Marriage contract no. 552: Brandenburg - Anhalt

Date of contract conclusion: 6. Oktober 1577
Place of contract conclusion: s. l.

Groom

Name: Johann Georg von Brandenburg
GND: 102111588
Year of Birth: 1525
Year of Death: 1598
Dynasty: Hohenzollern (Brandenburg)
Confession: lutherisch

Bride

Name: Elisabeth von Anhalt
GND: 104182660
Year of Birth: 1563
Year of Death: 1607
Dynasty: Askanier (Anhalt)
Confession: lutherisch

Actors of the Groom

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Actors of the Bride

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Contract content

1 – Dowry of 15,000 talers; trousseau guaranteed

2 – donatio propter nuptias of 15,000 talers from the groom; investment of the money in the duchy and the town of Crossen

3 – life estate of 3,000 talers annually

4 – Annual morning gift of 400 talers

5 – Upon the groom’s death: 15,000 talers from the estates until the dowry is repaid

6 – Additional provisions regarding matrimonial property depending on whether there are joint heirs or not

Commentary

The date listed is the wedding date.

The regest in the database is based on the information provided by the State Archives of Saxony-Anhalt.

The cited reference number refers to the former archive copy held by the State Archives of Saxony-Anhalt, which was, however, destroyed during World War II.

References

Archive copy: LASA, Z 4 III, 33b Nr. 21

Recommended citation

Dynastische Eheverträge der frühen Neuzeit. Contract No. 552. Philipps University of Marburg. Available online at https://dynastische-ehevertraege.online.uni-marburg.de/en/vertraege/552.html.

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