Marriage contract no. 205: Solms-Braunfels - Tecklenburg

Date of contract conclusion: 7. August 1534
Place of contract conclusion: Rheda

Groom

Name: Philipp von Solms
GND: 135596823
Year of Birth: 1494
Year of Death: 1581
Dynasty: Solms (Braunfels)
Confession: unbekannt

Bride

Name: Anna von Tecklenburg
GND:
Year of Birth: 1500
Year of Death: 1554
Dynasty: Tecklenburg
Confession: lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Bernhard III., Graf von Solms
GND:
Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

Name: Irmgard von Rietberg
GND: 1153637243
Dynasty: Tecklenburg
Relationship: Mutter

Name: Konrad von Tecklenburg
GND: 189482486
Dynasty: Tecklenburg
Relationship: Bruder

Name: Otto von Tecklenburg
GND:
Dynasty: Tecklenburg
Relationship: Bruder

Name: Johann von Tecklenburg
GND:
Dynasty: Tecklenburg
Relationship: Bruder

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage agreed

Article 2: Dowry set at 6,000 guilders, payment and payment deadline regulated

Article 3: Dowry set at 6,000 guilders

Article 4: Life estate, widow’s estate set

Article 5: Bride price regulated

Article 6: Morning gift set

Article 7: Inheritance rights to dowry: in the event of the bride’s death without children, the dowry reverts to Tecklenburg relatives

Article 8: in the event of the husband’s death and the existence of children: the widow may take over their upbringing with the brothers of the deceased

Article 9: alternatively, she is free to retire to the widow’s estate

Article 10: Taking of movable property, life estate, widow’s maintenance regulated

Article 11: Widow excluded from liability for husband’s debts

Article 12: Right of inheritance to dowry and counter-dowry, widow’s estate, movable property of the widow if there are children from the marriage to Philipp

Article 13: In the event of the widow’s death without children: reversion of the Tecklenburg dowry and the widow’s other possessions to Solms

Article 14: If Anna remarries after Philipp’s death and leaves children from both marriages, the dowry shall be divided among the heirs

Article 15: Mutual confirmation of the marriage by the parties involved

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 7: Inheritance rights to the dowry: in the event of the bride’s death without children, the dowry shall revert to the Tecklenburg relatives

Article 12: Inheritance rights to the dowry and widow’s dower, widow’s estate, movable property of the widow if there are children from her marriage to Philipp

Article 14: If Anna remarries after Philipp’s death and leaves children from both marriages, the dowry shall be divided among the heirs

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 15: Mutual confirmation of the marriage by the parties involved

Commentary

Negotiations began with Count Otto VIII of Tecklenburg, died 1534

The contract is not divided into articles in the edition.

References

Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, Bd. IV:2, S. 124 f.
Contract language print: German
Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1263439g/f138.image

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 205. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/205.html.

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