Marriage contract no. 420: Savoyen - Savoyen-Nemours

Date of contract conclusion: 15. April 1665
Place of contract conclusion: s. l.

Groom

Name: Karl Emanuel II. von Savoyen
GND: 133433722
Year of Birth: 1634
Year of Death: 1675
Dynasty: Savoyen
Confession: katholisch

Bride

Name: Maria Johanna Baptista von Savoyen-Nemours
GND: 121104885
Year of Birth: 1644
Year of Death: 1724
Dynasty: Savoyen-Nemours
Confession: katholisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Karl Emanuel II. von Savoyen
GND: 133433722
Dynasty: Savoyen
Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

Name: Françoise von Lothringen-Mercœur
GND: 123036267
Dynasty: Lothringen-Mercœur
Relationship: Großmutter

Contract content

Dowry determined (500,000 scudi or 1,500,000 lire), deadline and form of payment determined (within two years in cash), dowry to be raised through the sale of paternal and maternal property

Groom promises to increase the dowry by one third (Donatio propter nuptias)

Further contracts between contracting parties

Ratification of the marriage contract dated 11 May 1665 (AST, Inventario n. 102, Mazzo 31, Fascicolo 7)

Commentary

The conditions regarding the dowry were amended by the ratification document.

The information on the content of the contract is based on the inventory data of the archive copy.

References

Archive copy: AST, Inventario n. 102, Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia e Maria Giovanna Battista figlia del principe Carlo Amedeo di Savoia duca di Nemours (Mazzo 31), Fascicolo 2

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 420. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/420.html.

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