Beatrice of Burgundy (1257 – October 1, 1310) was a ruling Lady of Bourbon 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

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) and

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, Lady of Bourbon. In 1272 Beatrice married

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and their eldest son Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' became the first

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Issue

Robert and Beatrice had the following children: * Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' (1279–1342), first

*Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in

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and

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, 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

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(who died in 1307) and secondly in 1308

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Physical Appearance

Ottone and Acerbo Morena 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.

Issue

Physical Appearance

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