Marriage contract no. 168: Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen - Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel
- Date of contract conclusion: 6. August 1684
- Place of contract conclusion: Wolfenbüttel
Groom
- Name: Anton Günther II. von Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- GND: 117764337
- Year of Birth: 1653
- Year of Death: 1716
- Dynasty: Schwarzburg
- Confession: lutherisch
Bride
- Name: Augusta Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- GND: 119065983
- Year of Birth: 1666
- Year of Death: 1751
- Dynasty: Welfen
- Confession: lutherisch
Actors of the Groom
- Name: Anton Günther II. von Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- GND: 117764337
- Dynasty: Schwarzburg
- Relationship: /
Actors of the Bride
- Name: Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
- GND: 118503472
- Dynasty: Welfen
- Relationship: Vater
Contract content
Preamble: Marriage agreement, consent of both royal houses mentioned
Article 1: Marriage, consummation agreed
Article 2: Dowry set (10,000 talers), payment regulated
Article 3: Trousseau regulated
Article 4: Costs for consummation covered, Augusta Dorothea’s renunciation of inheritance regulated
Article 5: Donatio propter nuptias (20,000 talers), life estate set (annual payment of 2,000 talers), investment and interest regulated
Articles 6-14: Use of life estate property by widow regulated: for widow’s maintenance, including administration, widow’s residence, obligation of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel to repair or rebuild widow’s residence in case of damage regulated, maintenance regulated, alternative accommodation in threatening situations regulated, widow’s rights of dominion regulated, additional payments in kind regulated
Article 15: Morning gift determined, interest regulated
Article 16: Augusta Dorothea’s hand money regulated
Article 17: Use of Augusta Dorothea’s gains regulated
Articles 18-19: In the event of Anton Günther’s death before Augusta Dorothea, with or without children from the marriage: inheritance rights to movable property regulated
Article 20: In the event of Augusta Dorothea’s death: Brunswick’s waiver of dowry reversion granted
Article 21: Movable property not disposed of by Anton Günther in his will shall pass to the children or next heirs
Articles 22-23: After the death of Anton Günther, Augusta Dorothea’s joint household with her children shall be regulated, either in the princely residence of her deceased husband or, if only daughters are present as descendants, on the widow’s estate
Article 24: In the event of the death of children, inheritance of their share of the estate according to Saxon law
Article 25: In the event of Augusta Dorothea’s second marriage: redemption of dower property regulated
Article 26: In the event of the death of a spouse before payment of the dowry: validity of the contract regulated
Regulations on inheritance law
Artikel 4: Erbverzicht Augusta Dorotheas geregelt
Artikel 18-19: bei Tod Anton Günthers vor Augusta Dorothea mit oder ohne aus Ehe hervorgegangenen Kindern: Erbrecht an Fahrhabe geregelt
Artikel 21: Fahrhabe, über die Anton Günther nicht testamentarisch verfügt hat, fällt an Kinder oder nächste Erben
Artikel 24: Bei Todesfall von Kindern, Vererbung ihre Erbanteils nach sächsichen Recht
Commentary
Zustimmung des regierenden Herzogs Rudolf August von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel erwähnt (Narratio)
References
- Print reference: Lünig, Reichsarchiv, Bd. XXIII, S. 1306-1309
- Contract language print: German
- Digitized print: https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10492193_00360.html
Recommended citation
Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 168. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/168.html.
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