Due to the German laws relating to the line of succession, she was viewed as being of non-royal rank and the marriage was declared morganatic.

She was denied the title of Duchess, but was created Countess von Hohenstein by Ferdinand I of Austria on 16 May 1835, shortly after her marriage.

The remains of the Countess were originally interred in the Rhédey Mausoleum, but were subsequently removed and placed in the family crypt in the Reformed Church of Sângeorgiu de Pădure.

He married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of George III and became a member of the British Royal Family.

His only daughter, Mary of Teck, married Prince George, Duke of York in July 1893, becoming queen consort on her husband's accession to the throne in May 1910.