Marriage contract no. 129: Böhmen-Ungarn - Spanien

  • Date of contract conclusion: 22. Juli 1515
  • Place of contract conclusion: Wien

Groom

  • Name: Ludwig (II.), Sohn von König Wladislaw II. von Böhmen und Ungarn
  • GND: 119392895
  • Year of Birth: 1506
  • Year of Death: 1526
  • Dynasty: Jagiellonen
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Maria, Tochter von König Philipp I. von Kastilien, Enkelin Kaiser Maximilians I.
  • GND: 119170531
  • Year of Birth: 1505
  • Year of Death: 1558
  • Dynasty: Habsburg
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Wladislaw II., König von Böhmen und Ungarn
  • GND: 118634453
  • Dynasty: Jagellionen
  • Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Maximilian I., Kaiser
  • GND: 118579371
  • Dynasty: Habsburg
  • Relationship: Großvater

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage between Ludwig and Maria already consummated, except for the consummation of the marriage, Maximilian and Wladislaw guarantee future consummation

Article 2: Marriage between Maximilian and Anna of Hungary consummated, annulment of the marriage if one of Maximilian’s grandsons, either Ferdinand or Karl, agrees to marry Anna within one year of the date of the contract

Article 3: Anna is placed in Maximilian’s care for her education

Article 4: Anna’s dowry is set at 200,000 Hungarian florins, payment upon marriage or consummation of the marriage between Ludwig and Maria, offset against Maria’s dowry

Article 5: Instead of a donation propter nuptias or morning gift, Anna shall receive an annual pension of 25,000 Hungarian ducats upon her marriage to Maximilian.

Article 6: Regulation of Anna’s pension upon her marriage to Karl or Ferdinand.

Article 7: Maria’s dowry is also set at 200,000 Hungarian florins, to be offset against Anna’s dowry

Article 8: Instead of a donation propter nuptias or morning gift, Maria shall also receive an annuity of 25,000 Hungarian ducats per annum upon her marriage or consummation of the marriage with Ludwig

Article 9: In the event of the death of Anna’s groom before consummation of the marriage: payment of 100,000 ducats to Anna within one year, guarantee by the Austrian estates, and return of Anna to Hungary agreed

Article 10: In the event of the death of Anna or Maria before consummation of the marriage, payment of the dowry of the deceased to the other bride agreed

Article 11: in the event of the death of one of the husbands and the widow wishing to remarry, payment of the dowry and waiver of the widow’s dower agreed

Article 12: mutual compliance assured, with the express inclusion of Ferdinand and Karl as well as Ludwig and Anna

Article 13: contract confirmed by the Polish king

Article 14: confirmation requested from the Pope

Regulations on inheritance law

Estates involved

Guarantee by the Austrian estates (Article 9)

External authorities involved

King of Poland, Pope

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Guarantee by the Austrian estates (Article 9)

Text reference to past events

Further contracts between contracting parties

Marriage contract of Pressburg, 20 May 1515 - Marriage contract of Cologne, 7 November 1520

Commentary

Additional principal: Sigismund I, King of Poland, brother of Wladislaw

Two marriages regulated in one contract, cf. Enr. 58 – Character as marriage contract disputed (Spekner according to Ogris)

The contract itself is not divided into articles.

Literature

Spekner 2007, S. 35-38, 39 f. - Wiesflecker 1971-1986, Bd. 4, S. 154-162, 181-204, 218-220

References