A marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage.
Morganatic marriage
Fact of the Day
The punishment for serving bad beer in ancient Babylon was drowning.
Quote of the Day
"London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
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~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.