Beatrix of Burgundy (Bourbon)

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Beatrix of Burgundy

Beatrix of Burgundy ( French Beatrice de Bourgogne ; * 1257 or 1258 ; † October 1, 1310 at Murat Castle ), also called Beatrix of Bourbon , was mistress of Bourbon and countess of Charolais . She was the heiress of John of Burgundy from the older house Burgundy , a son of the Duke Hugo IV. , And Agnes de Bourbon , Lady of Bourbon. She is the ancestor of the Bourbon family .

She married in Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in 1276 Robert de Clermont , Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis , a son of the French King Louis the Saint . Six children emerged from the connection:

From her paternal grandfather, on his death in 1272, she inherited the castellans Sauvigne, Doudain, Charolles , Mont-Saint-Vincent and Sauvement . Her uncle, Duke Robert II of Burgundy , withdrew her rights, but had to return them to her in April 1277 and August 1279. After the death of her mother, she also inherited the rights to the Seigneurie Bourbon from her.

Beatrix died on October 1, 1310 and was buried in the Couvent des Cordeliers de Champaigue near Souvigny .

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Individual evidence

  1. mittelalter-genealogie.de ( Memento of 24 September 2004 at the Internet Archive ), access on 28 August 2011th
  2. a b c Biographical information on Beatrix of Burgundy on fmg.ac , accessed on August 28, 2011.
  3. André Leguai: . Bourbon, II domination / Duchy (Territorial Development), the second territorial expansion in the High and Late Middle Ages . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 2, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7608-8902-6 , Sp. 503 f. (here col. 503).
  4. Biographical information on Robert de Clermont on fmg.ac , accessed on August 28, 2011.
predecessor Office successor
Agnes de Dampierre Mistress of Bourbon
(with Robert de Clermont )
1288–1310
Louis I. de Bourbon