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Morganatic Marriages
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Wasn't there also a reichstax that the prince who married morganatically had to pay to have the marriage recognized as equal. An example I'm thinking of is der Alte Dessauer who married a pharmacist's daughter (Anna Luise Föse), but the marriage was no bar on their kids inheriting. Although his eldest son (IIRC) also wed morganatically but it WASN'T equalized and the Dessau succession passed to his younger son (who married equally).
Another example is the margraves of Baden-Baden (Ludwig Georg and August Wilhelm): both married girls from noble (but not royal) families, a Schwarzenberg and a d'Arenberg, but there was never any question about the equality of the marriages AFAIK.
Another example is the margraves of Baden-Baden (Ludwig Georg and August Wilhelm): both married girls from noble (but not royal) families, a Schwarzenberg and a d'Arenberg, but there was never any question about the equality of the marriages AFAIK.
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Schwarzenberg and Arenberg is Mediatized House, they are equal for purpose of marriage.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediatized_Houses
Leopold of Anhalt's wedding was one of the exceptions we mentionned earlier (edit : we did not in fact). Paying healthy sums of money certainly helped, but I do not think de-morganatization by fee was an open option.
Both the Schwarzenberg and the Arenberg ruled petty principalities, so no problem at all. Of course, their true power came from their position in the Austrian administrations and their wealth from their non sovereign estates, but they still had the right status and they kept it after the mediatization. Please note being inmediate subject to the Emperor did not equate Landsherrshaft : the Imperial Knights families were never considered equals to the reigning houses.
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