Marriage contract no. 47: Preußen (Herzogtum) - Dänemark

  • Date of contract conclusion: 2. Dezember 1526
  • Place of contract conclusion: Flensburg

Groom

  • Name: Albrecht, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach, Herzog von Preußen
  • GND: 118637673
  • Year of Birth: 1490
  • Year of Death: 1658
  • Dynasty: Hohenzollern
  • Confession: Lutherisch

Bride

  • Name: Dorothea von Dänemark
  • GND: 11868048X
  • Year of Birth: 1504
  • Year of Death: 1547
  • Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
  • Confession: Lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

  • Name: Albrecht, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach, Herzog von Preußen
  • GND: 118637673
  • Dynasty: Hohenzollern
  • Relationship: /

Actors of the Bride

  • Name: Friedrich I., König von Dänemark und Norwegen, Herzog von Schleswig und Holstein
  • GND: 119187620
  • Dynasty: Oldenburg (Dänemark)
  • Relationship: Vater

Contract content

Preamble (54f.): To the praise and honour of God, for the welfare and continued existence of both countries: conclusion of contract declared

Article 1: Consent for bride granted, dowry determined, payment arranged, trousseau and transfer of bride arranged

Article 2: Widow’s property determined: at the discretion of the bride’s father, rights of use and widow’s residence regulated

Article 3: Widow’s income determined: improvement guaranteed if necessary

Article 4: Accessories, rights of use of widow’s property regulated

Article 5: Legal status of bailiff, subjects on widow’s property regulated

Article 6: Letter of prescription for widow’s property regulated: with guarantee by Prussian estates

Article 7: Morning gift and increase of widow’s property reserved by groom

Article 8: Approval, handover of letter of prescription: by brothers, feudal lords of groom

Article 9: Waiver by groom of paternal and maternal bride’s inheritance regulated: in return for dowry payment, except in the event of the extinction of the Danish kings

Articles 10-11: After death of bride without children: reversion of dowry, trousseau regulated, subject to change

Article 12: Guarantee for, sealing of marriage contract agreed by Prussian estates

Esch (58f.): Compliance promised

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 9: Regulation of the groom’s renunciation of his paternal and maternal bride’s inheritance: in return for payment of a dowry, except in the event of the extinction of the Danish kings

Estates involved

Article 6: Guarantee by Prussian estates

Article 8: Approval of letter of prescription by feudal tenant of groom

Article 12: Guarantee for, sealing of marriage contract by Prussian estates mentioned

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 8: Approval, handover of letter of prescription by feudal tenant of groom mentioned

Article 12: Guarantee for, sealing of marriage contract by Prussian estates agreed

Commentary

See bride’s declaration of renunciation of inheritance 06.07.1526 (DNT I, pp. 60-62)

Literature

Laursen in DNT I, pp. 52-54 - DUH I, pp. 252 f. - Voigt 1851

References

  • Print reference: DNT I, pp. 54-59
  • Contract language print: German