Maria was the emperor's grandniece and he bestowed upon her a rich dowry.

Only a fool would marry a woman who could not bring him some powerful alliance or rich dowry.

Add her rich dowry and Barham blood, which was said to be royal, and she never lacked for suitors.

His father, mother, and brother (or some of them) advise that he should marry the nut-brown maid with a rich dowry.

And was it not you, madam, brought me that rich dowry?

Her father wants her to be paid a rich dowry from Stephano's, then run off before the marriage.

She brought a rich dowry, and from then the family assumed the surname of Gravisi-Barbabianca.

How can Brazil's forests and their rich dowry of rare plants and animals be saved?

Here, we see the state as an ardent suitor, suddenly aware of the rich dowry the multinational can bring to the national economy.

Perhaps the prospect of a rich dowry might entice him into making an offer for her hand.