Marriage contract no. 128: Großbritannien - Portugal

  • Date of contract conclusion: 23. Juni 1661
  • Place of contract conclusion: London

Groom

  • Name: Karl II. (Charles), König von Großbritannien
  • GND: 118560042
  • Year of Birth: 1630
  • Year of Death: 1685
  • Dynasty: Stuart
  • Confession: Anglikanisch

Bride

  • Name: Katharina, Tochter von König Johann IV. (Joao) von Portugal
  • GND: 136069053
  • Year of Birth: 1638
  • Year of Death: 1705
  • Dynasty: Braganza
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Karl II. (Charles), König von Großbritannien
  • GND: 118560042
  • Dynasty: Stuart
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Alfons VI., König von Portugal
  • GND: 119559889
  • Dynasty: Braganza
  • Relationship: Bruder

Contract content

Article 1: Ratification of all treaties since 1641 agreed

Articles 2-4: Cession of Tangier to Great Britain agreed, regulated

Articles 5-6: Subsequent transfer of Catherine to England agreed – dowry determined, payment partly in goods regulated

Article 7: Life estate determined

Article 9: Catherine’s court settled

Article 10: Right of return, provision for Catherine as a widow settled

Article 11: Cession of Bombay to Great Britain agreed, in return for British support for Portugal in India against the Netherlands

Articles 12-13: Freedom of trade for British subjects in Portuguese colonies in India and Brazil agreed

Article 14: Agreement on the division of future reconquests and conquests from the Netherlands

Articles 15-17: Agreement on the dispatch of British troops and warships to Portugal

Article 18: Great Britain guarantees no peace with Spain to the detriment of Portugal

Article 19: Regulation of Catherine’s renunciation of inheritance rights, except for rights of succession to the throne.

Secret clause: British defence of all Portuguese colonies guaranteed - British mediation of peace between Portugal and the Netherlands guaranteed - British enforcement of the return of Dutch conquests to Portugal guaranteed - Dispatch of British auxiliary troops to India guaranteed

Confessional regulations

Article 7: Regulation of the religious practices of Catherine and her court

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 19: Catherine’s renunciation of inheritance rights, except for succession rights.

Further contracts between contracting parties

Alliance of London, 28 April 1660

References

  • Print reference: CTS 6, S. 329-336 (engl. Fassung); Text nachgewiesen: Parry/Hopkins 1970, Bd. II, S. 57
  • Contract language print: English