Marriage contract no. 214: Schleswig-Holstein - Brandenburg

  • Date of contract conclusion: 10. September 1502
  • Place of contract conclusion: s. l.

Groom

  • Name: Friedrich (I.) von Dänemark (als Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein)
  • GND: 119187620
  • Year of Birth: 1471
  • Year of Death: 1533
  • Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Anna von Brandenburg
  • GND: 1073726738
  • Year of Birth: 1487
  • Year of Death: 1514
  • Dynasty: Hohenzollern (Brandenburg)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Friedrich (I.) von Dänemark (als Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein)
  • GND: 119187620
  • Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Joachim Nestor I., Kurfürst von Brandenburg
  • GND: 119214644
  • Dynasty: Hohenzollern (Brandenburg)
  • Relationship: Bruder

Contract content

Article 1 (fol. 27r): Marriage agreed

Article 2 (fol. 27r): 10,000 guilders as dowry,trousseau guaranteed

Article 3 (fol. 27v): 10,000 guilders set as donatio propter nuptias

Article 4 (fol. 27v): Investment of the dowry and donatio propter nuptias regulated

Article 5 (fol. 27v): Provision for the bride, 2,000 guilders per annum guaranteed; dowry mentioned

Article 6 (fol. 27v-28r): Appointment of royal officials as guarantors, homage regulated

Article 7 (fol. 29r): Widow’s maintenance and residence regulated, Kiel Castle as widow’s residence, rights of use regulated, determination of income from ducal regalia and customs duties as widow’s maintenance, recognition by heirs and descendants of the groom regulated

Article 8 (fol. 29v): Regulation of inheritance rights of the husband, then of the (male) descendants

Article 9 (fol. 29v): Regulation of obligations of Kiel officials towards the bride

Article 10 (fol. 30r): Assurance of compliance by the groom and his heirs and descendants

Article 11 (fol. 31v-32r): Regulation of the bride’s renunciation of inheritance for herself and her heirs to her family’s inheritance

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 8 (fol. 29v): Regulation of the inheritance rights of the husband, then of the (male) descendants

Article 11 (fol. 31v-32r): Renunciation of inheritance by the bride for herself and her heirs to the inheritance of her family

Further contracts between contracting parties

Marriage between Brandenburg and Denmark in 1505

Commentary

Articles of the original agreement are not numbered.

References