 09:03:24 AM
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Left-handed marriages and misalliances
01/12/2009 09:27:35 AM
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weird
01/12/2009 09:29:21 AM
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I've known about this since 1998, when I learned about Franz Ferdinand's marriage
01/12/2009 05:47:21 PM
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It is hard to believe
01/12/2009 06:28:21 PM
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The HohHabsburgs marriage pool was limited.
01/12/2009 06:42:57 PM
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yesyes
01/12/2009 06:44:13 PM
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There was a joke in there? What was it?
01/12/2009 06:47:01 PM
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awwww
01/12/2009 06:49:11 PM
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That was a joke?
01/12/2009 07:44:01 PM
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hmph
01/12/2009 07:50:50 PM
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I both got it and appreciated it,
01/12/2009 08:00:45 PM
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Re: I both got it and appreciated it,
01/12/2009 08:03:43 PM
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Dude, that was totally a joke
01/12/2009 07:55:17 PM
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then why did you tell me it wasn't a joke, but a "witty comment"?
01/12/2009 07:56:22 PM
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