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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This message last edited by Vodalus on 01/12/2009 at 06:39:02 PM
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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Do you have a word like morgengeba or morgengifu?
- 01/12/2009 09:36:47 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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- 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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