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I've known about this since 1998, when I learned about Franz Ferdinand's marriage The Shrike Send a noteboard - 01/12/2009 05:47:21 PM
to Sophie Maria Josephine Albina Gräfin Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin. Poor Franz. Poor Sophie.

Anyway, morganatic marriages are more common in German speaking nation lands than elsewhere in Europe, I think. Which is why you probably don't see them mentioned much elsewhere. Though I'm pretty sure there were some Russian ones too.
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