Marriage contract no. 368: Anhalt-Dessau - Niederlande
- Date of contract conclusion: 27. November 1658
- Place of contract conclusion: s. l.
Groom
- Name: Johann Georg II. von Anhalt-Dessau
- GND: 102367604
- Year of Birth: 1627
- Year of Death: 1693
- Dynasty: Askanier (Anhalt-Dessau)
- Confession: reformiert
Bride
- Name: Henriette Catharina von Oranien-Nassau
- GND: 121467961
- Year of Birth: 1637
- Year of Death: 1708
- Dynasty: Oranien-Nassau
- Confession: reformiert
Actors of the Groom
- Name: Johann Kasimir von Anhalt-Dessau
- GND: 100858457
- Dynasty: Askanier (Anhalt-Dessau)
- Relationship: Vater
Actors of the Bride
- Name: Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg
- GND: 11853596X
- Dynasty: Hohenzollern (Brandenburg)
- Relationship: Schwager
Contract content
Article 1 (fol. 2r-2v): Marriage decided
Article 2 (fol. 2v-3v): Bedding, trousseau, dowry
Article 3 (fol. 3v): Renunciation of inheritance by the bride
Article 4 (fol. 3v-4r): Morning gift
Article 5 (fol. 4r): Succession regulations
Article 6 (fol. 4v-5r): Residence, widow’s estate, maintenance, income, salary, court
Article 7 (fol. 5r-8r): Donatio propter nuptias, pensions, life estate; widow’s estate, property, rights of use, etc.; regulations concerning officials and servants; courts, maintenance, movable property; obedience of officials; structural maintenance of widow’s property
Article 8 (fol. 8r): Debt settlement
Article 9 (fol. 8r-8v): If the sums mentioned cannot be obtained: compensation
Article 10 (fol. 8v-9v): If the bride dies before the groom and there are no biological heirs: dowry, trousseau, etc. go to the next heirs; payment regulations.
Article 11 (fol. 9v-10r): If the groom dies before the bride and there are no biological heirs: commencement of widowhood, etc., receipt of trousseau, etc.
Article 12 (fol. 10r-11r): Regulations if the bride wishes to spend her widowhood in another place?
Article 13 (fol. 11v): Child rearing
Article 14 (fol. 11v): If the bride/groom dies after consummation of the marriage and before payment of the dowry: contract valid
Article 15 (fol. 11v-12r): If the bride/groom dies before consummation of the marriage: contract invalid
Article 16 (fol. 12r-12v): Promise to comply with the contract, multiple copies of the contract; dating
Regulations on succession to the throne
Article 5 (fol. 4r): Succession regulations
Regulations on inheritance law
Article 3 (fol. 3v): Renunciation of inheritance by the bride
Article 10 (fol. 8v-9v): If the bride dies before the groom and there are no heirs: dowry, trousseau, etc. go to the next heirs; payment regulations
Article 11 (fol. 9v-10r): If the groom dies before the bride and there are no heirs: commencement of widow’s dower, etc., receipt of trousseau, etc.
Commentary
Original contract foliated
Original contract not divided into articles
Literature
Saring, Hans, ‘Johann Georg II.’ in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 10 (1974), pp. 466-467 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd102367604.html#ndbcontent [10.06.2025].
References
- Archive copy: HHStAW, 171, Z 3023
- Contract language archive copy: Dutch
- Digitized archive copy: https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/digitalMediaViewer.action?archivalDescriptionId=1918325&selectId=7046172
Recommended citation
Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 368. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/368.html.
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