Beatrix von Rethel
Beatrix von Rethel with her daughter Konstanze. (Illustration from the Liber ad honorem Augusti by Petrus de Ebulo 1196)
Beatrix von Rethel (* 1130 ; † March 31, 1185 ) was the third wife of Rogers II of Sicily and thus Queen of Sicily .
Beatrix was a daughter of Count Günther (Withier) von Rethel . In 1151 she married Roger II, King of Sicily, whose second wife, Sibylle of Burgundy, had died shortly before in a miscarriage .
Beatrix and Roger's only child was Konstanze , who was born in 1154 after Roger's death. Konstanze became Queen of Sicily after the death of Wilhelm II and through her marriage to Henry VI. German Empress.
literature
- Alex Metcalfe: The Muslims of Medieval Italy (Edinburgh, 2009)
- Charles Cawley: Medieval Lands, Champagne Nobility
- John julius Cooper : The Normans in the South 1016-1130 Longmans: London, 1967.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beatrix von Rethel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Sicily |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1130 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1185 |