Chapter The Wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha (1687): a Historical and Legal Approach
This article analyzes civil law contracts relating to the wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha. The marriage was concluded in 1687, and it was preceded by a prenuptial agreement a year before. A month after the wedding, on June 21, 1687 five documents were recorded in...
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| description | This article analyzes civil law contracts relating to the wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha. The marriage was concluded in 1687, and it was preceded by a prenuptial agreement a year before. A month after the wedding, on June 21, 1687 five documents were recorded in town books, which were analyzed by the author. A particular case was that the dowry has remained unpaid for 21 years. The lack of renunciation resulted in a meeting of the two houses – the Branickis and the Sapieha – in Zabłudów in order to carry out melioration. The dowry was raised from 200,000 to 324,000 zlotys, in return of which Katarzyna Scholastyka was to renounce the rights to her paternal and maternal estates. The author emphasizes that as early as the 1690s, the Sapiehas helped the Branickis to enter in possession (as pledgees) of the Orla estate, which was a certain compensation for the delay in paying the dowry. However, until 1720 (i.e. for 33 years after the wedding) 195,000 zlotys were not paid until 1720 (i.e. for 33 years after the wedding), while both the spouses and all the parents of the married couple were already dead. This sum was included into inheritance settlements, where the debt was part of the maternal property, and the Orla estate was returned as part of the dowry sum to the paternal property. It seems that the renunciation was a very strong legal argument and allowed the groom’s family for a much stronger bargain position. The lack of fast dowry settlements, even in a longer time perspective, allowed for obtaining much higher sums, in particular if a part of the settlement was real estates given as property or as a pledge. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1559912025-03-07T14:49:47Z Chapter The Wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha (1687): a Historical and Legal Approach Łopatecki, Karol This article analyzes civil law contracts relating to the wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha. The marriage was concluded in 1687, and it was preceded by a prenuptial agreement a year before. A month after the wedding, on June 21, 1687 five documents were recorded in town books, which were analyzed by the author. A particular case was that the dowry has remained unpaid for 21 years. The lack of renunciation resulted in a meeting of the two houses – the Branickis and the Sapieha – in Zabłudów in order to carry out melioration. The dowry was raised from 200,000 to 324,000 zlotys, in return of which Katarzyna Scholastyka was to renounce the rights to her paternal and maternal estates. The author emphasizes that as early as the 1690s, the Sapiehas helped the Branickis to enter in possession (as pledgees) of the Orla estate, which was a certain compensation for the delay in paying the dowry. However, until 1720 (i.e. for 33 years after the wedding) 195,000 zlotys were not paid until 1720 (i.e. for 33 years after the wedding), while both the spouses and all the parents of the married couple were already dead. This sum was included into inheritance settlements, where the debt was part of the maternal property, and the Orla estate was returned as part of the dowry sum to the paternal property. It seems that the renunciation was a very strong legal argument and allowed the groom’s family for a much stronger bargain position. The lack of fast dowry settlements, even in a longer time perspective, allowed for obtaining much higher sums, in particular if a part of the settlement was real estates given as property or as a pledge. 2025-03-07T14:49:45Z 2025-03-07T14:49:45Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383310152_1641 9788383310152 9788383310145 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/155991 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/792 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-014-5.20 This article analyzes civil law contracts relating to the wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha. The marriage was concluded in 1687, and it was preceded by a prenuptial agreement a year before. A month after the wedding, on June 21, 1687 five documents were recorded in town books, which were analyzed by the author. A particular case was that the dowry has remained unpaid for 21 years. The lack of renunciation resulted in a meeting of the two houses – the Branickis and the Sapieha – in Zabłudów in order to carry out melioration. The dowry was raised from 200,000 to 324,000 zlotys, in return of which Katarzyna Scholastyka was to renounce the rights to her paternal and maternal estates. The author emphasizes that as early as the 1690s, the Sapiehas helped the Branickis to enter in possession (as pledgees) of the Orla estate, which was a certain compensation for the delay in paying the dowry. However, until 1720 (i.e. for 33 years after the wedding) 195,000 zlotys were not paid until 1720 (i.e. for 33 years after the wedding), while both the spouses and all the parents of the married couple were already dead. This sum was included into inheritance settlements, where the debt was part of the maternal property, and the Orla estate was returned as part of the dowry sum to the paternal property. It seems that the renunciation was a very strong legal argument and allowed the groom’s family for a much stronger bargain position. The lack of fast dowry settlements, even in a longer time perspective, allowed for obtaining much higher sums, in particular if a part of the settlement was real estates given as property or as a pledge. 10.18778/8331-014-5.20 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383310152 9788383310145 487-502 open access |
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| title_short | Chapter The Wedding of Stefan Mikołaj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha (1687): a Historical and Legal Approach |
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