Beatrice II (1193 – 7 May 1231) reigned as Countess Palatine of Burgundy from 1205 until her death. She was a member of the Swabian Hohenstaufen dynasty, the daughter of Count Otto I of Burgundy and Margaret, Countess of Blois, thereby a granddaughter of Emperor

Frederick Barbarossa Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (; ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 115 ...

. She was born in 1193, younger sister of Countess Joanna I of Burgundy. From the time of her father's assassination at

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in 1200, she was next-in-line to the county, eventually succeeding Joanna after her death in 1205. Her uncle Philip of Swabia, German king since 1198, had ensured her Burgundian heritage. In 1208 she married Duke Otto I, Duke of Merania. They had: * Otto III, Count of Burgundy * Agnes of Merania (1215-1263) * Beatrix of Andechs-MeraniaC. Chl. Freiherr von Reitzensten: ''Regesten der Grafen von Orlamuende aus Babenberger und Ascanischem Stamm'', Historical Society of Upper Franconia ("Upper Franconian Historical Society"), Bayreuth, 1871 *Margaret * Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy *Elisabeth

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