Marriage contract no. 383: Spanien - Sachsen-Polen

  • Date of contract conclusion: 19. März 1738
  • Place of contract conclusion: Dresden

Groom

  • Name: Karl (III.) von Spanien
  • GND: 118925059
  • Year of Birth: 1716
  • Year of Death: 1788
  • Dynasty: Bourbon-Anjou
  • Confession: Katholisch

Bride

  • Name: Maria Amalia von Sachsen
  • GND: 137353766
  • Year of Birth: 1724
  • Year of Death: 1760
  • Dynasty: Wettin (Albertiner)
  • Confession: Katholisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Philipp V. von Spanien
  • GND: 119186640
  • Dynasty: Bourbon-Anjou
  • Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: August III. von Sachsen-Polen
  • GND: 118505092
  • Dynasty: Wettin (Albertiner)
  • Relationship: Vater

Contract content

Preamble: Names of the parties involved; names of the negotiating officials; names of the marriage partners; mention of the ratification of the engagement agreement, dispensation of Pope Clement XII mentioned

Article 1: Dowry of 90,000 guilders

Article 2: Marriage initially per procurationem; transfer of the bride regulated

Article 3: The groom undertakes to pay 30,000 guilders as an antiphernal; payment of dowry and antiphernal to the bride if she survives the groom

Article 4: Groom pays the bride a sum of 50,000 scudi for expenses relating to jewellery, clothing, alms and other expenses of minor value; the bride’s court is maintained by the groom

Article 5: The sum of 50,000 scudi shall be paid by the groom as a gift and wedding present in the spirit of marital generosity

Article 6: Should the groom die before the bride: life annuity of 150,000 scudi; insurance of this monetary payment

Article 7: As a widow, the bride is free to choose whether she wishes to return to the court or to her home; trousseau of the widow’s residence is regulated

Article 8: Government and guardianship of minor children in the event of the groom’s death is regulated

Article 9: Groom survives bride: usufruct of the bride’s dowry and antiphernal; The bride’s property is inherited.

Article 10: If the groom survives the bride without children: the dowry and the bride’s property revert to her closest heirs on her father’s side.

Article 11: The bride’s relationship to house contracts, sanctions and provisions of her father’s house is regulated.

Article 12: Confirmation of the contract; promise to abide by the above; ratification regulated; list of witnesses; place; signatures; L.S.

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 6: If the groom dies before the bride: Leibgedinge (life annuity) in the amount of 150,000 scudi; insurance of this payment

Article 9: Groom survives bride: usufruct of the bride’s dowry and antiphernal; the bride’s property is inherited

Article 10: Groom survives bride without children: reversion of the bride’s dowry and property to her nearest heirs on her father’s side

External authorities involved

Pope: Preamble: Dispensation of Pope Clement XII mentioned

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 12: Confirmation of the contract; promise to abide by the above; ratification regulated; list of witnesses; place; signatures; L.S.

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