Marriage contract no. 160: Savoyen-Piemont - Savoyen-Piemont

  • Date of contract conclusion: 28. August 1642
  • Place of contract conclusion: Turin (?)

Groom

  • Name: Moritz, Prinz von Savoyen
  • GND: 121733890
  • Year of Birth: 1593
  • Year of Death: 1657
  • Dynasty: Savoyen
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Ludovika Christina von Savoyen
  • GND: 1018057730
  • Year of Birth: 1629
  • Year of Death: 1692
  • Dynasty: Savoyen
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Moritz, Prinz von Savoyen
  • GND: 121733890
  • Dynasty: Savoyen
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Christine von Frankreich
  • GND: 119164248
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
  • Relationship: Mutter

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage vows of 13 August 1642 confirmed

Article 2: Dowry set at 200,000 écus, in accordance with the custom of the House of Savoy and as in previous marriages of the House of Savoy with the Houses of Mantua and Modena; payment regulated

Article 3: Interest on dowry set as maintenance for spouse

Article 4: Dowry and trousseau regulated

Article 5: Dowry increase by groom agreed as wedding gift, morning gift agreed according to the custom of the House of Piedmont

Article 6: Ludovika Christina’s renunciation of the inheritance of her parents and siblings in return for dowry payment declared: except in the event of the extinction of her brother’s family; Regulation of the waiver agreed in a separate agreement

Article 7: Ludovika Christina’s claim to succession in the Duchy of Montferrat through her father, Victor Amadeus I of Savoy, is not affected by the waiver

Article 8: In the event of reversion of the dowry: delivery to Ludovika Christina guaranteed

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 7: Ludovika Christina’s claim to succession in the Duchy of Montferrat through her father, Victor Amadeus I of Savoy, is not affected by the declaration of renunciation.

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 6: Ludovika Christina’s renunciation of her parents’ and siblings’ inheritance in exchange for a dowry payment: except in the event of the extinction of her brother’s family; renunciation to be regulated in a separate agreement.

Text reference to past events

Article 2: Dowry set at 200,000 écus, in accordance with the custom of the House of Savoy and as in previous marriages of the House of Savoy with the Houses of Mantua and Modena […]

Further contracts between contracting parties

Treaty of Alliance of Turin, 3 June 1638, with France against Spain - Treaties of Restitution of Turin, 1 June 1639, 2 December 1640, 14 June 1642 with France – Settlement Treaty of Turin 14 June 1642 – Alliance Treaty of Valentin 3 April 1645 with France

Commentary

Ü - Moritz: former cardinal, returned to lay status. Ludovika Christian is referred to as Ludovica Maria in Dumont’s Italian contract text and as Louise Marie in the French text: in family trees, lit. referred to as Louise (Ludovica) Christine; in the GND entry: Ludovika Christina.

The contract itself is not divided into articles. Ludovika

Literature

Croxton / Tischer 2002, pp. 264 f. - Oresko /Parrott 1998, S. 146-150

References