Marriage contract no. 27: Frankreich - Frankreich

Contract content

Preamble: On the advice of princes and deputies of the kingdom, assembled in Tours, for the benefit and security of the kingdom and its subjects: Marriage negotiated, betrothal completed, marriage contract concluded: by contractual partners for the bride and groom (88 li – re)

Article 1: Marriage agreed: to be consummated immediately after the bride and groom reach the age of majority

Article 2: Dowry determined: counties and dominions ceded by the bride’s father to the bride, right of use reserved for the lifetime of the bride’s father – subject to change: if a son is born to the bride’s father – monetary payment ceded by the bride’s mother to the bride: payment regulated, to be invested by the groom, for the maintenance of the bride, to become the bride’s hereditary property – if applicable, reversion after the death of the bride without children regulated (88 right)

Article 3: If a son is born to the bride’s father: inheritance of the Duchy of Brittany by the bride’s mother to her son possible, regardless of the marriage contract between the bride’s father and the bride’s mother (88 re)

Article 4: Widow’s maintenance regulated: depending on the groom’s succession to the throne, either with the usual royal widow’s estate or with one third of the groom’s estate (88 re)

[Esch] – Compliance assured, ratification promised: by the bride’s father, bride’s mother, groom’s mother (88 re – 89 li)

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 4: Widow’s allowance regulated: dependent on the groom’s succession to the throne

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 2: Money payment from the bride’s mother to the bride: payment regulated, to be invested by the groom, for the maintenance of the bride, to become the bride’s hereditary property

Article 3: If a son is born to the bride’s father: inheritance of the Duchy of Brittany by the bride’s mother to her son possible, regardless of the marriage contract between the bride’s father and the bride’s mother

Article 4: Widow’s pension regulated: dependent on succession to the throne by the groom, either with the usual royal widow’s estate or with one third of the groom’s estate (88 re)

[Esch] – Compliance assured, ratification promised: by the bride’s father, bride’s mother, groom’s mother (88 re – 89 li)

References

• Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, vol. IV:1, p. 88 f.
• Contract language print: French
• Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k12634404/f108.item

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 27. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/27.html.

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