In March 1469, Ferdinand II of Aragon -later V of Castilla- signed the marriage agreements to establish that his wife, Isabella I, would be entitled to the ownership and exercise of the Crown. The protocol of the Catholic Monarchs is still very common today, particularly among those who want to safeguard their heritage when the days of wine and roses are over.
Tamara Falcó and Íñigo Onieva have finally become husband and wife. Even without there having been an affair that truncated the initial roadmap, it is very likely that the couple would have signed capitulations. And it is that Tamara has regular sources of income (in addition to exclusives, advertising and the new gastrobusiness routes opened by MasterChef), her own penthouse designed by Joaquín Torres and half of the lavish El Rincón palace, in Aldea del Fresno (Madrid). . A heritage worth protecting.
The chasm opened between Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Josep Santacana after their divorce revealed the marriage agreements that the real estate agent was forced to sign: in 2008, the tennis player’s family commissioned the Método 3 detective agency to produce a complete report on a man from the that they did not trust and although nothing so relevant as to annul the commitment appeared in the dossier, the condition imposed was rigid separation of assets. Given that the Banque de Luxembourg denounced both for seizure of assets to not pay a loan that dates back to 2010, Santacana will play the card that he could neither manage his wife’s assets nor can he answer for a debt that is not his, as signed those capitulations.
Perhaps more concerned about his image than economic matters, José Ortega Cano agreed with Ana María Aldón –whom we met when he entered the life of the extorero– that once the separation arrived, they would communicate to the world that it happened by mutual agreement if both were agree to make it public.
Very civilized has been the divorce of the Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin, who agreed in 1997 that the separation of property would also extend to future compensation. Neither will pay a cent to the other, as they ratified last March.
The divorce of Alejandro Sanz and Raquel Perera was not friendly either. He offered her a monthly pension of $15,000 and the payment of the respective lawyers, but she demanded $40,000. Her capitulations stated that the Spanish justice would be the one to settle any conflict, but she asked the American to seize all the artist’s assets until an agreement was reached. Finally, the singer triumphed and a court in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) ruled that Perera would receive 10,000 euros per month, 5,000 for each of her children, a figure that would be reduced to 6,000 this year.
Possibly the most famous capitulations of the star system are those attributed to Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. In 2021 something unusual transpired: a multitude of North American media published that she imposed as a sine qua non condition to marry at least four intercourses per week. No one has denied it. In our country, such a condition would be null and void as it limits the fundamental rights of individuals. Tom Cruise introduced a curious clause for his second marriage, with Katie Holmes: if they divorced, she would receive three million dollars for each year of life together if they did not reach eleven (they lasted six years) and, in any case, they would not could make any statement about the Mission Impossible star of five years.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z signed something similar: in the event of dissolution, the singer will receive five million for each child and one more per year of marriage. The relationship between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt lasted eleven years, although their marriage only lasted two, from 2014 to 2016; The most noteworthy heading of their pact was that if he was unfaithful, Pitt would not be able to fight for custody of his children. Nor was Justin Timberlake very reliable to Jessica Biel, judging by her fame, although the actress’ clause is “only” $500,000 if necessary.
