Marriage contract no. 45: Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Dänemark

Date of contract conclusion: 9. November 1542
Place of contract conclusion: Lübeck

Groom

Name: Magnus III., Herzog von Mecklenburg
GND: 122842472
Year of Birth: 1509
Year of Death: 1550
Dynasty: Mecklenburg
Confession: Lutherisch

Bride

Name: Elisabeth von Dänemark
GND: 135659299
Year of Birth: 1524
Year of Death: 1597
Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
Confession: Lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

Name: Heinrich V., Herzog von Mecklenburg
GND: 102111871
Dynasty: Mecklenburg
Relationship: Vater

Actors of the Bride

Name: Christian III., König von Dänemark
GND: 119217120
Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
Relationship: Bruder

Contract content

Preamble (423f.): Dispatch of negotiators, marriage negotiations announced: to the praise of God and the Holy Trinity, agreement announced in the name of the Holy Trinity

Article 1: Marriage agreed, dowry determined: dowry payment, trousseau regulated

Article 2: Negotiations on date for consummation agreed: expenditure restrictions agreed

Article 3: Exchange of documents on matrimonial property agreement, bride’s renunciation of inheritance agreed: renunciation of inheritance regulated with groom’s consent

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 3: Exchange of documents regarding matrimonial property agreement, bride’s renunciation of inheritance agreed: renunciation of inheritance with groom’s consent arranged

Commentary

cf. bride’s declaration of renunciation of inheritance, 29 August 1543 (DNT I, p. 426f.)

cf. bride’s second marriage in 1556 to Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg

Literature

Laursen in DNT I, p. 422 f.

References

Print reference: DNT I, p. 423-425
Contract language print: German

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 45. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/45.html.

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