Marriage contract no. 131: Österreich - Frankreich

Contract content

Confirmation of previously concluded marriage contract

Article 1: In the event of Louis’ death without male heirs: restitution of Burgundy to the bride and groom: if the marriage is consummated

Article 2: Article 1 guaranteed by the Duke of Cleves, Counts of Dunois and Vendôme

Article 3: In the event of Louis’ death without male heirs: delivery of Louis’ patrimonial property to the bride and groom agreed: after the marriage has been consummated

Article 4: In the event of Louis’ death without male heirs: Claudia obliged to pay dowry to sisters

Article 5: If the marriage does not take place due to the fault of the bride’s side: Burgundy, Milan and Asti to remain with Charles agreed

Article 6: If the marriage does not take place due to the fault of the groom’s side: Maximilian and Philip to renounce Milan, Burgundy and other imperial fiefs of Louis agreed

Article 7: Tribute payments from Artois given by Louis to Philip and Charles for the duration of their lives

Article 8: Imperial estates appointed as conservatores of the treaty

Articles 9+10: Compliance guaranteed

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 1: In the event of Louis’ death without male heirs: restitution of Burgundy to the bride and groom: if the marriage is consummated

Article 3: In the event of Louis’ death without male heirs: delivery of Louis’ patrimonial property to the bride and groom agreed: after the marriage is consummated

Article 5: If the marriage does not take place due to the fault of the bride’s side: Burgundy, Milan and Asti to remain with Charles

Article 6: If the marriage does not take place due to the fault of the groom’s side: Maximilian and Philip to renounce Milan, Burgundy and other imperial fiefs of Louis

Article 7: Tribute payments from Artois given by Louis to Philip and Charles for the duration of their lives

Estates involved

Electors and Imperial Estates of HRE as conservatores

Text reference to past events

Reference to the marriage contract concluded in 1501

Further contracts between contracting parties

Peace Treaty of Trent, 13 October 1501 – Pointation of Lyon, 21 February 1504 – Peace Treaty of Blois, 22 September 1504 – Offensive alliance of Blois, 22 September 1504 against Venice – Treaty of Cambrai, 10 December 1508 – others?

Commentary

cf. secret French decree on the marriage of Claudia to the French heir to the throne, Francis of Angoulême, in 1500: renewed in January 1504! (Wiesflecker 1971–1986, vol. III, p. 135) The contract itself is not divided into articles.

Literature

Wiesflecker 1971-1986, Bd. III, S. 126-135, bes. S. 129

References

• Digitized archive copy: Dumont 1726-1739, Bd. IV:1, S. 56 f.
• Print reference: Latin
• Contract language print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k12634404/f76.image

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 131. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/131.html.

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