Beatrice of Navarre

Seal of Beatrice of Navarre

Beatrice of Navarre (1242–1295) was a daughter of Theobald I of Navarre and his third wife Margaret of Bourbon. Her siblings included, Theobald II of Navarre and Henry I of Navarre. She is also known as Beatrix of Champagne.

Beatrice was married to Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, a charter dated November 1258 confirms this.^[1] The couple were married ten years after the death of Hugh's first wife Yolande of Dreux. Upon the marriage, Beatrice was created Dame de l'Isle-sous-Montréal ^[2] as well as becoming Duchess consort of Burgundy.

Hugh and Beatrice had the following children:

• Hugh, viscount of Avallon (1260–1288), married Margaret of Burgundy, daughter of John I of Burgundy, Count Palatine.
• Margaret, Dame de Vitteaux (died 1300), married 1272 John de Chalon, Seigneur d'Arlay (1259–1316)
• Joan (died 1295)
• Beatrice, Lady of Grignon (ca.1260–1329), married Hugh XIII, count of La Marche
• Isabelle of Burgundy, Lady of Vieux-Château (1270–1323), married Rudolph I of Germany

Beatrice's son Hugh did not succeed his father because Hugh IV had another son, Robert, by his marriage to Yolande de Dreux. Hugh IV died in 1271 and was succeeded by Robert. After her husband died, she retired to the château de l'Isle-sur-Serein. She quarrelled with her stepson Robert, and asked for protection from Philip II of France.^[3] Beatrice died after July in 1295 at Château de Villaines-en-Duesmois, Côtes d'Or.

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