Marriage contract no. 238: Baden-Rodemachern - Schweden

  • Date of contract conclusion: 18. Juni 1564
  • Place of contract conclusion: Stockholm

Groom

  • Name: Christoph II. von Baden-Rodemachern
  • GND: 135695589
  • Year of Birth: 1537
  • Year of Death: 1575
  • Dynasty: Baden-Rodemachern
  • Confession: lutherisch

Bride

  • Name: Cäcilie von Schweden
  • GND: 13893519X
  • Year of Birth: 1540
  • Year of Death: 1627
  • Dynasty: Wasa (Schweden)
  • Confession: lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Christoph II. von Baden-Rodemachern
  • GND: 135695589
  • Dynasty: Baden-Rodemachern
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Erich XIV. von Schweden
  • GND: 118682296
  • Dynasty: Wasa (Schweden)
  • Relationship: Halbbruder

Contract content

Preamble (p. 1): Marriage agreed upon, with the consent of Erich XIV of Sweden, etc.

Article 1 (p. 1): Date set

Article 2 (p. 1): Dowry and trousseau (100,000 talers), payment terms, paraphernalia, the mother’s inheritance share

Article 3 (p. 1): Transfer of the bride (cost arrangements, etc.)

Article 4 (p. 1): Insurance of the Brautschatz, etc., acknowledgment of receipt

Article 5 (p. 1): The bride’s renunciation of inheritance

Article 6 (p. 1): Investment of the Brautschatz, etc.

Article 7 (para. 1): Provision for the bride during widowhood

Article 8 (para. 1): Morning gift (4,000 talers, insurance on estates, annual income therefrom: 200 talers, rights of use, further provisions regarding the morning gift)

Article 9 (p. 1): Life estate (estates, rights of use, income: 6,000 talers annually; if the sum is not reached: compensation for shortfall; homage, etc., from the subjects)

Article 10 (pp. 1–2): If the groom dies before the bride and there are joint heirs: supplies on the widow’s estates, use, condition of buildings, compensation for defects; financial provisions in the event that there are joint heirs; financial provisions in the event that there are no joint heirs

Article 11 (para. 2): If the bride remarries after the groom’s death and moves abroad, and there are no joint heirs from the first marriage: Continued receipt of income from the Brautschatz or a one-time payment of 100,000 is possible, along with payment arrangements, receipt of the trousseau, etc.; if there are joint heirs from the first marriage: inheritance provisions regarding the Brautschatz, etc.

Article 12 (p. 2): If the groom dies before the bride and there are joint descendants: provisions regarding succession by the sons; provision of a dowry and trousseau for the daughters

Article 13 (para. 2): If the bride dies before the groom and there are no joint heirs by blood: Half of the Brautschatz, the trousseau, etc., shall go to Baden; the other half to Sweden; lifelong use of the bride price by the groom; after the groom’s death: inheritance provisions as stated

Article 14 (p. 2): Protection of the bride

Article 15 (p. 2): Promise to abide by the contract; two copies of the contract; date, etc.

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 12 (p. 2): If the groom dies before the bride and there are joint descendants: provisions regarding succession by the sons; provision of a dowry and trousseau for the daughters

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 2 (p. 1): Dowry and trousseau (100,000 talers), payment terms, paraphernalia, the mother’s inheritance share

Article 5 (p. 1): The bride’s renunciation of inheritance

Article 10 (pp. 1–2): If the groom dies before the bride and there are joint heirs: supplies on the widow’s estates, use, condition of buildings, compensation for defects; financial provisions in the event that there are joint heirs; financial provisions in the event that there are no joint heirs

Article 11 (para. 2): If the bride remarries after the groom’s death and moves abroad, and there are no joint heirs from the first marriage: Continued receipt of income from the Brautschatz or a one-time payment of 100,000 is possible, along with payment arrangements, receipt of the trousseau, etc.; if there are joint heirs from the first marriage: inheritance provisions regarding the Brautschatz, etc.

Article 13 (para. 2): If the bride dies before the groom and there are no joint heirs by blood: Half of the Brautschatz, the trousseau, etc., shall go to Baden; the other half to Sweden; lifelong use of the bride price by the groom; after the groom’s death: inheritance provisions as stated

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Preamble (p. 1): Marriage agreed upon, with the consent of Erich XIV of Sweden, etc.

Commentary

The original contract is not divided into articles

No page numbers or numbering on the contract pages

Literature

Tuchtenhagen, Ralph: Im zweiten Glied. Cecilia Vasa und Christoph II. Eine Doppelbiographie, 2026?

References