Beatrice of Burgundy (1257 – October 1, 1310) was a ruling
Lady of Bourbon
Lady of Bourbon
House of Bourbon, 950â1218
House of Dampierre, 1228â1288
House of Burgundy, 1288â1310
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Capetian House of Clermont, 1310â1327
Duchess of Bourbon
First Creation
Capetian House of Bourbon, 1327â ...
in 1288-1310 and, through her mother, heiress of all
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estates.
She was the daughter of
John of Burgundy (son of
Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy) and
Agnes of Dampierre
Agnes of Dampierre (1237 – 7 September 1288) was Lady of Bourbon and heiress of all Bourbon estates. She was the daughter of Archambaud IX de Dampierre and Yolande I, Countess of Nevers. She married John of Burgundy, the son of Hugh IV, D ...
, Lady of Bourbon. In 1272 Beatrice married
Robert, Count of Clermont and their eldest son
Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' became the first
Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon (french: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of B ...
.
Issue
Robert and Beatrice had the following children:
*
Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' (1279–1342), first
Duke of Bourbon
Duke of Bourbon (french: Duc de Bourbon) is a title in the peerage of France. It was created in the first half of the 14th century for the eldest son of Robert of France, Count of Clermont and Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress of the lordship of B ...
*Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in
Paris Robert VII, Count of Auvergne
This is a list of the various rulers of Auvergne.
History
In the 7th century Auvergne was disputed between the Franks and Aquitanians. It was later conquered by the Carolingians, and was integrated for a time into the kingdom of Aquitaine. The ...
and
Boulogne
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-MÊr; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...
, grandmother of
Joan I, Countess of Auvergne
*
John (1283–1322), 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
Raymond Berengar of Anjou (between 1279 and 1282–1307) was the count of Andria and possibly Count of Provence and Prince of Piedmont.
Raymond Berengar was the fifth son of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. He was born in Proven ...
(who died in 1307) and secondly in 1308
John I, Marquis of Namur
Physical Appearance
Ottone and Acerbo Morena
Ottone and his son Acerbo Morena (died 1167) of Lodi were Italian chroniclers who wrote in Latin of twelfth-century events from a Lombard point of view in a history of Lodi, ''De rebus Laudensibus'', ("Concerning Lodi") which was begun by Ottone. ...
in their ''Historia Frederici I'' described Beatrice as "
medium height, her hair shone like gold, her face most beautiful..."
[''The origins of courtliness'', C. Stephen Jaeger, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985,p. 172.]
References
See also
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Dukes of Bourbon family tree
1257 births
1310 deaths
House of Burgundy
Bourbon, Lady of, Beatrix of Burgundy
House of Bourbon (France)
13th-century women rulers
14th-century women rulers
13th-century French people
13th-century French women
14th-century French people
14th-century French women
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