Beatrix (Beatrice) of Berg (1364 in
Burg on the Wupper–May 16, 1395 in
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) was the daughter of Duke
William II of Berg and Electress of the Palatinate by marriage to
Rupert I, Elector Palatine
Rupert I "the Red", Elector Palatine (; 9 June 1309, Wolfratshausen – 16 February 1390, Neustadt an der Weinstraße) was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1353 to 1356, and Elector Palatine from 10 January 1356 to 16 February 1390.
He was th ...
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Life
Beatrix was the daughter of Duke Wilhelm II of Berg and his wife Anna von Wittelsbach, daughter of the
Rupert II, Elector Palatine
Rupert II, Count Palatine of the Rhine () (12 May 1325, Amberg – 6 January 1398, Amberg). He was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1390–1398.
Life
Rupert was the elder son of Adolf, Count Palatine of the R ...
. She was probably born in Burg Castle on the Wupper, at that time the residence of her parents.
From 1380 her father ruled in Dusseldorf as Duke of Berg, where the unmarried Beatrix most likely stayed with the parents.
In 1385 Beatrix married the widowed Elector Rupert I von der Pfalz, who had been widowed for 5 years, and who was already 75 years old. Beatrix was the granddaughter of his nephew and successor Rupert II.
Elector Rupert I and his second wife Beatrix both resided in
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
, whose university was founded by the Elector, and in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, where he died in 1390.
In the ''
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language.
It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...
'' it is said about the husband of Beatrix:
Even among his contemporaries Rupprecht I stood in high esteem, he was also a respectful figure, knightly in appearance. With reckless energy he was considered a benevolent gentleman of good will, a patron of the Church and the priesthood, a friend of widows and orphans. The Jewish community, whose financial power he knew how to exploit admirably, honored him as a just, humane protector."
Beatrix of Berg survived her husband by only 5 years and died in 1395 also in Neustadt.
The marriage produced no offspring. Her grandfather willed The Palatinate to Rupert II, the nephew of her deceased husband.
Her husband left Beatrix as a widow's portion the castle and city of
Neuburg am Rhein
Neuburg am Rhein is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the southernmost municipality in the state.
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, as well as the village of
Hagenbach
Hagenbach () is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of Karlsruhe.
Hagenbach is the seat of the ''Verbandsgem ...
and
taxes in kind of
Bergzabern
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References
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14th-century German women
1360 births
1395 deaths
House of Wittelsbach
Electresses of the Palatinate