When the supply of available royals dwindled. Also when marrying cousins caused things like the âHapsburg chinâ
The practice of royals marrying other royals had a political purpose. The purpose was to make alliances and ensure good diplomatic relationships. Now in most countries, royals no longer are in charge of governance and do not have the same political power, so the need just isn’t the same.
Democracy happened is the simple answer
Honestly I think the combination of (a) the extreme failure of Charles and Dianaâs marriage (which was somewhat arranged (b) the lack of a formal requirement that heirs marry non morganatically to inherit. Some European houses wonât let someone inherit if they donât marry an âequalâ.
Genetics diversity. Everyone is everyone cousin thanks to Queen Victoria and King Christian IX of Denmark who was known as “the father in law of Europe”.
WW1. Couldnât marry into/with Protestant German royals – they were eligible and abundant in quantity before WW1. Germany no longer has a monarchy but I think that many of the former royal families require heirs to marry other royals to keep their titles – the whole morganatic marriage thing.
Countries donât need the alliances that a royal marriage provided any more. Royalty today is more of a figurehead than a superpower; in the UK the last monarch that dismissed parliament lost his throne and his head. Also free will is a big deal nowadays & if prince William were to announce his 9 year old princess charlottes betrothal to the 18 year old crown prince Christian of Denmark, most of us would be aghast & disgusted for a multitude of reasons, from âwtf sheâs a childâ to âitâs her choice who she marries not yoursâ. Thereâs no political gain whatsoever in royal intermarriage today.
More or less when it became patent to all of them that marrying cousins over and over isnât good practice. Some of those family tries are basically intertwined loops.
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When the supply of available royals dwindled. Also when marrying cousins caused things like the âHapsburg chinâ
The practice of royals marrying other royals had a political purpose. The purpose was to make alliances and ensure good diplomatic relationships. Now in most countries, royals no longer are in charge of governance and do not have the same political power, so the need just isn’t the same.
Democracy happened is the simple answer
Honestly I think the combination of (a) the extreme failure of Charles and Dianaâs marriage (which was somewhat arranged (b) the lack of a formal requirement that heirs marry non morganatically to inherit. Some European houses wonât let someone inherit if they donât marry an âequalâ.
Genetics diversity. Everyone is everyone cousin thanks to Queen Victoria and King Christian IX of Denmark who was known as “the father in law of Europe”.
WW1. Couldnât marry into/with Protestant German royals – they were eligible and abundant in quantity before WW1. Germany no longer has a monarchy but I think that many of the former royal families require heirs to marry other royals to keep their titles – the whole morganatic marriage thing.
Countries donât need the alliances that a royal marriage provided any more. Royalty today is more of a figurehead than a superpower; in the UK the last monarch that dismissed parliament lost his throne and his head. Also free will is a big deal nowadays & if prince William were to announce his 9 year old princess charlottes betrothal to the 18 year old crown prince Christian of Denmark, most of us would be aghast & disgusted for a multitude of reasons, from âwtf sheâs a childâ to âitâs her choice who she marries not yoursâ. Thereâs no political gain whatsoever in royal intermarriage today.
More or less when it became patent to all of them that marrying cousins over and over isnât good practice. Some of those family tries are basically intertwined loops.