Schoenberg contract

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The Schönberg Treaty was an inheritance waiver contract in which Christian Heinrich von Brandenburg-Kulmbach gave up his right of succession in the Franconian possessions of the Hohenzollern in favor of King Friedrich I in Prussia in return for financial compensation.

The Schönberg Treaty was concluded on November 23, 1703 at the Ansbachian margravial castle in Schönberg near Lauf . In this contract, Christian Heinrich, who was completely indebted, waived the prospect of succession in the two Franconian possessions of the Hohenzollern, the principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth, in favor of Prussia . In return, the Prussian King Friedrich I in Prussia took on the proper care of his family and gave Christian Heinrich Weferlingen Castle near Magdeburg as his new residence .

After the death of Christian Heinrich, his eldest son Georg Friedrich Karl tried to have the Schönberg Treaty canceled in order to still be able to enter into his right of inheritance. After long and difficult disputes, he finally succeeded in this in 1722, albeit only with considerable financial concessions to the Prussian kingdom. After the death of Margrave Georg Wilhelm (who died in 1726 without male descendants), he was able to take over the government in the Principality of Bayreuth.

literature

  • M. Spindler, A. Kraus: History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century , Munich 1997. ISBN 3-406-39451-5
  • Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Lexicon of German history . Events, institutions, people. From the beginning to the surrender in 1945. 3rd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-81303-3 .
  • Historical commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences: New German Biography , Berlin 1971