Marriage contract no. 108: Hessen-Kassel - Solms-Laubach

  • Date of contract conclusion: 3. September 1593
  • Place of contract conclusion: s. l.

Groom

  • Name: Moritz von Hessen
  • GND: 11858412X
  • Year of Birth: 1572
  • Year of Death: 1632
  • Dynasty: Hessen (Kassel)
  • Confession: reformiert

Bride

  • Name: Agnes von Solms-Laubach
  • GND: 132522764
  • Year of Birth: 1578
  • Year of Death: 1602
  • Dynasty: Solms-Laubach
  • Confession: reformiert

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Moritz von Hessen-Kassel
  • GND: 11858412X
  • Dynasty: Hessen (Kassel)
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Johann Georg von Solms-Laubach
  • GND:
  • Dynasty: Solms-Laubach
  • Relationship: Vater

Contract content

[Pre] – in the name of the Holy Trinity, to praise and honour God, to increase good friendship: marriage agreement made, contract concluded (3)

[1] – marriage vows exchanged: for the bride, by the groom (3)

[2] – Dowry determined, trousseau arranged: payment arranged – bride’s renunciation of inheritance arranged: with the groom’s consent, on the inheritance of the father, mother, brother and cousin, except for inheritance claims in the event of the extinction of the male line of the Counts of Solms (3-4)

[3] – Widow’s property and widow’s income determined: in return for dowry payment, rights of use regulated (4)

[4-6] – Widow’s property regulated: swearing-in and legal status of officials and subjects regulated (4-5)

[7] – Widow’s property regulated: secular and ecclesiastical rights of sovereignty, jurisdiction and church visitation reserved, opening and compensation regulated (5)

[8] – Widow’s property regulated: protection guaranteed by the Landgrave of Hesse (5)

[9] – Widow’s property regulated: opening and sale to third parties, alliances with third parties prohibited, use and preservation of wood regulated (5-6)

[10] – Widow’s property regulated: compensation for loss of income regulated (6)

[11-12] – after the death of the groom: guardianship of minor children regulated in accordance with Hessian domestic law, receipt of widow’s property regulated, personal property of the bride as a widow regulated, furnishings and condition of the widow’s residence regulated (6-7)

[13-14] – in the event of the bride’s second marriage: redemption of widow’s property, payment of dowry and lifelong interest on the donatio propter nuptias regulated, if applicable, inheritance of dowry and estate of the bride to children from first and second marriages regulated (7)

[15] – in the event of the death of the bride without children: reversion of dowry and widow’s property, inheritance of estate regulated (7)

[16] – after the death of the bride without children: lifelong use of the dowry by the groom, thereafter reversion of the dowry regulated (7)

[17] – Silver tableware as a wedding gift regulated: as the property of the surviving spouse (8)

[18] – Liability for debts of the bride regulated (8)

[19] – Morning gift specified: interest, use, inheritance and redemption regulated (8)

[20] – In the event of the death of the bride or groom after the wedding but before the dowry has been paid: validity of the marriage contract agreed – in the event of the death of the bride or groom before the wedding: nullity of the marriage contract agreed (8)

[Esch] – Compliance promised (8-9)

Regulations on inheritance law

Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: with the consent of the groom, on inheritance from father, mother, brother and cousin, inheritance claims in the event of the extinction of the male line of the Counts of Solms excluded - 2

in the event of the bride’s second marriage: where applicable, inheritance of the bride’s dowry and estate by children from her first and second marriages regulated – 13-14

in the event of the bride’s death without children: inheritance of estate regulated – 15

morning gift specified: interest, use, inheritance and redemption regulated – 19

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