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Beatrice I
suo jure Countess of Burgundy
Reign22 January 1148 – 15 November 1184
PredecessorRenaud III
SuccessorFrederick I & Otto I
Holy Roman Empress; German Queen
Reign9 June 1156 – 15 November 1184
Coronation1 August 1167 at Rome
Queen consort of Italy
Reign9 June 1156 – 15 November 1184
Queen consort of Burgundy
Reign9 June 1156 – 15 November 1184
CoronationAugust 1178 at Vienne
Born1143/5
Died15 November 1184
Jouhe, near Dôle
Burial
Speyer Cathedral
SpouseFrederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Issue
among others...		Frederick V, Duke of Swabia
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I, Count of Burgundy
Conrad II, Duke of Swabia
Philip of Swabia
HouseHouse of Ivrea
FatherRenaud III
MotherAgatha of Lorraine
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Beatrice of Burgundy (1143 – 15 November 1184) was the only daughter of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy and Agatha of Lorraine. She was the second wife of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and as such Holy Roman Empress. Beatrice was active at the Hohenstaufen court, encouraging literary works and chivalric ideals. She accompanied her husband on his travels and campaigns across his kingdom, and he was known to be under Beatrice's influence. She was crowned Holy Roman Empress by Antipope Paschal III in Rome on 1 August 1167, and later as Queen of Burgundy at Vienne in August 1178.

The poem Carmen de gestis Frederici I imperatoris in Lombardia, written about 1162, describes Beatrice upon her wedding day:

"Venus did not have this virgin's beauty,
Minerva did not have her brilliant mind
And Juno did not have her wealth.
There never was another except God's mother Mary
And Beatrice is so happy she excels her."

Marriage and issue

Beatrice and Frederick were married on 9 June 1156 at Würzburg.[1] By this marriage Frederick obtained control of the vast county of Burgundy.

They had the following children:

  1. Beatrice (b. 1162 – d. 1174). She was betrothed to King William II of Sicily but died before they could be married.
  2. Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (b. Pavia, 16 July 1164 – d. 28 November 1170).
  3. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. Nijmegen, November 1165 – d. Messina, 28 September 1197).[1]
  4. Conrad (b. Modigliana, February 1167 – d. Acre, 20 January 1191), later renamed Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia after the death of his older brother.[1]
  5. Daughter (Gisela?) (b. October/November 1168 – d. 1184).
  6. Otto I, Count of Burgundy (b. June/July 1170 – killed, Besançon, 13 January 1200).[1]
  7. Conrad II, Duke of Swabia and Rothenburg (b. February/Marc 1172 – killed, Durlach, 15 August 1196).[1]
  8. Renaud (b. October/November 1173 – d. in infancy).
  9. William (b. June/July 1176 – d. in infancy).
  10. Philip of Swabia (b. August 1177 – killed, Bamberg, 21 June 1208) King of Germany in 1198.[2][1]
  11. Agnes (b. 1154 – d. 8 October 1184). She was betrothed to King Emeric of Hungary but died before they could be married.

In literature

Beatrice is a character in Umberto Eco's novel Baudolino, whose (fictional) protagonist is deeply in love with her - a love never consummated except for a single kiss.

Ancestry

Family of Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
16. Reginald I, Count of Burgundy
8. William I, Count of Burgundy
17. Adelaide of Normandy
4. Stephen I, Count of Burgundy
9. Stephanie
2. Renaud III, Count of Burgundy
20. Gerard of Bouzonville, Count of Metz
10. Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (=#24)
21. Gisela of Bar
5. Beatrice of Lorraine
22. Albert I, Count of Namur
11. Hedwig of Namur (=#25)
23. Ermengarde of Lower Lorraine
1. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
24. Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (=#10)
12. Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
25. Hedwig of Namur (=#11)
6. Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
26. Frederick, Count of Formbach
13. Hedwig of Formbach
27. Gertrude of Haldensleben
3. Agatha of Lorraine
28. Henry II, Count of Leuven
14. Henry III, Count of Leuven
29. Adèle
7. Adelaide of Leuven
30. Robert I, Count of Flanders
15. Gertrude of Flanders
31. Gertrude of Saxony

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, transl. Laura Napran, (Boydell Press, 2005), 55 note245.
  2. ^ (ES)Acercamiento Mutuo de Espana y Alemania, Jaime Ferreiro Alemparte, España y Europa, un pasado jurídico común, ed. Antonio Pérez Martín, (Cometa S.A., 1986), 181.

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Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
Born: circa. 1143 Died: 15 November 1184
Regnal titles
Preceded by Countess Palatine of Burgundy
22 January 1148 – 15 November 1184
with Frederick I (1156-1184) 		Succeeded by
Royal titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Richenza of Northeim 		Empress consort of
the Holy Roman Empire
Queen consort of Italy
9 June 1156 – 15 November 1184 		Vacant
Title next held by
Constance of Sicily
Vacant
Title last held by
Adelheid of Vohburg 		Queen consort of Arles and Germany
9 June 1156 – 15 November 1184

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