Marriage contract no. 191: Frankreich - Savoyen

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed: with papal dispensation due to the degree of kinship between the spouses, with the procurator for the Count of Artois, to take place at the Savoy court

Article 2: After the marriage, Maria Theresa will receive the title of Countess of Artois, Maria Theresa’s transfer from Turin to France and honourable reception by the Count of Artois at Pont de Beauvoisin regulated

Article 3: Dowry set at 420,000 livres, payment regulated

Article 4: Maria Theresa’s right of ownership of the dowry is regulated; in the event of Maria Theresa’s death without children or if her children are minors at the time of her death and die before reaching the age of majority, the reversion of the dowry is regulated, except for a sum specified in the will, not exceeding 100,000 livres

Article 5: Investment of the dowry by the King of France and Count of Artois regulated: to be invested primarily in the appanage territories of Charles Philip, including the duchies of Auvergne and Mercœur [release for the naming of further territories], in the event of dissolution of the marriage: reversion guaranteed

Article 6: Dowry regarded as Maria Theresa’s inheritance settlement, Maria Theresa’s renunciation of inheritance regulated: except in the event of the extinction of all remaining descendants of Victor Amadeus

Article 7: Dowry set at 100,000 livres

Article 8: Bridal gifts from the King of France and Count of Artois worth 300,000 livres guaranteed, morning gift determined, Maria Theresa’s property rights regulated

Article 9: Maintenance of Maria Theresa and her court during the marriage regulated

Article 10: Life estate established: property from Karl Philipp’s appanage guaranteed as life estate property, main property elevated to duchy, property administration regulated by Maria Theresa, as widow’s pension

Article 11: Right of return to Savoy or to the lands of the King of Piedmont as a widow guaranteed

Article 12: Inheritance of Maria Theresa’s personal estate regulated: family jewels excluded, compliance guaranteed, ratification regulated, executed by the Sardinian minister as notary

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 6: Dowry regarded as Maria Theresa’s inheritance settlement, Maria Theresa’s renunciation of inheritance regulated: except in the event of the extinction of all remaining descendants of Victor Amadeus

Article 12: Inheritance of Maria Theresa’s personal estate regulated: family jewels excluded, compliance guaranteed, ratification regulated, executed by the Sardinian minister as notary

External authorities involved

Artikel 1: Eheschließung vereinbart: mit päpstlicher Dispens aufgrund des Verwandtschaftsgrades der Eheleute,

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Artikel 12: […] Ratifikation geregelt […]

Further contracts between contracting parties

Convention of Versailles on the establishment of the Diocese of Chambery, 1 February 1773 (CTS) - Renewed guarantee treaty of Versailles, 9 April 1775 (Traités et accords de la France: in Marriage contract, 9 April 1775, pp. 35-38)

Commentary

Ü - Article almost identical to preliminary agreement of 3 September 1773 (Enr. 146)

The digitised version can be accessed at the specified URL under the reference number (TRA17730008).

References

• Archive copy: Traités et accords de la France, TRA17730008
• Contract language archive copy: French
• Digitized archive copy: https://basedoc.diplomatie.gouv.fr/exl-php/recherche/mae_internet___traites, TRA17730008

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 191. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/191.html.

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