Beatrix of Andechs Merania

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Noble family House of Andechs Name Beatrix Andechs-Merania		Died February 9, 1271
Father Otto I, Duke of Merania Mother Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy Role Otto I, Duke of Merania's daughter Spouse Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamunde Children Hermann III, Count of Weimar-Orlamunde, Otto III, Count of Weimar-Orlamunde Parents Otto I, Duke of Merania, Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy Grandchildren Elisabeth von Orlamunde Grandparents Margaret, Countess of Blois, Berthold, Duke of Merania, Agnes of Rochlitz, Otto I, Count of Burgundy

Beatrix of Andechs-Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a duchess of Andechs-Merania by birth and by marriage Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde.

She was an heiress to Plassenburg Castle, with Kulmbach and Mittelberg and the Lordship of Berneck, including Goldkronach, Meinau, Wirsberg, Pretzendorf (now called Himmelkron), Zwernitz Castle and Trebgast.

Marriage and Issue

She was married to Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde. They had the following children:

Herman "the Elder", was a clergyman

Herman III (c. 1230 – 1283), inherited Orlamünde

Albert III (d. 1293)

Otto III "the Magnificent" (c. 1236 – 13 May 1285), married Anges of Leiningen (c. 1230/1240 – c. 1300), inherited Weimar, Rudolstadt and Plassenburg

Sophie, married in 1259 to Count Henry VIII of Weida (c. 1238 – 17 September 1280)

Otto "the Younger", canon at Würzburg from 1265 to 1308

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