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List of royal marriages to commoners

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Royal marriages to commoners have historically been uncommon, due to traditions of members of royal families, especially high-level ones, only marrying other persons considered to be royalty, sometimes with penalties for royals who married far below their rank, deemed morganatic marriage. Often, alliances could be created between countries or strengthened within a country through intermarriage of two royal families. On the other hand, occasionally a member of a royal family married a commoner simply due to romantic feelings or physical attraction, and possibly to endear themselves to the general population by establishing that sense of connection. This trend has accelerated and become more accepted in modern times.

Some of the individuals in the lists below are members of deposed royal dynasties and not of reigning royal families.

Before Common Era

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Early modern

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19th century

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20th century

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21st century

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References

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  1. ^ Kingston, Charles (1919). Famous Morganatic Marriages. London: Stanley Paul and Co. pp. 109–121.
  2. ^ Kingston 1919, pp. 149–161
  3. ^ Kingston 1919, pp. 272–284
  4. ^ Kingston 1919, pp. 97–108
  5. ^ Kingston 1919, pp. 176–188
  6. ^ Kingston 1919, pp. 135–148
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  8. ^ "The Duchess of Gloucester". The Royal Household. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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  12. ^ "Britain's Prince Edward, Sophie Rhys-Jones marry as royals look on". CNN. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Royal wedding: William and Kate marry at Abbey". BBC. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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  18. ^ Davies, Gareth (12 October 2018). "Princess Eugenie's royal wedding to Jack Brooksbank: Live updates from the Windsor Castle celebrations". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Japan's Princess Ayako weds commoner Kei Moriya in ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo". The Japan Times. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  20. ^ "พระราชประวัติ สมเด็จพระราชินีสุทิดา". BBC News ไทย. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
  21. ^ "Mariage civil d'Eleonore de Habsbourg-Lorraine et de Jérôme d'Ambrosio à Monaco". 20 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Prince Philippos marries Zuger billionaire's daughter Nina Flohr".
  23. ^ "Princess Mako weds after drawn-out engagement drama". The Japan Times. 26 October 2021.
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