Marriage contract no. 26: Frankreich - Florenz

  • Date of contract conclusion: 26. April 1600
  • Place of contract conclusion: Florenz

Groom

  • Name: Heinrich IV., König von Frankreich und Navarra (Henri)
  • GND: 118548174
  • Year of Birth: 1553
  • Year of Death: 1610
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Maria de Medici
  • GND: 118577778
  • Year of Birth: 1573
  • Year of Death: 1648
  • Dynasty: Medici
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Heinrich IV., König von Frankreich und Navarra (Henri)
  • GND: 118548174
  • Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Ferdinand I. de Medici, Großherzog von Florenz (Ferdinando)
  • GND: 118876368
  • Dynasty: Medici
  • Relationship: Onkel

Contract content

[Pre] – Following prior marriage agreement: marriage negotiations, contract terms announced (4 re)

[1] – Mutual consent declared, marriage arranged by groom’s procurator (4 re)

[2] – Dowry agreed, payment arranged (4 re)

[3] – Transfer, bride’s trousseau agreed (4 re – 5 li)

[4] – Bride’s renunciation of inheritance regulated: with confirmation by groom (5 li)

[5] – Investment of dowry regulated: as security for reversion (5 li)

[6] – Widow’s income determined: from widow’s property in the rank of a duchy, administration and appointment of servants arranged (5 li)

[7] – Provision of bridal jewellery arranged: to become the bride’s hereditary property (5 li)

[8] – Court and maintenance of the bride during the marriage arranged (5 li)

[9] – After the death of the bride without children: delivery of bridal jewellery to the bride’s family, reversion of dowry regulated: reversion of either two-thirds immediately or the entire dowry after the death of the groom (5 li – re)

[10] – Inheritance rights of the children to the bride’s estate regulated (5 re)

[11] – After the death of the groom: inheritance rights of the bride, widow’s maintenance regulated (5 re)

[12] – Compliance guaranteed (5 re)

Regulations on inheritance law

Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: with confirmation by the groom - 4

Provision of bridal jewellery regulated: to become the bride’s hereditary property - 7

Children’s inheritance rights to the bride’s estate regulated - 10

After the groom’s death: bride’s inheritance rights and widow’s pension regulated - 11

Further contracts between contracting parties

Contract of Florence, 1 May 1598, on the return of Chateau d’If, Pomegues Island (Dumont)

References