Marriage contract no. 158: Savoyen-Nemours - Lothringen

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed upon at the earliest possible date; Anna’s inheritance rights to her mother’s estate shall not be affected by the marriage.

Article 2: Duke Charles’s gift to Anna on 1 December 1616, including all his possessions in France, is confirmed: in addition, all maternal rights and inheritance claims are transferred to Anna.

Article 3: Community of property and goods agreed for the married couple: debts incurred before the marriage are excluded; community of property and goods also includes sums of money brought into the marriage by Anna and Heinrich as dowry and donation propter nuptias

Article 4: Extensive provisions regarding the inheritance of the spouses’ property, both in the event that children are born of the marriage and in the event that it remains childless

Article 5: Settlement of debts brought into the marriage, status of joint ownership and community of property in the event of the death of one of the spouses

Article 6: Gains from sales and disposals of movable and immovable property of the spouses shall revert to the joint ownership and community of property

Article 7: Regulates widow’s dower or widow’s property, widow’s residence including furnishings and widow’s trousseau

Article 8: Anna is free to decide whether to take over her husband’s share of the community of property after his death; if she refuses, she shall not be entitled to a refund of the money she brought into the marriage, but shall only receive what she is entitled to by inheritance, gift, etc.

Article 9: Rights of Henry’s heirs and Anna’s lifelong usufruct of widow’s property regulated

Article 10: Inheritance of Anna’s Lorraine title to the second son born of the marriage regulated; provision in the event of the death of this second son

Article 11: Express consent of the King of France and the Archdukes of Austria declared

Article 12: Obtaining the consent of the Duke of Savoy regulated

Article 13: Parties to the contract submit to the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Paris and the Prevosté and Vicomté of Paris

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 10: Inheritance of Anna’s Lorraine title to the second son born of the marriage; provision in the event of the death of this second son

Confessional regulations

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 1: Marriage agreed upon at the earliest possible date; Anna’s inheritance rights to her mother’s estate shall not be affected by the marriage

Article 2: Duke Charles’s gift to Anna on 1 December 1616, including all his possessions in France, confirmed: plus transfer of all maternal rights and inheritance claims to Anna

Article 4: Extensive provisions regarding the inheritance of the spouses’ property, both in the event that children are born from the marriage and in the event that it remains childless

Article 9: Rights of Henry’s heirs and Anna’s lifetime usufruct of widow’s property regulated

Article 10: Inheritance of Anna’s Lorraine title to the second son born of the marriage regulated; provision in the event that this second son dies

Estates involved

Article 13: The parties to the contract submit to the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Paris and the Prevosté and Vicomté of Paris.

External authorities involved

Article 11: Express consent […] of the Archdukes of Austria expressed

Article 12: Obtaining the consent of the Duke of Savoy regulated

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 1: Approval of the marriage by the French king mentioned […]

Commentary

Heinrich: cf. Europ. Stammtf. NF II, 195 - Anna: cf. Europ. Stammtf. NF I:2, 210B

The contract itself is not divided into articles.

References

• Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, Bd. V:2, S. 310-312
• Contract language print: French
• Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1263086r/f320

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 158. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/158.html.

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