Marriage contract no. 12: Bayern - Österreich

Contract content

[Pre] – To the praise and glory of God, to increase and strengthen traditional friendship, love and trust between houses, with papal dispensation, on courtship and marriage agreement: Marriage agreed (111 ref)

[1] – Consent given for bride (112 li)

[2] – Dowry determined: payment regulated, plus trousseau, in exchange for the bride’s renunciation of inheritance rights: except in the event of the extinction of the House of Austria in the male line, with the consent of the groom (112 li)

[3] – Life annuity, morning gift determined (112 li)

[4] – Widow’s property, widow’s residence determined: rights of use regulated, rights of dominion reserved, reversion after death of the bride without children regulated, replacement in case of damage or alienation regulated (112 li-re)

[5] – Widow’s maintenance regulated: incl. power of disposal, right to dispose of dowry and morning gift, lifelong use of doantio proper nuptias regulated, widow’s residence regulated, inheritance of bride’s estate regulated (112 re)

[6] – Widow’s income determined (112 re)

[7] – After the death of the groom: transfer of clothes, jewellery and silverware to the bride regulated (112 re)

[8] – After the death of the bride before the groom: upbringing of children by the groom; if there are no children: inheritance of the bride’s estate regulated, lifelong use of the dowry by the groom, followed by reversion or inheritance of the dowry regulated (112 ref)

[9] – Compliance declared: including consent of brothers of bride and groom (113 li)

Regulations on inheritance law

Dowry determined: payment regulated, plus trousseau, in return for bride’s renunciation of inheritance rights: except in the event of the extinction of the House of Austria in the male line, with the consent of the groom - 2

Widow’s maintenance regulated: incl. power of disposal, right to make a will regarding dowry and morning gift, lifelong use of donatio propter nuptias regulated, widow’s residence regulated, inheritance of bride’s estate regulated - 5

After death of bride before groom: Children raised by groom; if no children: inheritance of bride’s estate regulated, lifelong use of dowry by groom, followed by reversion or inheritance of dowry regulated - 8

[9] – Compliance declared: including consent of brothers of bride and groom (113 li)

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Consent of the bride’s and groom’s brothers mentioned - 9

Further contracts between contracting parties

Agreement of Vienna, 10 May 1634, on spoils of war

Treaties of Stuttgart, 2/19 November 1634, on winter quarters, settlement of disputes between armies

Renewed alliance treaty, February 1637

Treaty of Vienna, 28 June 1638, on satisfaction of Bavarian claims

Treaty of Munich, 20 November 1638, on winter quarters (according to Bittner)

Commentary

No direct impact on political relations (Albrecht 1998)

Literature

Albrecht 1998, pp. 934–936 - Kraus 1990, pp. 333–335

References

• Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, Bd. VI:1, S. 111-113
• Contract language print: German
• Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1263173g/f151.item

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 12. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/12.html.

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