Marriage contract no. 169: Bayern - Österreich

  • Date of contract conclusion: 15. Mai 1685
  • Place of contract conclusion: Wien

Groom

  • Name: Maximilian II. Emanuel, Kurfürst von Bayern
  • GND: 11857941X
  • Year of Birth: 1662
  • Year of Death: 1726
  • Dynasty: Wittelsbach (Bayern)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Maria Antonia von Österreich
  • GND: 100976905
  • Year of Birth: 1669
  • Year of Death: 1692
  • Dynasty: Habsburg (Österreich)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Maximilian II. Emanuel, Kurfürst von Bayern
  • GND: 11857941X
  • Dynasty: Wittelsbach (Bayern)
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Leopold I., Kaiser
  • GND: 118571869
  • Dynasty: Habsburg (Österreich)
  • Relationship: Vater

Contract content

Preamble: Marriage to confirm the friendship between the two houses, Maria Antonia’s consent expressed

Article 1: Engagement agreed: with papal dispensation (still pending at the time of conclusion of the contract)

Article 2: Dowry determined (100,000 Rhenish guilders), bride’s trousseau regulated

Article 3: Renunciation of inheritance rights by the bride in Austrian hereditary lands regulated: with the consent of Maximilian Emanuel, except in the event of the extinction of all male heirs of the House of Austria

Article 4: Donatio propter nuptias (100,000 guilders), morning gift (50,000 guilders) determined

Article 5: Life estate and widow’s residence specified

Articles 6-7: In the event of the groom’s death with or without children: return of the dowry, return of the widow’s personal property in accordance with an inventory to be drawn up, widow’s maintenance, widow’s residence regulated, widow’s pension specified

Article 8: in the event of the bride’s death: children remain in Maximilian Emanuel’s care, bride’s estate remains with husband; in the event of the bride’s death without children: inheritance of estate regulated

Article 9: in the event of the death of a spouse before the wedding or consummation of the marriage: contract void; compliance guaranteed

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 3: Renunciation of inheritance rights by the bride in Austrian hereditary lands regulated: with the consent of Maximilian Emanuel, except in the event of the extinction of all male heirs of the House of Austria

Further contracts between contracting parties

(Selection from a total of 20 treaties between 1680 and 1690 in Bittner 1903–1917:) Defensive alliance, place unknown, 26 January 1683

Convention of Linz, 1 November 1683, on joint action against France Alliance, Subsidy Treaty of Linz, 22 April 1684

Treaty of Vienna, 3 September 1684, on aid to the Turks

Defensive alliance of Augsburg 29 June/9 July 1686 incl. SP, S, Saxony

Treaty of o. Ort 9 April 1688 on the extension of the defensive alliance of 1683

Alliance of Vienna 4 May 1689 against France

(Selection from a total of 20 treaties between 1680 and 1690 in Bittner 1903–1917:) Defensive alliance, no location specified, 26 January 1683

Commentary

Ü - Imprint in Bartenstein 1741 complete? Cf. Secret article on the bride’s renunciation of inheritance in Spain in Aettenkhover 1767, pp. 639-650.

References

  • Print reference: Bartenstein 1741, Beilage Urk. 43
  • Contract language print: German