Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy

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Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy (1191 - 7 May 1231) was Countess of Burgundy and Duchess consort of Merania. She was a member of the Swabian Hohenstaufen dynasty, the daughter of Count Otto I of Burgundy and Margaret of Blois, thereby a granddaughter of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

She was born in 1191, younger sister of Countess Joanna I of Burgundy. From the time of her father's assassination at Besançon in 1200, she was next-in-line to the County, eventually succeeding Joanna after her death in 1205. Her uncle Philip of Swabia, German king since 1198, had ensured her Burgundian heritage.

In 1208 she married Duke Otto of Merania, a member of the Bavarian House of Andechs, by whom she had 2 children: Otto III and Adelaide, who would both come to succeed her after her death in 1231.

Preceded by
Joanna I
Countess of Burgundy
1205–1231
Succeeded by
Otto III
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