El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-04
ROYALTY FINDS
THE M0RGlNlTIC
MARRIAGE HAPPY
When Prince or Princes
WEEDS Beneath Station,
It Is For Love.
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a marquis or even a duke may not
have the equal birth" Of plain counf
supposinE the count family is in the
musty old list Of the holy Roman en-
pire. and the duke and marquis are
not
The Inconsistency Of the .eoust
birth" was once admitted by kaiser
Friedrich, father Of the present en-
peror, according to an anecdote widely
quoted a country man OF the lowest
rank was discussing families with
Friedrich, and finally exclaimed: Il
can't say 1 understand all these rules.
but / claim my family is quite as good
as the HOhenzollernst'
very true" quOth the kaiser, but
the Hohenzollerns have got on fasterr'
Usually Are Happy Marriages.
Perhaps the better standing of nm
equal maria ges" is TO be attributed to
the almost uniform felicity Of such
matches Two nOn-rOyal marriages in
the English reigning family. that OF
queen Victoria's daughter Louise to the
late duke OF Argyll and Of king
Georges sister Louise to the duke OF
Fife, turned out most suspicious To
the parties directly involved, and at the
same time did much to build I'D the
present good feeling between the Eng
lish rulers and their people
In Germany Frederick William II
king of Prussia from 1744 to 1877.
bought off his royal wife TO agree to a
separation so he could mOrganaticaIly
marry Fraulein Won Voss. a maid OF
honor TO his daughter. princess Fred
er1ck. saying II was simply matter
Of state, the kings fatherinlaw, the old
duke Of Brunswick, actually ARRANGED
the separation Of his royal daughter
and the mOrganatic marriage with her
rival There was little romance about
this transaction, but the king proved
happier with his morSanatic wife than
he had been with his mate of equal
birth"
So eager was prince Constance. OF
HohenZOlern, TO marry mOrganaticaIiy
the daughter of baron Schenk that he
abdicated the governOrship and princi-
pality Of HohenzOllern in 1850 in favor
OF the kind Of Prussia The king Gre
ated the bride-tO-be. countess Of Roth
enbers. and they lived happily ever
atterWard-"
The ..17orninE~ Gift.
The day after the marriage of prince
Oscar and countess Ina, the royal
bridegroom will confer a settlement
upon his wife. This is the -morgen-
cabe' tmorning sifD from which the
term uCrganaic comes
The marriage ceremony differs from
the usual custom in that the bride joins
her right hand TO the bridegroom s
left nand "a token OF their unequal
BIRTH and for this she cannot inherit
the estates Of her husband or receive
his royal name.
Hence. the day after the marriage
he bestows a new title upon her. ac-
cording 10 the arrangements of the
state and q financial settlement.
This mOrEauatic marriage is cOnsid-
cred as founding an entirely new fam
lily The kaiser will grant the family
new name and prince Oscar viii be
paid a lump sum instead Of his princely
allowance
Morganatic. marriages have been
from time 10 time been attacked as
equivalent TO concubina ge- This is a
mistake for the whole system Of NOR
ganatc marriages has been built up
by the Protestant church TO preserve
the purity Of the marriage relation ana
at the same time preserve the sancuty
Of royalty
The royal bridegroom cannot marry