Marriage contract no. 213: Brandenburg - Dänemark

Contract content

Article 1 (fol. 18r): Marriage decided and promised

Article 2 (fol. 18v): Dowry set at 30,000 guilders

Article 3 (fol. 18v): Provision of jewelry and clothing

Article 4 (fol. 18v): Value of the dowry is 30,000 guilders

Article 5 (fol. 18v): Regulations concerning the paternal and maternal inheritance of the bride

Article 6 (fol. 18v): The dowry amounts to 30,000 guilders in gold

Article 7 (fol. 18v): Investment of the sum at Stettin Castle and associated estates regulated

Article 8 (fol. 18v-19r): After the death of the groom, the bride receives an annual pension of 6,000 guilders plus interest in order to maintain her princely household; the sum is then broken down for various purposes, and its use and dower are regulated.

Article 9 (fol. 19r): Regulations concerning the appointment of officials

Article 10 (fol. 19r): Dowry and compensation regulated, consummation of the marriage regulated

Article 11 (fol. 19r): Inheritance regulations in the event of Joachim’s death without a natural heir

Article 12 (fol. 19v): Alliance between the houses declared, mutual provision of advice and assistance

Article 13 (fol. 20r): Morning gift and interest regulated

Article 14 (fol. 20r): Princely residence in Spandau, rights of use of the bride regulated

Article 15 (fol. 20r-20v): Income recorded, investment of income from various other estates regulated

Article 16 (fol. 20v): Spandau Castle with furnishings and rights of use designated as part of the dower and widow’s residence, if the widow so desires, income from other possessions, regulations concerning officials

Article 17 (fol. 21r): Regulations regarding land and customary rights, inheritance, assignment of offices on widow’s property after the death of the groom

Article 18 (fol. 22v-23r): Regulations regarding inheritance law, renunciation of paternal and maternal inheritance by the bride, exception in the event of the extinction of the male line of the Danish royal family

Article 19 (fol. 23v): Transfer of hunting rights in Spandau, including all income, to Elisabeth (additional document)

Article 20 (fol. 24r-24v): Royal Danish confirmation of the inheritance regulations in Article 18 (additional document)

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 5 (fol. 18v): Regulations concerning the paternal and maternal inheritance of the bride

Article 11 (fol. 19r): Inheritance regulations in the event of Joachim’s death without bodily heirs

Article 17 (fol. 21r): Provisions regarding land and customary rights, inheritance, and the granting of offices on the widow’s estate after the death of the groom

Article 18 (fol. 22v-23r): Inheritance provisions, renunciation of the bride’s paternal and maternal inheritance, exception in the event of the extinction of the male line of the Danish royal house

Article 20 (fol. 24r-24v): Royal Danish confirmation of the inheritance regulations in Article 18 (additional document)

Further contracts between contracting parties

Marriage contract Denmark - Brandenburg 1502

References

• Archive copy: GStA, I. HA Rep. 78, Nr. 24, fol. 18r-19v, fol. 20r-22r, 22r-23r, 23v-24v
• Contract language archive copy: German
• Digitized archive copy: https://archivdatenbank.gsta.spk-berlin.de/midosasearch-gsta/MidosaSEARCH/i_ha_rep_78_und_78_a/index.htm?kid=GStA_i_ha_rep_78_und_78_a_8&uid=GStA_i_ha_rep_78_und_78_a_I_HA_Rep_78_Nr_24

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 213. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/213.html.

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