Sunday, January 13, 2013

Morganatically

A new word I've discovered describes the way the aristocracy handles the transfer of fortune and privilege. In this type of marriage, a person of higher status will marry one of lower status based on the condition that neither the spouse or the couple's children have claim to the title or estate.

That's very harsh.

 I've just started watching Downton Abbey so I do not know if the union between Lady Sybil Crawley. (Jessica Brown Findlay) and the former chauffeur Mr. Branson is a morgantic marriage.