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Mother
  
Beatrix of Namur

Name
  
Beatrice Rethel


Role
  
Queen of Sicily

Died
  
March 30, 1185

Beatrice of Rethel

Father
  
Ithier, Count of Rethel

Spouse
  
Roger II of Sicily (m. 1151–1154)

Children
  
Constance, Queen of Sicily

Parents
  
Ithier, Count of Rethel, Beatrix of Namur

Grandchildren
  
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Similar People
  
Roger II of Sicily, Constance - Queen of Sicily, Frederick II - Holy Roman E, Adelaide del Vasto, William I of Sicily

Beatrice of Rethel (c. 1130/32 – 30 March 1185) was a French noblewoman and the third Queen consort of the King Roger II of Sicily.

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Family

Beatrice was born in 1132, the eldest daughter and one of the nine children of Ithier, Count of Rethel and Beatrix of Namur. Her father was Count of Rethel from 1158 to 1171.

Marriage, issue and widowhood

In 1151, Beatrice married Roger II of Sicily Her tenure as consort lasted only about three years as Roger died on February 26, 1154, in his 59th year, while Beatrice was just 22. Beatrice was a little over three weeks pregnant at the time of his death, and their only daughter Constance of Sicily was born the following November. She married Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, by whom she had one son, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Beatrice survived her husband by thirty-one years but there is no record of her having married again. Her daughter became Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Sicily on 25 December 1194.

References

Beatrice of Rethel Wikipedia


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