Almanach de Gotha, the secrets of the gotha, of the royal families of Europe by
Ghislaine de Diebach, Denmark is listed as: House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksbourg pp 93
discussion of morganatic marraiges: pp 96 "Her son, Prince Aage, married Countess Calvi di Bergolo, and after this morganatic marriage became Count Rosenberg. He enlisted in the Foreign Leigon and was killed in 1940."
"If the mediatised houses were deemed worthy of allying themselves to ruling famililes, the same did not apply to other familes of princes, dukes, or counts who , ins pite of tgheir fame or their antiquity, could not aspire to such an honor."
The example one: "the daughter of the prince of Croy or of the count Erbach might become empress of Austria or queen of Bavaria, but the daughter of a family as distinguished and ancient as tht of the prince of Bauffremont, or the daughter of the
duke of Marlborough, was not elegible."
Then the well known case of the future Emperor William I of Germany who loved
Princess Radziwill and he was not allowed to marry her. The old Emperior said it would be a morganatic marriage of unequils. Some courts in Europe are more
stricter than others who are more liberal.
Take Queen Victoria who allowed a morganatic marriage and allowed for the
heirs of this union to keep their place in line for the throne, while in other
nations such a union would make for heirs to be renounced the throne or
disbarred.
"Times have changed; great foreign alliances are looked upon as causes of trouble
and anxiety,and are no good." pp. 27
The other example, is of the Estgerhazys, (anyone read W magazine,
Countess Esterhazy writes her commentaries on the b ack and I have it on
good word a Princess so and so loves to read them religiously!)*
anyhow, the senior branch of Esgterhazys is not listed in the Almanac de Gotha,
but in the Taschenbuch der Grafglichen hauser, while the junior cadet branch is
listed as a mediatised in Gotha!
The writer Diebach goes on to explain the results of this strange parity,
"why the 'unequal unions" between the members of reigning families, and for better reasons, those of the sovereigns themselves, were not considered
valid from a dynastic point of view."
Morganatic marriage stems from some early sources-the high old German
root for "morgen gaben" the morning gift, what a man gives a woman he has
slept with the next morning as a parting gift.
The a la Danish style is called more danico, whereby a man can marry and
have three wives-but he has to be able to satisfy them!
as for the nation of Greece, in 1928 Gotha is listedas a Hellinic demikratica
so then one has to look for the "house name" of the originating members-
Danemark-
pp LV Table alphabetique
there are two listings--
(Sean get this noted)--
GLUCKSBIERG v DECAZES........406
GLUCKSBOURG v. HOLSTEIN...35,49,55,80
the second one is the one to look at:
Even though there is no "proper last name per se" of King Constantine-
let's just see what the 1928 Gotha has to say...
DANEMARK
(Maison de Slesvig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Glucksbourg)
Lutherines-Chateau d'Amalienborg, Copenhague; Sorgenfri pres Lyngby, chat. de Fredensborg, Marselisborg pres d'Aarhus et Klitgaarden pres de Skagen-
Christian prince de Slesvig-Holstgein-Sonderbourg-Glucksbourg (fils du duc
Guillaume de Slevsig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Gluksbourg, ne 4 janv 1785 +17 fevr 1831, v. maison de Holstein)fut designe comme successor du roi Frederic VII de la branche alneede la maison de Holstein-Oldenbourg, ne 6 oct 1808, +15 nov 1863,par le traite de Londresen date du 8 mai 1852 et par la loi de succession danoise du 31 juill 1853, et monta sur le trone sous le nom de Christian IX roi de
Danemark 15 nov 1863.-V. les editions de 1830, p. (15); 1848 p. 20 et 1892 ,
p. 32.-Les cadets portent suivant l'ordre de cabinet du 23 sept 1774 le nom et titre de princes ou princesses de Danemark avec la qualification d'Altesse, les fils du
roi et du prince royal avec la qualification d'Alt. Royale.
CHRISTIAN X-Charles-Frederic-Albert-Alexnadre-Guillaume roi de Danemark
et d'Islande, des Wendes et des Goths, duc de Slesvig, Hostein, Stormarn,
des Dithmarses, de Lauenbourg et d'Oldenbourg, Maj., ne a Charlottenlund 26 sept 1870, fils du roi Frederic VIII, ne a Copenhague3juin 1843, +a Hambourg 14 mai 1912 et de Louise nee Psse de Suede et Norvege, nee 31 oct 1851, m. 28 juill 1869,+20 mars 1926; succ. a son pere, gen. de l'armee sued. et de l'armee norveg., amiral hon.brit., maitre de l'O. de Elephant (here it goes on to ,list the
orders)*..."
continued--
"lets go down thelist on page 36 1 ere partie-Danemark and lets look at someone
everyone can know:
the Princess Dagmar of Denmark who married Tzar Alexander III of all the Russias, as she converted and became known as Maria Feodorovna.
FRERES ET SOEURS DU PERE
du mariage du gd-pere le roi Christian IX, ne a Gottorf 8 avril 1818, +a Copenhague 29 janv. 1906, avec Louise psse. de Hesse (-Cassel), nee a Cassel 7 sept 1817, m. a Copenhague 26 mai 1842, + au chat. de Bernstorff 29 sept 1898.
#1 Pr. Christian-Guillaume (Wilheim) - Feredinand-Adolphe-Georges, ne a Copenhauge 24 dec 1845, + a Salonique 18 mars 1913; Georges Ier
roi des Hellenes depuis le 6 juin 1863, signa un acte en vertu duquel son frere cadet et la descendance de ce dernier le precederont lui et sa descendance , dans la succession au trone en DANEMARK, 12 sept 1863, v. Grece.
#2. Psse Marie-Sophie-Frederique-DAGMAR, nee a Copenhague 26 nov 1847,
(orthod. depuis...oct. 1866). D. de l'O de St. Andre, m., sous le nom de MARIE-FEODOROVNA, a St-Petersbourg 9 nov 1866 a Alexnadre-Alexandreovitch gd-duc her.. puis Alexnadre III empereur de Russie. Maj., + 1er nov 1894 [Chat. d' Amalienborg, Copenhague, et Villa Hvidoere pres Klampenborg, Danemark).
So there you have it.
What is she doing in Boston? 
Oh my God!!He has three sisters!Did they all learned English like that??Unfortunately the book has not yet been translated into Greek......
