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, Lady of Bourbon. In 1272 Beatrice married Robert, Count of Clermont and their eldest son Louis I, ''le Boiteux'' became the first

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

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, grandmother of Joan I, Countess of Auvergne *

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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.

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