Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon

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Noble family House of Burgundy Spouse Robert, Count of Clermont Name Beatrice Burgundy,		Mother Agnes of Dampierre Father John of Burgundy

Died October 1, 1310, Murat, Cantal, France Parents Agnes of Dampierre, John of Burgundy Grandchildren Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia Similar People Robert - Count of Clermont, Margaret of Provence, Mary of Avesnes, Margaret of France - Queen of, Charles - Count of Valois
Children Louis I, Duke of Bourbon

Beatrice of Burgundy (1257 – October 1, 1310) was Lady of Bourbon and, through her mother, heiress of all Bourbon estates. She was the daughter of John of Burgundy (son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy) and Agnes of Dampierre. In 1272 Beatrice married Robert, Count of Clermont and their eldest son Louis I, le Boiteux became the first Duke of Bourbon. It is through her that her distant male descendants of the French House of Bourbon get their name.

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Robert and Beatrice had the following children:

Louis I, le Boiteux (1279–1342), first Duke of Bourbon

Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in Paris Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, grandmother of Joan I, Countess of Auvergne

John (1283–1316), Baron of Charolais, married c. 1309 Jeanne d'Argies and had issue

Mary (1285–1372, Paris), Prioress of Poissy

Peter (1287 – aft. 1330), Archdeacon of Paris

Margaret (1289–1309, Paris), married firstly in 1305 Raymond Berengar of Andria (who died in 1307) and secondly in 1308 John I, Marquis of Namur

Physical Appearance

Ottone and Acerbo Morena in their Historia Frederici I described Beatrice as "[O]f medium height, her hair shone like gold, her face most beautiful..."

References

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