Beatrix of Bavaria

Beatrix of Bavaria
Queen consort of Sweden
Tenure	1356–1359
Born	1344
Died	25 December 1359 Sweden
Spouse	Eric XII of Sweden
Father	Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Margaret II, Countess of Hainault

Beatrice of Bavaria (1344 – 25 December 1359); Swedish: Beatrix ; was Queen of Sweden by marriage to King Eric XII, who co-ruled with his father, King Magnus IV.

Beatrice was the daughter of the Louis IV of Bavaria, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, and Margaret of Holland. In 1356 she was married to Eric of Sweden, who became co-monarch after a rebellion against his father, Magnus IV. Beatrice was thus queen jointly with her mother-in-law, Blanche of Namur, for three years.

Beatrice and Eric both died in 1359. They were rumored to have been poisoned by Eric's mother, Queen Blanche. Now it is believed that her husband died of the plague, and that Beatrice, who gave birth to a stillborn son, also died of plague. Some historians believe she and her son were buried at the Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm.

Ancestors

Family of Beatrix of Bavaria

16. Louis I, Duke of Bavaria 8. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria 17. Ludmilla of Bohemia 4. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria 18. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine 9. Agnes of the Palatinate 19. Agnes of Hohenstaufen 2. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor 20. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg 10. Rudolph I of Germany 21. Hedwig of Kyburg 5. Matilda of Habsburg 22. Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg 11. Gertrude of Hohenburg 23. Mechtild of Tübingen 1. Beatrice of Bavaria 24. John I, Count of Hainaut 12. John II, Count of Hainaut 25. Adelaide of Holland 6. William I, Count of Hainaut 26. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg 13. Philippa of Luxembourg 27. Margaret of Bar 3. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault 28. Philip III of France 14. Charles, Count of Valois 29. Isabella of Aragon 7. Joan of Valois 30. Charles II of Naples 15. Margaret, Countess of Anjou 31. Maria of Hungary

References

• Åke Ohlmarks: Alla Sveriges drottningar