Marriage contract no. 177: Frankreich - Spanien

  • Date of contract conclusion: 25. November 1721
  • Place of contract conclusion: Madrid

Groom

  • Name: Ludwig XV. von Frankreich
  • GND: 118729438
  • Year of Birth: 1710
  • Year of Death: 1774
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Maria Anna Victoria von Spanien
  • GND: 129817929
  • Year of Birth: 1718
  • Year of Death: 1781
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Spanien)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Ludwig XV. von Frankreich
  • GND: 118729438
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Philipp V., König von Spanien
  • GND: 119186640
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Spanien)
  • Relationship: Vater
  • Name: Elisabeth Farnese
  • GND: 119151804
  • Dynasty: Farnese
  • Relationship: Mutter

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed: with papal dispensation, when Maria Anna Victoria is 12 years old, marriage in France, after Maria Anna Victoria’s education in France

Article 2: Dowry determined

Article 3: Investment of the dowry regulated

Article 4: Maria Anna Victoria’s renunciation of her inheritance in return for payment of dowry regulated, with the consent of King Louis XV.

Article 5: for the sake of Europe, in accordance with the Peace of Utrecht (1713): Maria Anna Victoria herself and all her descendants are forever excluded from succession to the throne in Spain and Spanish territories, even after the extinction of the Spanish kings, unless she would succeed to the throne as a widow without descendants or as part of a second marriage

Article 6: record on the abdication of the throne of Maria Anna Victoria and her descendants in Spain regulated: with the consent of King Louis, with French and Spanish ratification

Article 7: Bridal jewels defined

Article 8: Maria Anna Victoria’s dower determined, administration of the dower goods regulated: as dowager’s livelihood

Article 9: sustenance of Maria Anna Victoria during the marriage regulated

Article 10: Maria Anna Victoria’s transfer regulated: she receives an education at the French court until her marriage

Article 11: Maria Anna Victoria’s right to return to Spain as a dowager guaranteed

Article 12: Pope is asked for approval and blessing, ratification and compliance with the treaty by the parties is assured, including the assurance by parliaments or assemblies of estates and state councils of both sides

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 5: for the sake of Europe, in accordance with the Peace of Utrecht (1713): Maria Anna Victoria herself and all her descendants are forever excluded from succession to the throne in Spain and Spanish territories, even after the extinction of the Spanish kings, unless she would succeed to the throne as a widow without descendants or as part of a second marriage record on the abdication of the throne of Maria Anna Victoria and her descendants in Spain regulated: with the consent of King Louis, with French and Spanish ratification

Estates involved

Article 12: […] assurance by parliaments or assemblies of estates and state councils of both sides

External authorities involved

Article 1: papal dispensation […]

Article 12: Pope is asked for approval and blessing […]

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 12: […] ratification and compliance with the treaty by the parties is assured, including the assurance by parliaments or assemblies of estates and state councils of both sides

Text reference to past events

Article 5: Reference to the Peace of Utrecht (1713)

Further contracts between contracting parties

Convention of The Hague 1719.11.19 incl. Austria, UK - Spanish accession to Quadruple Alliance GB-F-AU-NL 1720.02.16 - Convention on Armistice at Sea 1720.04.02 incl. UK, Austria, Sardinia - Defensive Alliance of Madrid 1721.03.27 - Defensive Alliance of Madrid 1721.06.13 incl. UK, Austria - Spanish accession 1727.06.13 to Preliminary Articles of Paris 1727.05.31

Commentary

Ü - Provisions almost verbatim as preliminary treaties 1721.10.05 Balsain, 1721.11.24 Madrid (Enr. 158-159), except for last article; digitized version of the treaty: fol. 1-28, original Spanish treaty; fol. 36-58, French copy; Digitized version can be accessed at the URL given usage of the shelfmark (TRA17210008)

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