Beatrice of France

Beatrice of France (c. 938 - 23 September 1003) was Duchess consort of Upper Lorraine by marriage to Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and regent of Upper Lorraine in 978-980 during the minority of her son Thierry I.

Beatrice of France
Beatrice of France in the Chronica regia Coloniensis
Duchess consort of Upper Lorraine
Tenure	954 - 978
Regent of Upper Lorraine
Tenure	978-980
Born	c. 938
Died	23 September 1003
Spouse	Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine
Issue	Henry Adalbero II of Metz Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine Ida
House	Robertians
Father	Hugh the Great
Mother	Hedwig of Saxony

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, she married Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.

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.

Issue

• 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.