Beatrix of Andechs-Merania

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Beatrix of Andechs-Merania
Spouse(s) Herman II, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
Noble family House of Andechs
Father Otto I, Duke of Merania
Mother Beatrix of Staufen
Born 1210
Died 9 February 1271(1271-02-09)

Beatrix of Andechs-Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a duchcess of Andechs-Merania by birth and by marriage Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde.

Background

Beatrix was the daughter of Duke Otto I of Andechs-Merania and his wife Beatrix of Staufen, the daughter of Count Otto of Burgundy and Margaret, Countess of Blois. She was heiress to Plassenburg Castle, with Kulmbach and Mittelberg and the Lordship of Berneck, including Goldkronach, Meinau, Wirsberg, Pretzendorf (now called Himmelkron), Zwernitz Castle and Trebgast.

Marriage and Issue

She was married to Count Hermann II of Weimar and Orlamünde. They had the following children:

  • Herman "the Elder", was a clergyman[1]
  • Herman III (c. 1230 – 1283), inherited Orlamünde[1]
  • Albert III (d. 1293)[2]
  • Otto III "the Magnificent" (c. 1236 – 13 May 1285), married Anges of Leiningen (c. 1230/1240 – c. 1300), inherited Weimar, Rudolstadt and Plassenburg
  • Sophie, married in 1259 to Count Henry VIII of Weida (c. 1238 – 17 September 1280)
  • Otto "the Younger", canon at Würzburg from 1265 to 1308

References

  • C. Chl. Freiherr von Reitzensten: Regesten der Grafen von Orlamuende aus Babenberger und Ascanischem Stamm, Historical Society of Upper Franconia ("Upper Franconian Historical Society"), Bayreuth, 1871

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/askanier_2/hermann_2_graf_von_weimar_orlamuende_1247_askanier/hermann_2_graf_von_weimar_orlamuende_+_1247.html
  2. ↑ http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/askanier_2/hermann_3_graf_von_weimer_orlamuende_1283_askanier/hermann_3_graf_von_weimar_orlamuende_+_1283.html


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