Editing Morganatic marriage (section)

===England/Scotland===
==== James II/VII and Anne Hyde ====

It has been suggested that [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]], expected to have a strong claim to the throne of [[England]] after the [[James II of England|Duke of York]] during the reign of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]].<ref>Van der zee and Van der zee, 1688: ''A Revolution in the family''. Viking, Great Britain: 1988. p 52</ref> In fact, the Duke's two daughters from his first marriage, [[Queen Mary II of England|Princess Mary]] and [[Queen Anne of Great Britain|Princess Anne]], were considered to have the stronger claim by the English establishment. William's expectation was based on the continental practice of morganatic marriage, since the mother of both princesses, [[Anne Hyde]], was a commoner and a lady-in-waiting to William's mother, [[Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange|Princess Mary]]. It was through his mother, a sister of Charles II and the Duke of York, that William claimed the throne, because, to his mind, the son of a princess had a stronger claim than the daughter of a commoner. It was to shore up his own claim to the throne that he agreed to marry his first cousin, Princess Mary. When James II fled at the [[Glorious Revolution]], William refused to accept the title of [[king consort]] (which [[Philip II of Spain]] had been granted under [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I]] in the 1550s) and insisted on being named King in his own right. The compromise solution involved naming both to the crown as had rarely happened in the past (see for example [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]] and his son [[Henry the Young King|Young King Henry]], who ruled England simultaneously).