Marriage contract no. 36: Lothringen - Frankreich

Date of contract conclusion: 16. März 1514
Place of contract conclusion: s. l.

Groom

Name: Anton II., Herzog von Lothringen
GND: 101100655
Year of Birth: 1489
Year of Death: 1544
Dynasty: Lothringen
Confession: Katholisch

Bride

Name: Renate von Bourbon-Montpensier (Renée)
GND:
Year of Birth: 1494
Year of Death: 1539
Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Anton II., Herzog von Lothringen
GND: 101100655
Dynasty: Lothringen
Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

Name: Karl III., Herzog von Bourbon-Montpensier und Auvergne
GND: 119193833
Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
Relationship: Bruder

Name: Anne de Beaujeu, Herzogin von Bourbon und Auvergne, Tochter von König Ludwig XI.
GND: 118848100
Dynasty: Bourbon (Frankreich)
Relationship: Cousine, angeheiratet

Contract content

Preamble (180 re): (Declared before royal notaries:) the following marriage contract drawn up by the contracting parties

Article 1 (180 re – 181 li): Marriage agreed

Article 2 (181 li): Dowry determined: payment and default interest regulated, securities provided as pledges

Article 3 (181 li): Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: in return for dowry, paternal, maternal and sibling inheritance, confirmation by groom required

Article 4 (181 li): Widow’s income and widow’s property determined: rights of use regulated

Article 5 (181 li – re): After the death of the groom: bride’s inheritance shares with or without surviving children in movable estate, accrued gains, clothing and jewellery regulated, payment of dowry to bride regulated if applicable

Article 6 (181 re): After the death of the bride without surviving children: payment of dowry share to the groom, his heirs regulated, default interest regulated, securities provided as pledges

Article 7 (181 re): Contract sworn by contracting parties, compliance promised: waiving of defences or legal remedies

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 3 (181 li): Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: in return for dowry, paternal, maternal and sibling inheritance, confirmation by the groom required

Article 6 (181 re): After the death of the bride without surviving children: payment of dowry share to the groom, his heirs regulated, default interest regulated, securities provided as pledges

Commentary

Actors Bride: Charles III of Bourbon-Montpensier = son-in-law of Anne de Beaujeu

References

Digitized archive copy: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k12634404/f200.item
Print reference: Dumont 1726-1739, vol. IV:1, pp. 180-182
Contract language print: French
Digitized print: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k12634404/f200.item

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 36. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/36.html.

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