Marriage contract no. 33: Frankreich - Österreich

  • Date of contract conclusion: 3. September 1810
  • Place of contract conclusion: Wien

Groom

  • Name: Napoleon Bonaparte, Kaiser von Frankreich
  • GND: 118586408
  • Year of Birth: 1769
  • Year of Death: 1821
  • Dynasty: Bonaparte
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Marie Louise von Österreich
  • GND: 118577891
  • Year of Birth: 1791
  • Year of Death: 1847
  • Dynasty: Habsburg (Österreich)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Napoleon I., Kaiser von Frankreich
  • GND: 118586408
  • Dynasty: Bonaparte
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Franz I., Kaiser von Österreich (bis 1806 als Franz II. römischer Kaiser)
  • GND: 118534955
  • Dynasty: Habsburg (Österreich)
  • Relationship: Vater

Contract content

Preamble: After exchanging marriage vows to secure peace and prosperity for both empires: negotiators appointed, negotiations, contract content announced: (493f.)

Article 1: Immediate marriage by procurator in Vienna agreed: according to Catholic rites, later ratification by groom, personal wedding ceremony in France arranged

Article 2: Transfer, imperial position of the bride arranged

Article 3: Dowry determined

Article 4: Renunciation of inheritance by the bride arranged: maternal and paternal inheritance and succession to the throne, right of inheritance reserved in the absence of further descendants of the bride’s parents, invocation by the groom arranged

Articles 5-6: Bridal jewels specified: as gifts from the bride’s father and groom, as the property of the bride

Article 7: Widow’s income specified

Article 8: Maintenance of the bride during the marriage specified

Article 9: Ratification regulated

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 2: Transfer, imperial status of the bride regulated

Article 4: Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: to maternal and paternal inheritance and succession to the throne, inheritance rights reserved in the absence of further descendants of the bride’s parents, invocation by the groom regulated

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 4: Regulation of the bride’s renunciation of inheritance: maternal and paternal inheritance and succession to the throne, inheritance rights reserved in the absence of further descendants of the bride’s parents, regulation of the groom’s oath

Further contracts between contracting parties

(only the most important treaties:)

Peace of Pressburg 26 December 1805

Convention of Vienna 16 April 1806 on French military transit to Istria

Convention of Fontainebleau 10 October 1807 on French military transit to Istria

Peace Treaty of Vienna 14 October 1809

Alliance Treaty 14 March 1812

Treaty of Dresden 30 June 1813 on Austrian peace mediation

Treaty of Fontainebleau 11 April 1814 on Napoleon’s abdication

Commentary

Napoleon’s second marriage after his divorce from Josephine de Beauharnais

References

  • Print reference: Grands traités II, pp. 493-496
  • Contract language print: French