Complex sentence: The marriage had come after considerable activity with regard to who would make a suitable match, often toward titled royals and with an eye to foreign policy, and the final choice was opposed in many quarters and Eugénie considered of too-little social standing by some.
Split into simpler sentences: The marriage had come after considerable activity with regard to who would make a suitable match, often toward titled royals and with an eye to foreign policy. The final choice was opposed in many quarters and Eugénie considered of too-little social standing by some.