Marriage contract no. 197: Anhalt-Harzgerode - Nassau-Dillenburg

  • Date of contract conclusion: 20. Oktober 1695
  • Place of contract conclusion: Frederiksborg

Groom

  • Name: Wilhelm von Anhalt-Harzgerode
  • GND: 104173548
  • Year of Birth: 1643
  • Year of Death: 1709
  • Dynasty: Askanier (Anhalt)
  • Confession: reformiert

Bride

  • Name: Sophie Auguste von Nassau-Dillenburg
  • GND:
  • Year of Birth: 1666
  • Year of Death: 1733
  • Dynasty: Nassau-Dillenburg
  • Confession: reformiert

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Wilhelm von Anhalt-Harzgerode
  • GND: 104173548
  • Dynasty: Askanier (Anhalt)
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Heinrich, Fürst von Nassau-Dillenburg
  • GND: 104189444
  • Dynasty: Nassau-Dillenburg
  • Relationship: Vater

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed

Article 2: Dowry (20.000 thalers) and trousseau determined, in return Sophie Auguste renounces her inheritance, except for her mother’s inheritance

Article 3: Morning gift; dower, investment, interest and administration regulated

Article 4-5: Dowager’s residence and dowager’s livelihood regulated

Articles 6-8: Sophie Auguste’s personal property regulated

Article 9: Inheritance rights of children: Primogeniture confirmed

Article 10: Compliance assured by the entire House of Anhalt

Articles 11-12: If Sophie Auguste remarries: reversion of dowry and redemption of dower, both if there are children from the first marriage and if there are no children

Article 13: Right of inheritance of the children to Sophie Augustes’ estate regulated

Article 14: If Sophie Auguste dies without children: use of the marital property during William’s lifetime determined

Article 15: If spouse dies before dowry payment: application of the contract agreed upon

Article 16: Compliance assured, signature

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 2: Dowry (20.000 thalers) and trousseau determined, in return Sophie Auguste renounces her inheritance, except for her mother’s inheritance

Article 9: Inheritance rights of children: Primogeniture confirmed

Article 13: Right of inheritance of the children to Sophie Augustes’ estate regulated

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Ratification confirmed by Heinrich von Nassau-Dillenburg on May 25, 1696 and by Viktor Amadeus, Carl Wilhelm and Emanuel Lebrecht von Nassau in June 1696

Commentary

Reference to the consent of the Danish royal couple (Narratio), cf. final location - Sophia Augusta: listed as a member of the court of the Danish Queen Charlotte Amalie (Jäger / Burmeister 2010)

Literature

Jäger / Burmeister 2010, p. 41

References

  • Print reference: CTS 21, S. 85-97
  • Contract language print: German