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

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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 Agnes of Dampierre, Lady of Bourbon. In 1272 Beatrice married

Robert, Count of Clermont Robert of Clermont (1256 – 7 February 1317) was a French '' prince du sang'' who was created Count of Clermont in 1268. He was the sixth and last son of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) and Margaret of Provence.''Bourbon'', John Bell Henneman Jr. ...

and their eldest son Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' became the first Duke of Bourbon.

Issue

Robert and Beatrice had the following children: * Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' (1279–1342), first Duke of Bourbon *Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in

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and

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, grandmother of

Joan I, Countess of Auvergne Joan I (8 May 1326 – 29 September 1360, Chateau d'Argilly) was ruling Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne from 1332 to 1360 and Queen of France by her marriage to King John II. Life She was the daughter of William XII, Count of Auvergne and Bo ...

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(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

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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.

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