Beatrix of Courtenay

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Grave sculpture of Beatrix and her husband Otto von Botenlauben in Frauenroth Monastery

Beatrix von Courtenay ( French Beatrice ; † after 1245) was mistress of the "Seigneurie de Joscelin" in the Kingdom of Jerusalem .

She was the eldest daughter and heir to Joscelin III. by Courtenay and his wife Agnes von Milly .

On October 21, 1186 she got engaged to Wilhelm von Lusignan († before 1208), Lord of Valence, a brother of Guidos von Lusignan . There is no evidence that the marriage was consummated; she had no children with Wilhelm. Between 1206 and 1208 she married the German crusader and minstrel Otto von Botenlauben , who took over the government of the Seigneurie de Joscelin, which she inherited after his death. She had two sons with Otto:

  • Heinrich, 1235 canon in Würzburg;
  • Otto von Botenlauben († after 1248), Lord von Botenlauben, Count of Hildenburg , ⚭ 1228 Adelheid von Hildenburg.

In 1220 Otto and Beatrix sold their possessions in the Holy Land to the Teutonic Order under Hermann von Salza and returned to Otto's German homeland, where they resided at Botenlauben Castle. 1231 she founded with her husband, the Cistercian - Frauenroth Abbey .

She died after 1245 and was buried like her husband in the Frauenroth monastery.

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Joscelin III. Mistress of the “Seigneurie de Joscelin”
before 1200–1220 		German medal
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SURNAME Beatrix of Courtenay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beatrice de Courtenay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mistress of the "Seigneurie de Joscelin"
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th Century