Marriage contract no. 426: Savoyen - Österreich

Date of contract conclusion: 29. Juli 1541
Place of contract conclusion: s. l.

Groom

Name: Emanuel Philibert von Savoyen
GND: 118684450
Year of Birth: 1528
Year of Death: 1580
Dynasty: Savoyen
Confession: katholisch

Bride

Name: Magdalena von Österreich
GND: 129052620
Year of Birth: 1532
Year of Death: 1590
Dynasty: Habsburg (Österreich)
Confession: katholisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Karl III. von Savoyen
GND: 104193395
Dynasty: Savoyen
Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

Name: Ferdinand I. (Kaiser des Heiligen Römschen Reichs)
GND: 118532502
Dynasty: Habsburg (Österreich)
Relationship: Vater

Contract content

The marriage shall take place as soon as the groom reaches the age of majority

However, the condition for the marriage is that the groom and his male descendants receive the birthright to all Savoy states on both sides of the Alps

The dowry is set at 100,000 Rhenish gold guilders

Widow’s pension set at 12,000 Rhenish gold guilders per annum from the County of Asti and neighbouring areas

In the event of revocation of the contract by either party: obligation to pay 10,000 Rhenish gold guilders

Commentary

The marriage did not take place.

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, Matrimonio progettato tra Emanuele Filiberto figlio di Carlo III Duca di Savoia e Maddalena figlia dell’Imperatore Ferdinando (Mazzo 19), Fascicolo 1

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 426. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/426.html.

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