Marriage contract no. 207: Hessen-Philippsthal - Solms-Laubach

Date of contract conclusion: 16. April 1680
Place of contract conclusion: Kassel

Groom

Name: Philipp von Hessen-Philippsthal, Landgraf
GND: 135671140
Year of Birth: 1655
Year of Death: 1721
Dynasty: Hessen (Philippsthal)
Confession: reformiert

Bride

Name: Katharina Amalia von Solms-Laubach
GND:
Year of Birth: 1654
Year of Death: 1736
Dynasty: Solms-Laubach
Confession: lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg
GND: 102324115
Dynasty: Hohenzollern (Brandenburg)
Relationship: Mutter

Name: Karl von Hessen-Kassel
GND: 118560050
Dynasty: Hessen (Kassel)
Relationship: Bruder

Actors of the Bride

Name: Amoena Elisabeth von Bentheim
GND:
Dynasty: Bentheim
Relationship: Mutter

Contract content

Article 1: Marriage is agreed upon.

Article 2: Dowry (15,000 florins in Frankfurt currency) is agreed upon and its investment is determined

Article 3: Trousseau is determined

Article 4: Morning gift (1,000 gold guilders) and maintenance are determined; the needle money amounts to 1,000 florins per annum in Hessian chamber currency

Article 5: In the event of Katharina Amalia’s death without heirs, the dowry plus interest shall be repaid

Article 6: Widow’s estate (Herleshausen) and widow’s allowance (3,000 florins in Hessian chamber currency) agreed upon

Article 7: If Philipp dies and there are heirs: the widow’s dower remains, but the heirs receive their father’s estates and allowances; if there are no male heirs, the princesses are to be financed from the widow’s dower, and a dowry is also stipulated for their marriage. Should the widow’s dower revert to Carl, he undertakes to finance the princesses

Article 8: Marriage is ratified

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 5: In the event of the death of Katharina Amalia without heirs, the dowry plus interest shall be repaid

Article 7: If Philipp dies and there are biological heirs: the dower remains, but the heirs receive their father’s lands and the allowance If there are no male heirs, the princesses are to be financed from the dower, and a dowry is also set for their marriage. If the dower reverts to Carl, he undertakes to finance the princesses

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 8: Marriage is ratified

Commentary

The contract itself is not divided into articles

References

Archive copy: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAM Urk. 3, 184)
Contract language archive copy: German
Digitized archive copy: https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/digitalMediaViewer.action?archivalDescriptionId=6156471

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 207. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/207.html.

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