Marriage contract no. 198: Reuß - Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Date of contract conclusion: 27. März 1668
Place of contract conclusion: Greiz

Groom

Name: Heinrich I. ‘der Ältere’ Reuß von Plauen
GND:
Year of Birth: 1627
Year of Death: 1681
Dynasty: Reuß (ältere Linie)
Confession: lutherisch

Bride

Name: Sibylle Juliane von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
GND: 129750263
Year of Birth: 1646
Year of Death: 1698
Dynasty: Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Confession: lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Heinrich I. Reuß von Plauen
GND: 10425422X
Dynasty: Reuß (ältere Linie)
Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

Name: Ludwig Günther II. von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
GND: 102816956
Dynasty: Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Relationship: Onkel

Name: Sophie Dorothea von Mörsperg und Beffort
GND:
Dynasty: Mörsperg (Morimont) und Beffort
Relationship: Mutter

Contract content

Preamble: Marriage agreed

Article 1: Dowry set at 4,000 guilders, Meissen currency, the guilder at 21 groschen, payment regulated

Article 2: Life estate set, widow’s provision regulated in kind

Articles 3-4: Morning gift set

Article 5: Indemnification of widow’s estate regulated; widow’s residence regulated

Articles 6-10: Sibylle Juliane’s dowry regulated in accordance with her social status, Sibylle Juliane’s property rights and personal property regulated, inheritance rights regulated

Article 10: In the event of Sibylle Juliane’s second marriage: reversion of dowry regulated; interest on life annuity regulated

Article 11: Agreement to draw up an inventory of the estate of Heinrich’s first wife; settlement with Heinrich’s children from his first marriage declared: Sibylle Juliane’s widow’s estate exempt from claims

Regulations on inheritance law

Articles 6-10: Sibylle Juliane’s dowry regulated in accordance with her social status, Sibylle Juliane’s property rights and personal property regulated, inheritance rights regulated

Commentary

Heinrich: cf. Europ. Stammtf. NF I:3, 359 - Sibylle Juliane: cf. Europ. Stammtf. NF Vol. I:3, 317

References

Print reference: CTS 10, S. 493-505
Contract language print: German

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 198. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/198.html.

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