Beatrice I, countess of Burgundy

Events

Date of Birth: about 1145.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 15 November 1184.

Place of Death: Jouhe, near Dôle.

The date and place are given by Cawley. The date is also given by Herrmann.

Place of Burial: Speyer.

The place is given by Decker-Hauff (p. 352).

Relationships

Father: Renaud III, count of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by Peyer, by Herrmann, by Weller (p. 91), and by Bouchard (p. 277).

Mother: Agatha of Lorraine.

This relationship is given by Peyer, by Weller (p. 91), and by Herrmann.

Spouse: Frederick I “Barbarossa”, Holy Roman Emperor. Married 9 June 1156 at Würzburg.

This relationship is given by Peyer, by Heimpel, by Herrmann, by Weller (p. 91), and by Bouchard (p. 277).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Beatrice (died young).

Frederick (16 July 1164 - died young).

Henry V (November 1165 - 28 September 1197), Holy Roman Emperor, married Constance of Sicily.

Conrad (February 1167 - 19 or 20 January 1191), later Frederick VI, duke of Swabia.

a daughter

Otto I (1170 - 13 January 1200), count palatine of Burgundy.

Conrad II (died 15 August 1196), duke of Swabia, married Berenguela of Castile.

Renaud (died young).

William (died young).

Philip (1177 - 21 June 1208), king of the Germans, married Irene Angelina.

Agnes (died 8 October 1184).

References

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).

Cawley, Charles. “BEATRIX de Bourgogne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Decker-Hauff, Hansmartin. “Das Staufische Haus” in Die Zeit der Staufer: Katalog der Austellung Band III (Stuttgart, 1973).

Heimpel, Hermann. “Friedrich I. Barbarossa” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 5 (1961) S. 459-478 [Onlinefassung].

Herrmann, H.-W. "Beatrix von Burgund" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 1 (Stuttgart: 1980).

Peyer, Hans Conrad. “Beatrix von Burgund” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953) S. 681 [Onlinefassung].

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).