Marriage contract no. 55: Schweden - Baden

Contract content

Preamble: Decision of the groom to marry, approval of decision, appointment of negotiators, agreement on marriage contract announced

Article 1: Marriage vows of groom, consent for bride announced: Marriage ceremony by procurator, transfer of bride, church wedding in Sweden regulated

Article 2: Dowry and dowry allowance determined: according to house rules in the bride’s family, payment regulated, trousseau regulated

Article 3: Bride’s renunciation of inheritance regulated: in return for dowry payment, on paternal and fraternal inheritance, with the consent of the groom, succession and succession to the throne reserved in the event of the extinction of the bride’s family

Article 4: Morning gift determined: payment regulated

Article 5: Maintenance of the bride during the marriage determined: in addition to the use of the morning gift and donatio propter nuptias, payment regulated, use regulated

Article 6: Court of the bride regulated: appointment of servants of the bride regulated

Article 7: Child rearing regulated: financing regulated, Lutheran denomination of the children prescribed

Article 8: Donatio propter nuptias, widow’s income stipulated: instead of instruction of widow’s property, payment and, if necessary, subsequent improvement regulated, securities provided, widow’s residence and its use, condition and furnishings regulated – transfer of widow’s residence in the event of the bride’s departure during widowhood regulated – bride’s personal property during widowhood regulated

Article 9: Liability for debts of the bride regulated: indemnity for Swedish debts guaranteed

Article 10: after the death of the bride without surviving children: Continued use of dowry, dowry allowance, reversion after the death of the groom regulated, transfer of accrued gains and trousseau to the groom regulated – after the death of spouses with surviving children: inheritance of dowry, dowry allowance, trousseau regulated – in the event of the bride’s second marriage with or without surviving children: Regulation of widow’s income, transfer of widow’s residence

Article 11: After the death of the bride or groom before the marriage: Marriage contract declared null and void, repayment of dowry and dowry allowance regulated, if applicable

Article 12: Ratification and exchange of deeds of prescription regulated

Regulations on succession to the throne

Article 3: Renunciation of inheritance by the bride regulated: succession and succession to the throne reserved in the event of the extinction of the bride’s family

Confessional regulations

Article 7: Upbringing of children regulated: Lutheran confession of the children prescribed

Regulations on inheritance law

Article 3: Renunciation of inheritance by the bride: in return for payment of dowry, to paternal and fraternal inheritance, with the consent of the groom, succession and succession to the throne in the event of the extinction of the bride’s family excluded

Article 10: After the death of spouses with surviving children: inheritance of dowry, dowry allowance, trousseau regulated

Ratifications, confirmations, approvals

Article 12: Ratification and exchange of prescription documents regulated

Literature

Rangström 2010, pp. 256-273.

References

• Archive copy: Stockholm, Riksarkivet, Konungahusens urkunder, 68 Urkunder rörande konung Gustaf IV Adolfs och prinsessan Fredrikas af Baden giftermål 1797 – 1798, nr. 68 b Giftermålskontrakt
• Contract language archive copy: German
• Digitized archive copy: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/R0001260

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 55. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/55.html.

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