Béatrice (de Borgoña y Lorena) von Burgund (abt. 1143 - 1184)

Ancestors

Wife of Friedrich (Staufer) von Staufen — married 9 Jun 1156 in Würzburg, Burggrafschaft Würzburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1184 at about age 41 in Jouhe, Comté de Bourgogne, Saint-Empire romain [uncertain]

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Biography

Béatrice was the daughter of Renaud de Bourgogne, count palatine of Burgundy, and Agathe von Lothringen. Date and place of her birth are unknown leading to estimates between 1140 and 1145.^[1][2] She married Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa on 9 June 1156 at Würzburg.^[3] They had the following children:^[4]

• Beatrix, born c 1162/3, died before 1174
• Friedrich V, Herzog von Schwaben, born 16 July 1164, died late 1169/1170
• Heinrich VI, Holy Roman Emperor, born November 1165, died 28 September 1197
• Konrad, born February 1167, died 20 January 1191, was later renamed Friedrich VI, Herzog von Schwaben, after the death of his older brother
• an unnamed daughter, born October/November 1168, died end 1184, was betrothed, but died unmarried
• Otto I, Count of Burgundy, born June/July 1170, died 13 January 1200
• Konrad II, Herzog von Schwaben and Rothenburg, born February/March 1172, died 15 August 1196
• Rainald, born October/November 1173, died before April 1174 or soon after October 1178
• Wilhelm, born June/July 1175, died soon after October 1178
• Philipp, born February/March 1177, died 21 June 1208. He was King of Germany in 1198.
• Agnes, born early 1179, died 8 October 1184, she was betrothed, but died unmarried.

Beatrix died in 1184.^[5][6][7][8] Jouhe in the Comté de Bourgogne, now in France, is widely given in the literature as her place of death^[9][10] but none of the contemporary or near-contemporary sources consulted and referenced above list her place of death, including Johann von Mutterstadt's Chronica Praesulum Spirensium^[11] described in the commentary to RI IV,2,4 n. 2818^[8] as source for this location. The current status is best summarized by Knut Görich: [S]ie starb im Alter von etwa 40 Jahren wohl am 15. November 1184. Weder über den genauen Zeitpunkt, noch über den Ort, noch über die Ursache ihres Todes erfahren wir nähere Einzelheiten - sicher ist nur, dass sie im Dom zu Speyer beigesetzt wurde. (She died at about the age of 40 years probably on November 15, 1184. Neither about the exact time nor about the place and the cause of her death do we learn more details - The only thing that is certain is that she was buried in Speyer Cathedral.)^[12] Her grave is in the Speyer Cathedral.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Peyer, Hans Conrad, "Beatrix von Burgund" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953), S. 681 (Online-Version)
2. ↑ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, COMTES de BOURGOGNE 1026-1200 (IVREA)
3. ↑ Annales Herbipolenses, MGH SS 16, p. 9
4. ↑ Following Erwin Assmann, Friedrich Barbarossas Kinder. In: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, Bd. 33 (1977), p. 459; for explanation of estimates for dates see the full article, pp. 435–472
5. ↑ Annales Aquenses, MGH SS 16, p. 687
6. ↑ Annales Ratisponenses, MGH SS 17, p. 589
7. ↑ Annales Sancti Rudberti Salisburgenses, MGH SS 9, p. 777
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} For an extensive list of additional sources for Beatrix's death see: RI IV,2,4 n. 2818, in: Regesta Imperii Online, Lothar III. und ältere Staufer (1125-1197)
9. ↑ Manfred Hiebl, Genealogie Mittelalter, Beatrix von Burgund
10. ↑ Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, en.wikipedia.org
11. ↑ Alfons Huber (ed.), Heinricus de Diessenhofen und andere Geschichtsquellen Deutschlands im späteren Mittelalter, Chronica Praesulum Spirensium, Cotta, Stuttgart 1868, p. 345
12. ↑ Knut Görich: Kaiserin Beatrix. In: Frauen der Staufer (= Schriften zur staufischen Geschichte und Kunst. Bd. 25). Hrsg. von Karl-Heinz Rueß. Göppingen 2006, p. 47
13. ↑ Peter Koblank, Staufergräber - Anlagen, Dom zu Speyer (Deutschland)

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