marriage alliance
Union through wedlock
A marriage alliance is a union between families, clans, or political entities formalized through the marriage of their members.
The term emphasizes strategic purpose over romance—marriages arranged to secure peace, consolidate power, or merge fortunes: The two kingdoms cemented their marriage alliance by wedding the crown prince to the duke's daughter.
Common in historical and anthropological contexts.
- matrimonialRelating to wedlock
- unionJoining into one
- royal weddingSovereign's marriage celebration
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- noble housesElite families with titles
house of · treaty · betrothal · dowry · bond · pact · peace treaty · covenant · wedlock · bloodline · kinship · family name · diplomatic · strategic · arranged · nobility · heir · throne
marriage alliancedivorce
Legal end of matrimony
annulment · separation · dissolution · estrangement · blood feud
marriage alliancewar
Armed struggle between groups
feud · blood feud · vendetta · territorial dispute · enmity
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