Royal Marriages Act 1772
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The Royal Marriages Act 1772 was a British law that required descendants of King George II to obtain the monarch’s consent before marrying, significantly restricting the marriage choices of the royal family for over two centuries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Marriages Act 1772 canonical | 6 |
| Royal Marriages Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1656021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Marriages Act 1772 Context triple: [British monarchy, keyEvent, Royal Marriages Act 1772]
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A.
Poynings' Law
Poynings' Law was a late 15th-century statute that placed the Irish Parliament under tight control of the English Crown by requiring prior approval of its legislation.
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B.
Act of Succession of 1797
The Act of Succession of 1797 was a fundamental Russian imperial law that established strict male-line primogeniture for the Romanov dynasty, reshaping the rules of inheritance to the Russian throne.
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C.
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1844
The Duchy of Cornwall Act 1844 is a UK statute that clarified and regulated the rights, property, and administration of the Duchy of Cornwall, particularly in relation to the position and interests of the Duke of Cornwall.
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D.
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1863
The Duchy of Cornwall Act 1863 is a UK statute that restructured and clarified the administration, revenues, and property rights of the Duchy of Cornwall, particularly in relation to the heir apparent to the throne.
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E.
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Marriages Act 1772 Target entity description: The Royal Marriages Act 1772 was a British law that required descendants of King George II to obtain the monarch’s consent before marrying, significantly restricting the marriage choices of the royal family for over two centuries.
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A.
Poynings' Law
Poynings' Law was a late 15th-century statute that placed the Irish Parliament under tight control of the English Crown by requiring prior approval of its legislation.
-
B.
Act of Succession of 1797
The Act of Succession of 1797 was a fundamental Russian imperial law that established strict male-line primogeniture for the Romanov dynasty, reshaping the rules of inheritance to the Russian throne.
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C.
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1844
The Duchy of Cornwall Act 1844 is a UK statute that clarified and regulated the rights, property, and administration of the Duchy of Cornwall, particularly in relation to the position and interests of the Duke of Cornwall.
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D.
Duchy of Cornwall Act 1863
The Duchy of Cornwall Act 1863 is a UK statute that restructured and clarified the administration, revenues, and property rights of the Duchy of Cornwall, particularly in relation to the heir apparent to the throne.
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E.
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of Great Britain
ⓘ
British constitutional law ⓘ |
| aimedAtPreventing | unsuitable or unequal marriages by royals ⓘ |
| appliedRegardlessOf |
nationality of the parties
ⓘ
religion of the parties ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
British royal family
ⓘ
descendants of King George II ⓘ |
| appliesToTitle | any descendant of King George II ⓘ |
| category |
18th-century United Kingdom legislation
ⓘ
British royal family law ⓘ |
| citationStyle | 12 Geo. III c. 11 ⓘ |
| consentForm | formal consent of the reigning sovereign ⓘ |
| consentPublicationRequirement | consent to be recorded in the Privy Council ⓘ |
| constitutionalSignificance | strengthened monarch’s control over dynastic marriages ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| effect | restricted marriage choices of the royal family ⓘ |
| exemptionCondition | descendants of princesses married into foreign families were exempt ⓘ |
| historicalContext | enacted during the reign of King George III ⓘ |
| influencedDebateOn | modernisation of royal marriage rules ⓘ |
| inForceDuration | over two centuries ⓘ |
| inForceInYear |
1800
ⓘ
1900 ⓘ 2000 ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
Ireland (pre-1801 union context)
Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| languageOfStatute | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
marriage law
ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ |
| legalStatus | repealed ⓘ |
| longTermImpact | shaped marital choices of British royals into the 20th century ⓘ |
| monarchAtEnactment |
George III of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
King George III
|
| motivatedBy | marriages of King George III’s brothers to women considered unsuitable ⓘ |
| notableConsequence | discouraged marriages without aristocratic or royal background ⓘ |
| penaltyForNoncompliance | marriage declared null and void ⓘ |
| purpose | to regulate marriages of members of the British royal family ⓘ |
| repealedBy | Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ⓘ |
| repealEffectiveDate | 2015-03-26 ⓘ |
| replacedByRule | requirement that only first six persons in line to the throne need monarch’s consent ⓘ |
| required | monarch’s consent for marriage ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1772-04-01 ⓘ |
| shortName |
Royal Marriages Act 1772
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Royal Marriages Act
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| temporalScope | applied to marriages contracted after its commencement ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1772 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Royal Marriages Act 1772 Description of subject: The Royal Marriages Act 1772 was a British law that required descendants of King George II to obtain the monarch’s consent before marrying, significantly restricting the marriage choices of the royal family for over two centuries.
Referenced by (7)
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this entity surface form:
Royal Marriages Act