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  2. Transcontinental royal intermarriage - Wikipedia

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    Transcontinental royal intermarriages is royal intermarriage between royal families originating from different continents. One of the best-known instances of transcontinental royal intermarriage is the one between Alexander the Great , king of Macedon, and his three Persian wives, Roxana , Stateira and Parysatis .

  3. List of royal marriages to commoners - Wikipedia

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    Often, alliances could be created between countries or strengthened within a country through intermarriage of two royal families. On the other hand, occasionally a member of a royal family married a commoner simply due to romantic feelings or physical attraction, and possibly to endear themselves to the general population by establishing that ...

  4. Transnational marriage - Wikipedia

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    Transnational marriage has been attested since ancient times, often in instances where royal families sought to form alliances with one another. For example, Hermodike I (c. 800 BC) [1] and Hermodike II (c. 600BC), [2] Greek princesses from the house of Agamemnon, married kings from what is now central Turkey. These unions resulted in the ...

  5. Royal intermarriage - Wikipedia

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    Royal intermarriage is the practice of members of ruling dynasties marrying into other reigning families. It was more commonly done in the past as part of strategic diplomacy for national interest . Although sometimes enforced by legal requirement on persons of royal birth, more often it has been a matter of political policy or tradition in ...

  6. Category:Royalty - Wikipedia

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    Royal correspondent; Royal intermarriage; T. Transcontinental royal intermarriage This page was last edited on 26 January 2025, at 19:19 (UTC). ...

  7. Category:Monarchy - Wikipedia

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    Transcontinental royal intermarriage; Tsarist autocracy; Tyrant; U. List of usurpers; V. Viceroyalty; Victory title This page was last edited on 22 August 2024 ...

  8. Mixed marriage - Wikipedia

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    Royal intermarriage, between people belonging to different royal dynasties; Transnational marriage, between people who are not citizens of the same country; Mixed-orientation marriage, between people who do not have corresponding sexual orientations Lavender marriage, between a man and a woman who seek to feign heterosexuality

  9. Tongyangxi - Wikipedia

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    A tongyangxi and her child husband on their wedding day, Republican Era. A tongyangxi marriage certificate from the Ming dynasty (1588). Tongyangxi (traditional Chinese: 童養媳; simplified Chinese: 童养媳; pinyin: tóngyǎngxí), also known as Shim-pua marriage in Hokkien (Chinese: 媳婦仔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-pū-á or sim-pū-á; and in phonetic Hokkien transcription using Chinese ...