Marriage contract no. 195: Baden - Frankreich

  • Date of contract conclusion: 17. Februar 1806
  • Place of contract conclusion: Paris

Groom

  • Name: Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Baden
  • GND: 102285020
  • Year of Birth: 1786
  • Year of Death: 1818
  • Dynasty: Zähringer
  • Confession: lutherisch

Bride

  • Name: Stéphanie Napoleon de Beauharnais
  • GND: 118617818
  • Year of Birth: 1789
  • Year of Death: 1860
  • Dynasty: Beauharnais
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Karl Friedrich, Kurfürst von Baden
  • GND: 118560166
  • Dynasty: Zähringen
  • Relationship: Großvater

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Napoleon I., Kaiser der Franzosen
  • GND: 118586408
  • Dynasty: Bonaparte
  • Relationship: Adoptivvater

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed: Date set for 8 April 1806, marriage according to the religious rites of both spouses agreed

Article 2: Dowry set at 500,000 francs, payment in three instalments within 18 months of marriage, interest regulated, donation propter nuptias of the same value guaranteed as part of the widow’s pension

Article 3: Residence in Mannheim and maintenance of the couple set at 200,000 florins per annum

Article 4: Annual maintenance payment to Stephanie set at 15,000, to be taken from the 200,000 florins of annual maintenance for the couple

Article 5: Dowry and widow’s pension regulated: set at 100,000 florins per annum; investment regulated, widow’s residence regulated

Article 6: Free practice of the Catholic faith guaranteed for Stephanie, upbringing of children from the marriage regulated according to the faith of the House of Baden

Article 7: In the event of Stephanie’s death without children: lifelong use of the dowry by Karl Ludwig Friedrich and subsequent reversion of the dowry to France agreed

Article 8: In the event of Karl Ludwig Friedrich’s death: Stephanie’s guardianship of the children agreed

Article 9: Provisional secrecy and ratification of the treaty regulated

Separate article 7 April 1806: Increase in Stephanie’s annual maintenance after the death of Elector Karl Friedrich agreed [not included in the digital copy]

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 8: In the event of Karl Ludwig Friedrich’s death: Stephanie’s guardianship of the children agreed

Confessional regulations

Article 1: Marriage agreed: Date set for 8 April 1806, marriage according to the religious rites of both spouses agreed

Article 6: Free practice of the Catholic faith guaranteed for Stephanie, upbringing of children from the marriage regulated according to the faith of the House of Baden

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 7: In the event of Stephanie’s death without children: lifelong use of the dowry by Karl Ludwig Friedrich and subsequent reversion of the dowry to France agreed

Further contracts between contracting parties

Alliance Treaty, 5 September 1805

Treaty of Brno, 12 December 1805, concerning Further Austria

Act of the Confederation of the Rhine, 12 July 1806

Commentary

The digital copy can be accessed at the specified URL using the signature (TRA18060001). The tenth article listed above in square brackets is not numbered in the digital copy.

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