Therefore, many royal families appear and disappear in the French succession or become cadet branches upon marriage.

The Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, who was himself a member of a cadet branch of the Oldenburgs, married into the Romanov family early in the 18th century ; all Romanov Tsars from the middle of that century to the revolution of 1917 were descended from that marriage.

In 1743, his paternal grandmother, Françoise-Marie de Bourbon the formidable Dowager Duchess of Orléans, and Louise Élisabeth, Dowager Princess of Conti arranged his marriage to his seventeen-year old cousin, Louise Henriette de Bourbon ( 1726 – 1759 ), a member of the House of Boubon-Conti, another cadet branch of the House of Bourbon.

The marriage of the infant Alix to Capetian cadet Peter of Dreux in 1213 began the new House of Dreux.

In the late 12th century, through marriage and inheritance, a cadet branch of the family came to control the Kingdoms of Jerusalem and of Cyprus, while in the early 13th century, the main branch succeeded in the Counties of La Marche and Angoulême.

The Lorrainer question was concluded with the birth of a son to Charles V in 1679, ending Cosimo's dream of a Medici cadet branch, dreams which were to be revived in 1697 by Gian Gastone's marriage to an heiress.

The proposal of his marriage to Charlotte de Lorraine, Mademoiselle d ' Armagnac, member of a cadet branch of the House of Guise had met with the categorical refusal of Louis XIV.

Although the marriage of his eldest son to Princess Astrid of Belgium, former heiress presumptive to the Kingdom of Belgium, relegated use of the Austria-Este archdukedom to a secondary title in that realm, the title continues in use elsewhere among his cadet descendants.

The bride's brother, Walter D. Monroe Jr., will give her in marriage.

Germanicus ’ father, Drusus the Elder, was the second son of the Empress Livia Drusilla by her first marriage to praetor Tiberius Nero, and was the Emperor Tiberius ’ s younger brother and Augustus ’ s stepson.

After being widowed in 1327, Alfonso married in February 1329 Eleanor of Castile ( 1308 – 1359 ), who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage.

Highlights of the 1950s included the much-heralded marriage of Abner and Daisy Mae in 1952, the birth of their son " Honest Abe " Yokum in 1953, and in 1954, the introduction of Abner's enormous, long lost kid brother Tiny Yokum, who filled Abner's place as a bachelor in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race.

The case in the book of Ruth is not the simplest type of Levirate marriage ( Boaz is not Mahlon's brother ); therefore, some scholars refer to Boaz ’ s duty as " Levirate-like " or as a " kinsman-marriage.

The change applied to all members of his family except for his brother Lucien, and the son of Jerome's first marriage.

Evidences multiplying attesting Ruhi's increasing rebelliousness, efforts exerted my eldest sister pave way fourth alliance members family Siyyid Ali involving marriage his granddaughter with Ruha's son and personal contact recently established my own treacherous, despicable brother Riaz with Majdi'd-Din, redoubtable enemy Faith, former henchman Muhammad -' Ali, Archbreaker Bahá ' u ' lláh's Covenant.

Like her brother, Athelstan, Edith was devoted to the cult of Saint Oswald and was instrumental in introducing this cult into Germany after her marriage to the emperor.

By 1569, relations with the Habsburgs had deteriorated, and Elizabeth considered marriage to two French Valois princes in turn, first Henry, Duke of Anjou, and later, from 1572 to 1581, his brother Francis, Duke of Anjou, formerly Duke of Alençon.

A contretemps occurred during the progress in mid-August when the Queen twice requested Oxford to dance before the French ambassadors, who were in England to negotiate a marriage between the 46 year old Elizabeth and the younger brother of Henri III of France, the 24 year old Duke of Anjou.

Fengi becomes resentful of his brother ’ s marriage, and also wants sole leadership of Jutland, so therefore murders Orvendil.

" Thus the purported author is James, brother of Jesus, whom the text claims to be a son of Joseph from a prior marriage.

Seeking revenge for being jilted by Ashley, Scarlett accepts a proposal of marriage from Melanie's brother, Charles Hamilton.

The legal marriage at least pleased her brother Isaac, who had broken off relations with his sister when she had begun to live with Lewes, but now sent congratulations.

Owing to his marriage with a Bavarian princess and to his military command in the imperial service, his brother was allied more closely with the old church and resisted the new reforming efforts.

His eldest son and heir Edward V, aged 13, would have succeeded him, but the king's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester declared his marriage to be bigamous and invalid, making all his children illegitimate.

Traditionally, male-line members of British royalty receive a dukedom a few hours before their marriage, the most recent being his elder brother Prince William, who became Duke of Cambridge.

In Ancient Greece, Spartan King Leonidas I, hero of the legendary Battle of Thermopylae, was married to his niece Gorgo, daughter of his half-brother Cleomenes I. Greek law allowed marriage between a brother and sister if they had different mothers.

A year after her marriage to Isabella's brother, Alfonso in 1502, the notorious Lucrezia Borgia became the mistress of Francesco.

Jacob and his twin brother, Esau, were born to Isaac and Rebekah after 20 years of marriage, when Isaac was 60 (, ).

It is widely rumored that Lucrezia's brother Cesare was responsible for Alfonso's death, as he had recently allied himself ( through marriage ) with France against Naples.

Henry claimed, citing biblical passages ( Leviticus 20: 21 ), that his marriage to Catherine was unclean because she was previously married, briefly at age 16, to his late brother ( Mary's uncle ) Arthur.

Orhan wished to provide a check to them, and he took counsel for this purpose with his brother Alaeddin and Kara Khalil Çandarlı ( of House of Candar ), who was connected with the royal house by marriage.

His baptismal name was Frederick of Lorraine (), and he was a younger brother of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine, who, as Margrave of Tuscany ( by his marriage to Beatrice of Bar, widow of Boniface III of Tuscany ), played a prominent part in the politics of the period.

Eusebius gives some extracts from his letter to one Aristides, reconciling the apparent discrepancy between Matthew and Luke in the genealogy of Christ by a reference to the Jewish law of Levirate marriage, which compelled a man to marry the widow of his deceased brother, if the latter died without issue.

In second marriage he married the daughter of baron Konstantin von Nolken ( 1878 – 1949 ) Olga Gilbert ( maiden name von Nolken ), from the first marriage when he was married with Elizabeth, the daughter of Loris Melikov ( 1904 – 1912 ), who is at the same time the grand daughter of Countess Olga Ada Merenberg.

Masha has finally accepted Medvedenko's marriage proposal, and they have a child together, though Masha still nurses an unrequited love for Konstantin.

A year after his marriage Konstantin inherited Pavlovsk from his uncle Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, and, at the death of his mother, the palace of Oreanda in Crimea.

Elena was married to Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas I. Elena Pavlovna was therefore Konstantin ’ s aunt by marriage and Alexandra ’ s aunt by birth.

A year after their marriage Konstantin inherited the palace of Pavlovsk, situated 19 miles to the south of Saint Petersburg, from his uncle Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich.

Her first marriage was to a Jewish Austrian, Viktor von Klarwill ( Ziebel ), who sent her to Africa to find a safe place for the two of them to live out World War II.

Her first marriage, on 4 October 1847 in Vienna, was to Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este ( 1821 – 1849 ), by whom she had one daughter:

When Karl Wilhelm, musical director of the city of Krefeld, received the poem in 1854, he wrote a version of his own and performed it with his men's choir on June 11, the day of the silver anniversary of the marriage of Prinz Wilhelm von Preussen, who would later become German Emperor Wilhelm I.