Countess Sophie: Court Etiquette

Started by LouisFerdinand, January 29, 2016, 09:53:35 PM

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LouisFerdinand

On public occasions in Austria, Archduke Francis Ferdinand's wife, Countess Sophie Chotek's morganatic status placed her in the position of having to walk behind the least important ladies of royal blood and to sit at a distant end of the Imperial table.


amabel

yes that's what happened in morganatic marraiges

LouisFerdinand

Sophie could not be an empress consort. To be an eligible consort for any member of the imperial House of Habsburg-Lorraine, one needed to belong to one of the reigning or formerly reigning dynasties of Europe.


TLLK

@LouisFerdinand-Just want you to know that was the old rule regarding spouses. The new rule that was instated by the late AD Otto was that a spouse merely needs to be a Christian.

amabel

well it doesn't really matter because the AH monarchy is now long since gone from its throne and I don't think will ever be re instated.

TLLK

Most likely it will not be reinstated but IMO it was wise for the late AD Otto to change the marriage laws.

amabel

Quote from: TLLK on February 21, 2018, 02:36:29 PM
Most likely it will not be reinstated but IMO it was wise for the late AD Otto to change the marriage laws.
well it woudl have been acceptable in the 19th C but not in the 20th..

LouisFerdinand

Countess Sophie would not have been able to waltz at an imperial ball with Archduke Francis Ferdinand.   
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