Beatrice of Hungary (1290 – 1343 or 1354) was a Dauphine of Viennois by marriage to
John II of Viennois.
Life
She was the elder daughter and the second of three children of
Charles Martel of Anjou
Charles Martel ( hu, Martell Károly; 8 September 1271 – 12 August 1295) of the Angevin dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary, the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.
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The 18-year-old Charles Ma ...
and
Klementia of Habsburg
Clemence of Austria (1262 – February 1293, or 1295) was a daughter of King Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenberg. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Marriage
On 8 January 1281, Clemence married Charles Martel of Anjou.
Clemence ...
. She was a member of the
Capetian House of Anjou
The Capetian House of Anjou or House of Anjou-Sicily, was a royal house and cadet branch of the direct French House of Capet, part of the Capetian dynasty. It is one of three separate royal houses referred to as ''Angevin'', meaning "from Anjou" ...
. Beatrice was thus maternal granddaughter of
Rudolf I of Germany and sister of
Charles I of Hungary
Charles I, also known as Charles Robert ( hu, Károly Róbert; hr, Karlo Robert; sk, Karol Róbert; 128816 July 1342) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308 to his death. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou and the only son of ...
and
Clementia of Hungary.
When Beatrice was just six years old, in 1296, at
Naples, she was married to
John II of Viennois, who was ten years her senior. The couple had two sons:
When her husband died in 1319, Beatrice became a nun at
Cîteaux. She remained here until 1340, when she transferred to the . Her son founded for her the convent of Saint-Just dans le Royannais.
Beatrice died in 1343 (or 1354). She died in the convent which her sons had founded for her.
Issue
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Guigues VIII (1309 † 1333), dauphin of Viennois. Married to
Isabella of France
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Humbert II (1312 † 1355), dauphin of Viennois. Married to Marie of Baux
References
Sources
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1290 births
14th-century deaths
Year of death uncertain
Capetian House of Anjou
Dauphines of Viennois
13th-century Hungarian people
13th-century Hungarian women
14th-century Hungarian people
14th-century Hungarian women
13th-century French nobility
13th-century French women
14th-century French nobility
14th-century French women