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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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