Marriage contract no. 204: Vögte von Plauen - Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Celle

Date of contract conclusion: 24. November 1563
Place of contract conclusion: Coswig

Groom

Name: Heinrich VI., Vogt von Plauen, Burggraf zu Meißen
GND: 104254068
Year of Birth: 1536
Year of Death: 1572
Dynasty: Vögte von Plauen
Confession: Lutherisch

Bride

Name: Katharina von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
GND: 115471308
Year of Birth: 1548
Year of Death: 1565
Dynasty: Welfen
Confession: Lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Heinrich VI., Vogt von Plauen, Burggraf von Meißen
GND: 104254068
Dynasty: Vögte von Plauen
Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

Name: Klara von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, geb. von Sachsen-Lauenburg
GND: 131927221
Dynasty: Askanier (Sachsen-Lauenburg)
Relationship: Mutter

Contract content

Article 1 (1st paragraph): Marriage agreed: consummation of marriage stipulated

Article 2 (1st paragraph): Dowry stipulated (12,000 thalers): primarily from the ruling dukes of Celle

Article 3 (1st-8th paragraphs): Life annuity stipulated: plus morning gift, administration of widow’s estate regulated.

Article 4 (paragraphs 9-10): After Katharina’s death without children: use, reversion of dowry regulated

Article 5 (paragraph 11): Widow’s maintenance regulated

Article 6 (paragraph 12): In the event of Katharina’s second marriage: reversion of dowry, redemption of dower regulated

Article 7 (13th paragraph): inheritance rights, dowry for daughters regulated

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 7 (12th paragraph): redemption of widow’s residence and Leibgedinge by male heirs in the event of Katharina’s second marriage, if only daughters are born from the marriage: inheritance regulated

Commentary

cf. ENr. 191 on Heinrich’s second marriage in 1566

Contract itself not divided into articles

References

Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, Bd. V:1, S. 123 f.
Contract language print: German
Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1262878n/f171.image

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 204. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/204.html.

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