Beatrice of France
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Beatrice of France or Beatrice of Paris (c. 938 - 23 September 987) was a Robertian noblewoman, regent of Upper Lorraine in 978-980.
Life
A daughter of Hugh the Great and Hedwig of Saxony, making her sister of Hugh Capet and niece of Otto I. In 954, aged 16, she married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (25 years her senior). They had four children:
- Henry (died between 972 and 978)
- Adalbero II (958–1005), bishop of Verdun and Metz
- Thierry I (965–1026), count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine
- Ida (970-1026), married in 1010 Radbot, Count of Habsburg (970-1027), who built the castle of Habichtsburg and is thus an ancestor of the great Habsburg family which dominated Europe in the sixteenth century.
After her husband's death in 978 she acted as regent to her son Thierry during his minority, officially until 978 but effectively until 980. She travelled to Otto II's court in Verona in 983.