Marriage contract no. 305: Großbritannien - Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Date of contract conclusion: 4. Dezember 1794
Place of contract conclusion: Braunschweig

Groom

Name: Georg IV., König von Großbritannien und Irland
GND: 118690450
Year of Birth: 1762
Year of Death: 1830
Dynasty: Hannover
Confession: Anglikanisch

Bride

Name: Caroline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
GND: 119161060
Year of Birth: 1768
Year of Death: 1821
Dynasty: Welfen (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern)
Confession: Lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Georg IV.
GND: 118690450
Dynasty: Hannover
Relationship: /

Name: Georg III., König von Großbritannien und Irland
GND: 118716913
Dynasty: Hannover
Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

Name: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
GND: 11913988X
Dynasty: Welfen (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern)
Relationship: Vater

Contract content

Preamble: Power of attorney for negotiating officials on the British side; intention to enter into a marriage contract expressed; power of attorney for negotiating officials on the Brunswick side

1 – Marriage must be solemnised in person in Great Britain; according to the laws and rites of the Anglican Church

2 – Transfer of the bride to Great Britain regulated

3 – Life estate of £50,000

4 – Ratification of the contract regulated: ratification documents to be exchanged no later than one month after signing

5 – Place, date, seals and signatures of the officials

Enclosed: Confirmation of receipt of the instrument of ratification

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

4 – Ratification of the agreement regulated: Instruments of ratification shall be exchanged no later than one month after signing.

Attached to the agreement: Confirmation of receipt of the instrument of ratification.

References

Archive copy: TNA FO 93/20/2; Wolfenb. NLA 3 Urk 5 Nr. 69
Contract language archive copy: Latin

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 305. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/305.html.

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