Beatrice of Hungary, Dauphine of Viennois

Beatrice of Hungary (1290–1343 or 1354) was a Dauphine of Viennois by marriage to John II of Viennois.

Life

She was the elder daughter and the second of three children of Charles Martel of Anjou and Klementia of Habsburg. She was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou. Beatrice was thus maternal granddaughter of Rudolph I of Germany and sister of Charles I of Hungary and Clementia of Hungary.

When Beatrice was just six years old, in 1296, at Naples, she was married to John II of Viennois, who was ten years her senior. The couple had two sons:

When her husband died in 1319, Beatrice became a nun at Cîteaux. She remained here until 1340, when she transferred to the Saint-Just-de-Claix Abbey. Her son founded for her the convent of Saint-Just dans le Royannais.

Beatrice died in 1343. She died in the convent which her sons had founded for her.

Issue

• Guigues VIII (1309 † 1333), dauphin of Viennois. Married to Isabella of France, Dauphine of Viennois
• Humbert II (1312 † 1355), dauphin of Viennois. Married to Marie of Baux, niece of Robert, King of Naples by his sister Beatrice.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Beatrice of Hungary, Dauphine of Viennois

16. Louis VIII of France 8. Charles I of Naples 17. Blanche of Castile 4. Charles II of Naples 18. Raymond Berengar IV of Provance 9. Beatrice of Provence 19. Beatrice of Savoy 2. Charles Martel of Anjou 20. Bela IV of Hungary 10. Stephen V of Hungary 21. Maria Laskarina 5. Mária of Hungary 22. Köten 11. Elisabeth the Cuman 23. ? 1. Beatrice of Hungary 24. Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg 12. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg 25. Agnes of Staufen 6. Rudolph I of Germany 26. Ulrich of Kiburg 13. Heilwig of Kiburg 27. Anna of Zähringen 3. Klementia of Habsburg 28. Burckhard IV of Hohenburg 14. Burckhard V of Hohenburg 29. ? 7. Gertrude of Hohenburg 30. Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen 15. Mechtild of Tübingen 31. ?