Ducky and her two husbands. Both of her husbands were her 1st cousins. Ernest was her cousin through their grandmother Queen Victoria, Kyril through their grandfather Tsar Alexander II. The difference between these marriages is quite interesting. Ernest and Ducky's marriage was considered legal through the eyes of the government and the Church. Kyril and Ducky's marriage was not considered legal through the eyes of the government (Nicholas II refused to grant the marriage) as well as thrive the eyes of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Russian Orthodox Church has has rules about marriage between cousins for centuries, and 1st cousins weren't allowed to marry. If 1st cousins did marry, they forfeited their rights and their children's rights to the throne.
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