Beatrice of Bavaria (1344 – 25 December 1359);

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: ''Beatrix''; was Queen of Sweden as the

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Eric XII of Sweden Eric XII ( Swedish: ''Erik Magnusson''; 1339 – 21 June 1359) was King of Sweden and lord of Scania in 1344–1359. He was a co-ruler with his father, King Magnus IV, from 1356 until his death in 1359. Referring to Erik Magnusson as King Eri ...

(1339–1359) who co-ruled Sweden with his father King Magnus IV.

Biography

Beatrice was the daughter of the

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV (german: Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328. Louis' election as king of Germany in ...

(1282–1347) and his second wife Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311–1356). In 1356 she was married to Eric, who as the elder of two sons, became co-monarch after a rebellion against his father, Magnus IV (1316–1374) who was monarch of both Norway and Sweden. The younger son, Haakon (1340–1380) was to become became ruler of Norway. Beatrice was queen jointly with her mother-in-law, Blanche of Namur (1320–1363). Beatrice and Eric both died in 1359. It is believed that her husband died of the

Black Death The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...

, and that Beatrice, who gave birth to a

stillborn Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source. It results in a baby born without signs of life. A stillbirth can result in the feeling of guilt or grief in the mother. The ter ...

son, also died of plague. Some historians believe she and her son were buried at the

Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm The Black Friars' Monastery, ''Svartbrödraklostret'', also called the convent of Stockholm, was a Dominican monastery on the island of Stadsholmen (''City Island'') in central Stockholm, founded by King Magnus IV in 1336 when he donated a plot ...

. Beatrix, urn:sbl:19091, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av S. Tunberg), hämtad 2020-07-07.

Ancestry

Black Friar Cloister memorial slab 2010 Stockholm (1)

References

Other sources

* Åke Ohlmarks (1973) ''Alla Sveriges drottningar'' (Stockholm : Geber) {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatrice Of Bavaria 14th-century German people 14th-century Swedish women Swedish queens House of Wittelsbach 1344 births 1359 deaths 14th-century deaths from plague (disease) 14th-century Swedish people 14th-century German women Daughters of emperors Children of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor Daughters of kings