Mésalliance
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A mésalliance is a marriage to an unsuitable partner. Typically used to define a union with a socially inferior partner, like morganatic marriage by a member of royal family, this gallicism is also us
Unequal marriage (Vasili Pukirev, 1862)
Beginning in 1925, some members of higher levels of the German nobility joined the Nazi Party, registered by their title, date of birth, NSDAP Party registration number, and date of joining the Party.
Mésalliance
…gallicism is also used metaphorically, especially in the misalliance variant, to describe a generally unworkable association, for example, the ill-fated alliance of German nobility with Hitler. Researchers also use terms hypergamy (for "marrying up") and hypogamy ("marrying down") to describe marriages involving partners from different social…
Wappen Deutsches Reich Königreich Bayern
Prince Georg
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and son of Wilhelm II, with Adolf Hitler in March 1933
Former Emperor Wilhelm II with his six sons