Beatrice of France
Beatrice of France in the Chronica regia Coloniensis
Beatrice of France or Beatrice of Paris (c. 938 - 23 September 987) was a Robertian noblewoman, regent of Upper Lorraine in 978-980.
Life
Beatrice was a daughter of Hugh the Great and Hedwig of Saxony,[1] making her sister of Hugh Capet and niece of Otto I. In 954, aged 16, she married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (25 years her senior). After her husband's death in 978 she acted as regent to her son Thierry during his minority, officially until 978 but effectively until 980.[1][2] She travelled to Otto II's court in Verona in 983.
Family
Beatrice and Frederick had:
- Henry (died between 972 and 978)
- Adalbero II (958–1005), bishop of Verdun and Metz
- Thierry I (965–1026), count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine[2]
- Ida (970-1026), married in 1010 Radbot, Count of Habsburg (970-1027), who built the castle of Habichtsburg and is thus an ancestor of the great Habsburg family which dominated Europe in the sixteenth century.
Notes
- 1 2 Wickham 2009, p. 450.
- 1 2 Leyser 1994, p. 166.
Sources
- Leyser, Karl (1994). Reuter, Timothy, ed. Communications and Power in Medieval Europe. The Hambledon Press.
- Wickham, Christ (2009). The Inheritance of Rome. Viking Penguin.
External links
- http://mittelaltergazette.de/11792/wissenswertes/beatrix-von-franzien-graefin-von-bar-und-herzogin-von-lotharingen/
- http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/mittelalter-genealogie/robertiner_herzoege_von_franzien/beatrix_von_franzien_herzogin_von_oberlothringen_nach_987.html
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