Name Beatrice Countess Role Duchess of Merania | Died 1231 | |
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Father Otto I, Count of Burgundy Mother Margaret, Countess of Blois Spouse Otto I, Duke of Merania (m. 1208) Children Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy, Otto III, Count of Burgundy, Agnes of Merania, Beatrix of Andechs-Merania Parents Margaret, Countess of Blois, Otto I, Count of Burgundy Siblings Joan I, Countess of Burgundy Grandchildren Otto IV, Count of Burgundy | ||
Beatrice II (1193 – 7 May 1231) reigned Countess Palatine of Burgundy from 1205 until her death. 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 1193, 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 I, Duke of Merania, by whom she had 6 children:
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