Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon

Beatrice of Burgundy (1257 – 1 October 1310) was ruling Lady of Bourbon from 1288 to 1310, and, through her mother, heiress of all Bourbon estates.

Beatrice of Burgundy
Beatrice of Burgundy
Born	1257
Died	(1310-10-01)1 October 1310 (aged 52 or 53)
Noble family	Burgundy
Spouse(s)	Robert, Count of Clermont
Father	John of Burgundy
Mother	Agnes of Dampierre

She was the daughter of John of Burgundy (son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy) and Agnes of Dampierre, Lady of Bourbon. In 1272 Beatrice married Robert, Count of Clermont^[1] and their eldest son Louis I, le Boiteux became the first Duke of Bourbon.

Issue

Robert and Beatrice had the following children:

• Louis I, le Boiteux (1279–1342), first Duke of Bourbon
• Blanche (1281–1304), married in 1303 in Paris Robert VII, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne, grandmother of Joan I, Countess of Auvergne
• John (1283–1322), Baron of Charolais, married c. 1309 Jeanne d'Argies and had issue
• Mary (1285–1372, Paris), Prioress of Poissy [fr]
• Peter (1287 – aft. 1330), Archdeacon of Paris
• Margaret (1289–1309, Paris), married firstly in 1305 Raymond Berengar of Andria (who died in 1307) and secondly in 1308 John I, Marquis of Namur

Physical appearance

Ottone and Acerbo Morena in their Historia Frederici I described Beatrice as "[O]f medium height, her hair shone like gold, her face most beautiful..."^[2]

References

1. Gábor Klaniczay, Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe, translator Eva Palmai, (Cambridge University Press, 2000), 442
2. The origins of courtliness, C. Stephen Jaeger, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985, p. 172.

See also

• Dukes of Bourbon family tree

Preceded by Agnes	Dame de Bourbon 1288-1310	Succeeded by Robert