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Noble family
  
House of Zahringen

Name
  
Beatrix Baden

Died
  
April 4, 1535


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Father
  
Christoph I, Margrave of Baden

Mother
  
Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen

Born
  
22 January 1492 (
1492-01-22
)

Spouse
  
John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (m. 1508–1535)

Children
  
Frederick III, Elector Palatine

Parents
  
Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen

Grandchildren
  
Dorothea Susanne of Simmern

Grandparents
  
Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Catherine of Austria, Ottilie of Nassau-Dillenburg

Beatrice of Baden (22 January 1492 – 4 April 1535) was a Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage and a Countess Palatine of Simmern. She was a daughter of Christoph I, Margrave of Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen.

Marriage and issue

In 1508 she married the Count Palatine Johann II of Simmern (born: 21 March 1492; died: 18 May 1557). With him she had twelve children:

  • Catherine (1510–1572), Abbess in Kumbd monastery
  • Johanna (1512–1581), Abbess in Marienberg monastery at Boppard
  • Ottilia (1513–1553), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
  • Frederick III the Pious (1515–1576), Elector Palatine
    • married firstly 1537 Princess Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519–1567) married secondly 1569 Countess Amalia of Neuenahr-Alpen (1540–1602)
  • Brigitta (1516–1562), Abbess at Neuburg an der Donau
  • Georg (1518–1569), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
    • married in 1541 princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1503–1563)
  • Elisabeth (1520–1564)
    • married in 1535 Count Georg II of Lauterbach (1506-1569)
  • Reichard (1521–1598), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
    • married in firstly 1569 Countess Juliane of Wied (1545-1575) married in secondly 1578 Countess Emilie of Württemberg (1550-1589) married in thirdly 1589 Countess Palatine Anna Margarete of Veldenz (1571-1621)
  • Maria (1524–1576), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
  • William (1526–1527)
  • Sabine (1528–1578)
    • married in 1544 Count Lamoral of Egmont (1522–1568)
  • Helena (1532–1579)
    • married in 1551 Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg (1526–1561)

    References

    Beatrix of Baden Wikipedia
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