Marriage contract no. 11: Bayern - Österreich

Contract content

[Pre] – To the praise and glory of God, to the increase and confirmation of friendship and trust between houses, to the unity, benefit and welfare of countries and subjects on both sides: Marriage agreed (55)

[1] – Consent given for bride (55)

[2] – Dowry determined: additional allowance determined, payment arranged (55)

[3] – Consent given for groom (55)

[4] – Papal dispensation arranged (55)

[5] – Donatio propter nuptias and morning gift determined (55)

[6] – Widow’s property determined: including rights of use, rights of dominion, as widow’s maintenance, widow’s income determined, deed of prescription arranged, reversion after death of bride without heirs arranged, replacement in case of alienation arranged (55f)

[7] – After the death of the bride: lifelong use of the dowry by the groom, inheritance of the dowry, allowance, morning gift, bride’s estate regulated (56)

[8] – after the death of the groom without children: use, inheritance of bridal jewellery, dowry, morning gift regulated, reversion of dowry regulated, division of the groom’s movable property regulated (56f)

[9] – Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: except in the event of the extinction of the House of Austria in the male line, with the consent of the groom (57)

[10] – Groom designated as future sovereign in Bavaria: consent of his brothers regulated (57)

[11] – Wedding date and consummation of the marriage set for 4 July 1546 in Regensburg (57)

[12] – After death of spouse before wedding: contract declared null and void (57)

[13] – Compliance guaranteed (57f)

Regulations on succession to the throne

Groom designated as future sovereign in Bavaria: consent of his brothers regulated - 10

Regulations on inheritance law

After death of bride: lifelong use of dowry by groom, inheritance of dowry, allowance, morning gift, bride’s estate regulated - 7

After the death of the groom without children: use, inheritance of bridal jewellery, dowry, morning gift regulated, reversion of dowry regulated, division of the groom’s movable property regulated - 8

Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: except in the event of the extinction of the House of Austria in the male line, with the consent of the groom - 9

Further contracts between contracting parties

Border treaty of Tegernsee, 25 June 1541

Border treaty without place, 1545 without date

Treaty of Regensburg, June 1546, on assistance against Protestants, Bavarian claims to the electorate, Palatinate succession

Literature

Kohler 2003, S. 291 f.

References

• Print reference: Bartenstein 1741, Beilage Urk. 29
• Contract language print: German

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 11. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/11.html.

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