Brief lives of women who reigned or ruled in their own right or by marriage by providing their a) personal and family background; b) proprietary titles; c) parents/pedigree; d) patrimony and properties; e) persona or personality; f) powers exercised, g) patronages and h) partner(s) and progeny.
BARRALE DE MARSEILLES (1175-1234)
Wife of Hugues III (IV) of Baux (1174-1240), mar 1201
"Of Bertrand's three sons, all became heads of powerful families: the third, Guillaume, became prince of Orange after Bertrand; the second, Bertrand, lord of Berre; and the eldest, Hughes IV des Baux. Hugues revolted against his overlord, Alphone, count of Provence, who ordered his capture dead or alive. He was imprisoned, but freed on paying a ransom. A treaty of 1206 settled the disputes, confirming various rights for Hugues to lands around Les Baux. Debts, though, forced him to sell other territories, including in 1225 the huge lake of Vaccares. Through marriage to Barrale, he had come into possession of part of the viscounty of Marseilles, but gave back the Marseilles territories to its inhabitants to settle his debts with them; in 1226 he tried to reclaim the territories. The dispute was sorted out by a papal legate who arranged for payments to Hugues." (Northern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places: 86)
BARBARA VON DAUN (d.1547)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Rixingen
BARTHE DE MARSAN
Proprietary Title: Viscountess of Marsan
BEATRICE DE BEAUSART (d.c1410-1419)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Croisilles
BEATRICE DE CLISSON (d.1448)
Proprietary Title: Countess of Porhoet, 1407-1448
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Olivier IV of Clisson and Catherine Beatrix of Laval
Progeny/Posterity: Married Alain VIII (d.1429), Viscount of Rohan, with whom she had Alain IX (c1382-1462).
Notes: "The last same member of the family, Olivier IV had amassed a great fortune, and some of Europe's most important figures owed money to his estate. Through his older daughter, the Rohan family acquired two-thirds of this wealth and became the greatest noble family of Brittany...." (Kibler and Zinn: 234)
Notes: "...But it was thanks to the patrimony they inherited from the constable Oliviers de Clisson that their landed power became considerable. Following the marriage of Beatrice de Clisson and Alain VIII, the viscount's son, Alain IX, inherited large lordships such as Josselin and Pont-Chateau. (Walsby, p. 151)
BEATRICE D'ALBON (1161-1228)
Proprietary Titles: Dauphine of Viennois, Countess of Albon, Grenoble, Oisans and Briancon, 1162-1228
Parents/Pedigree: She was the daughter of Guigues V of Albon and Beatrice of Montferrat. Her grandmother, Clemence of Burgundy, acted as regent for her from 1162 until her death in 1164. Beatrice's mother, Beatrice of Montferrat, then acted as regent from 1164.
BEATRICE I DE BIGORRE (d.1095)
a.k.a.Beatrix I de Bigorre
Proprietary Title: Countess of Bigorre, 1080-1095, succeeding her brother Raymond II.
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Bernard II of Bigorre and of Clemence.
Partner/Progeny: Married in 1079, as his 2nd wife, Centulle V of Bearn (d.1090), Viscount of Bearn, with whom she had Bernard III of Bigorre (d.1113) and Centulle II of Bigorre (d.1129)
BEATRICE II DE BIGORRE (d.1114)
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Proprietary Title: Countess of Bigorre, 1113-1114
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Bernard III of Bigorre.
Partner/Progeny: She married Pierre de Marsan (d.1163), Viscount of Marsan, and Count of Bigorre, in right of his wife, with whom she had Centulle III of Bigorre.
BEATRICE III DE BIGORRE (d.1194)
a.k.a. Etienette de Bigorre, Etienette de Marsan
[Bio1]
Proprietary Title: Viscountess of Marsan and Countess of Bigorre (Beatrix III), 1128-1194
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Centulle III of Bigorre and of Mathe of Baux. Partner/Progeny: Married (1) Pierre II of Dax; Married in 1180 (2) Bernard IV of Comminges (d.1225), Count of Comminges, 1176-1225, and Count of Bigorre, in right of his wife, with whom she had Petronille de Bigorre.
BEATRICE IV DE BIGORRE
Proprietary Title: Viscountess of Marsan, 1185-?
BEATRIX DE BOURBON (1320-83)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Creil
BEATRICE DE BOURBOURG
Proprietary Title: Countess of Guines, 1137-1141
Notes: "...Manasses, Count of Guines, succeeded to Baldwin his father, A.D. 1091, and is named with Emma, and their daughter Rosa, in a grant to the church of St. Sauveur, at Andres, made by him before the year 1106. He died about A.D. 1139 in the monastery at Andres, according to the chronicle of that house, Emma his countess surviving him. Rosa, his only daughter, wife of Henry, Castellan of Bourbourg, had died in her father's life-time, after giving birth to a daughter, Beatrice, who espoused Albericde Ver, eldest son of Alberic, the King's Chamberlain, termed by the French historians "Albertus Aper," and " Albericus Aper," probably because the Latin words aper and verres, a wild boar, were taken as synonymous. It may be supposed that it had been by the mediation of her grandmother, the Countess Emma, who dwelt much in England, that the heiress of the Count of Guines was thus married. Lambert of Ardres relates that, on the death of Count Manasses, Henry Castellan of Bourbourg sent to his son-in-law, Albertus Aper, intimating his apprehension that the lands of Guines might be treacherously seized, unless he should come over from England, and obtain investiture. Albert accordingly crossed the seas, and, rendering homage to Theodoric Count of Flanders, was invested with the Comte of Guines ; upon which, leaving his wife with her father, he returned to England...Albert continued to use the title of Count of Guines, but never returned to that country; and Beatrice, thus deserted by her husband, having obtained a divorce, re-married Baldwin, lord of Ardres, who claimed in her right the Comte of Guines, and was invested therewith by the Suzerain, the Count of Flandere. The claim of Baldwin was, however, contested by Arnold, the son of the Castellan of Gand, and nephew of the Count Manasses ; but the decease of Beatrice, shortly after her second marriage, put an end to the dispute, and the sovereignty of GuinesManasses both in France and in England devolved. Arnold died at his manor of Newington, in Kent, and his son Baldwin, Count of Guines, held that place in the reign of Richard I., A.D. 1191...." (Society of Antiquaries of London, p. 66)
BEATRICE I DE BOURGOGNE
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Burgundy; Countess Palatine of Burgundy
BEATRICE II DE BOURGOGNE
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Burgundy; Countess Palatine of Burgundy, 1205-1231
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE
Proprietary Title: Countess of Vienne, 1224
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE (c1195-1261)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Marnay
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE (d.1216-?)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Montreal
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE (1258-1310)
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Proprietary Titles: Lady of Bourbon, Lady of Saint-Just, Countess of Charolais;
Parents/Pedigree: She was the daughter of Jean de Burgundy, Comte de Charolais, and Agnes de Dampierre, Dame de Bourbon, who succeeded her mother as Lady of Bourbon and all the Bourbon estates.
Patrimony/Properties: "...She inherited the chatellenies of Charolles,Sauvement,Dondin, Mont-Saint-Vincent et Sanvignes under the will of her paternal grandfather 26 Sep 1272, but was deprived by her uncle Duc Robert II who was obliged to return these territories to her Apr 1277 and Aug 1279...." (FMG:Auvergne)
Partner/Progeny: She married, in 1272, Robert of France, Comte de Clermont (1256-1318), youngest son of Louis IX, who invested him as Count of Clermont in 1269. By this marriage, Robert of Clermont, obtained with her the lordships of Bourbon l'Archambaud, of Bourbonnais, Charolais and Saint Just. Their eldest son, Louis I became the 1st Duke of Bourbon. They had 6 children.
BEATRICE DE CHAMPLITTE (1162-1217/19)
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Proprietary Title: Lady of Clefmont
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Eudes I of Champlitte (d. 1187), Viscount of Dijon, and granddaughter of Hugues, Count of Troyes.
Power Exercised: She ruled Clefmont as a widow for six years until her remarriage in 1196.
Partner/Progeny: Married, in 1179, as his 2nd wife Simon III of Clefmont (1155-1190). Beatrice had 3 children before Simon.
BEATRICE DE CRECY (d.1172)
Proprietary Title: Countess of Crecy, 1118, inheriting Crecy "...when her brother, Hugues of Crecy, took the monastic habit in penance for killing Milo II of Bray-sur-Maine...." (Evergates, p. 226)
Parents/Pedigree: 2nd Daughter of Gui the Red (d.1108), Count of Rochefort, and the heiress-countess of Crecy.
Partners/Progeny: Married (1) Manasses of Tournan, with whom she had 3 sons, including Jean de Possesse who succeeded to his paternal lands; married (2) 1137/40 Dreux de Pierrefonds (d. 1160), 4th son and heir of Nevel II of Pierrefonds, with whom she had 2 children, including Agathe de Pierrefonds, who inherited Pierrefonds. (Evergates, p. 226)
BEATRICE DE GAND
Proprietary Title: Lady of Alost
Parents/Paternity: Daughter of Baudouin III, whom she succeeded in Alost
Partner/Progeny: Henri, Chatelain of Bourborg
BEATRICE DE GUINES
Notes: "...Countess Emma of Guines (d. ca. 1140)---rather than her husband, Count Manasses (d. 1137O)---was reportedly responsible for selecting Aubrey de Vere III as a husband for her granddaughter Beatrice, heir to Guines...." (Parsons, p. 105)
Notes: "...Yet only one earlier countess in the twelfth-century western Christendom is known to have initiated a divorce: Countess Beatrice of Guines (d.1146). Heir to a cross-Chanel estate, Beatrice in 1137 had married Aubrey de Vere III (d. 1194), heir to a sizable English barony. Young Vere was to safeguard Beatrice's hold in Guines against a rival male claimant. Almost immediately following his installation as count of Guines in 1138, however, he returned to England, abandoning his wife and ignoring several summons to return to Guines. Admittedly, there was much to keep him busy in England: the civil war between Stephen and Henry II's mother had intensified, Aubrey's father had been murdered and he himself had been made earl of Oxford by Matilda 'Empress.' When the Guines party finally sought annulment ca. 1145, it may have come as a relief to both spouses." (Parsons, p. 101)
Notes: "...[I]t appears that the wife of Alberic de Vere III was descended from William Malet through his daughter Beatrice, who was the wife of William de Archis. Their granddaughter, Beatrice, Countess of Guines, married the third Alberic de Vere, and thus William Malet's descendant became the wife of the Great Chamberlain of England, the successor of her great-uncle Robert Malet. It appears, however, that she was divorced without issue by Alberic, so that no portion of William Malet's blood flowed in the veins of the subsequent De Veres." (Malet, p. 17)
BEATRICE DE MAINE
Proprietary Title: Countess of Maine
BEATRICE DE MONTFORT (1245-1312)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Rochefort, Countess of Montfort-L’Aumary, 1249-1312
BEATRICE D'EVREUX (1392-1407)
Proprietary Title: Duchess of Nemours
BEATRICE DE PROVENCE (1234-1267)
Notes: "...The last of the Trencavels, Beatrix de Beziers, died sometime after 1322, possessing the small towns of Cesseras and Belveze." (Kibler, p. 925)
BEATRIX DE CUSANCE (1614-1663)
Proprietary Title: Baroness of Belvoir
Properties/Patrimony: "...Of greatest value was Beatrix's maternal inheritance from the House of Berghes, consisting of the counties of Walhain and Wavre in Brabant, the viscounty of Sebourg in Hainaut (now in France), several baronies and lordships, and claims to the large marquisate of Bergen-op-Zoom, in contested territory between the Southern Netherlands and the United Provinces." (Spangler, p. 243)
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Claude Francoies de Cusance (d.1633), Baron of Belvor and of Saint-Julien, and of Ernestine van Witthem (d.1649) Countess of Walhain
Partners/Progeny: Married (1) 1635 Eugene de Granvelle (d.1637), Prince de Cantecroix; (2) 1637 (div. 1642) Charles IV of Lorraine (d.1675)
BEATRIX DE SABRAN (1182-1215 or 1248)
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Gap and Embrun, Lady of Caylar Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Reinier I of Sabran (c1160-c1224), Lord of Caylar, and of Garsende (c1160-1c1193), Countess of Forcalquier Progeny/Posterity: Married 1202 Guigues VI of Burgundy (c.1184-1237), Count of Albon with whom she had Beatrix of Burgundy (1206-1248) of Savoy
Notes: "...Beatrix de Cusance was kin to some of the highest ranking French-speaking families living in Spanish-ruled provinces, and heiress of prominent families in the Franche-Comte: Cusance, Verygy, Rye, Longvy and Neuchatel. Beatrix was also heiress in part of her mother, Ernestine de Witthem de Berghes, proprietess of several counties and baronies in Brabant and Flanders. Furthermore, Beatrix was a widow of the prince de Cantecroix, the last heir of the ancient House of Chalon, former counts of Burgundy and princes of Orange. Cantacroix himself was the son of a natural daughter of Emperor Rudolf II, and was heir to the immense wealth of the Cardinal de Granvelle, firs minister of Philip II...." (Spangler, p. 243)
BEATRICE DE FAUCIGNY (1237-1310)
BARBARA VON DAUN (d.1547)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Rixingen
BARTHE DE MARSAN
Proprietary Title: Viscountess of Marsan
BEATRICE DE BEAUSART (d.c1410-1419)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Croisilles
BEATRICE DE CLISSON (d.1448)
Proprietary Title: Countess of Porhoet, 1407-1448
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Olivier IV of Clisson and Catherine Beatrix of Laval
Progeny/Posterity: Married Alain VIII (d.1429), Viscount of Rohan, with whom she had Alain IX (c1382-1462).
Notes: "The last same member of the family, Olivier IV had amassed a great fortune, and some of Europe's most important figures owed money to his estate. Through his older daughter, the Rohan family acquired two-thirds of this wealth and became the greatest noble family of Brittany...." (Kibler and Zinn: 234)
Notes: "...But it was thanks to the patrimony they inherited from the constable Oliviers de Clisson that their landed power became considerable. Following the marriage of Beatrice de Clisson and Alain VIII, the viscount's son, Alain IX, inherited large lordships such as Josselin and Pont-Chateau. (Walsby, p. 151)
BEATRICE D'ALBON (1161-1228)
Proprietary Titles: Dauphine of Viennois, Countess of Albon, Grenoble, Oisans and Briancon, 1162-1228
Parents/Pedigree: She was the daughter of Guigues V of Albon and Beatrice of Montferrat. Her grandmother, Clemence of Burgundy, acted as regent for her from 1162 until her death in 1164. Beatrice's mother, Beatrice of Montferrat, then acted as regent from 1164.
BEATRICE I DE BIGORRE (d.1095)
a.k.a.Beatrix I de Bigorre
Proprietary Title: Countess of Bigorre, 1080-1095, succeeding her brother Raymond II.
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Bernard II of Bigorre and of Clemence.
Partner/Progeny: Married in 1079, as his 2nd wife, Centulle V of Bearn (d.1090), Viscount of Bearn, with whom she had Bernard III of Bigorre (d.1113) and Centulle II of Bigorre (d.1129)
BEATRICE II DE BIGORRE (d.1114)
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Proprietary Title: Countess of Bigorre, 1113-1114
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Bernard III of Bigorre.
Partner/Progeny: She married Pierre de Marsan (d.1163), Viscount of Marsan, and Count of Bigorre, in right of his wife, with whom she had Centulle III of Bigorre.
BEATRICE III DE BIGORRE (d.1194)
a.k.a. Etienette de Bigorre, Etienette de Marsan
[Bio1]
Proprietary Title: Viscountess of Marsan and Countess of Bigorre (Beatrix III), 1128-1194
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Centulle III of Bigorre and of Mathe of Baux. Partner/Progeny: Married (1) Pierre II of Dax; Married in 1180 (2) Bernard IV of Comminges (d.1225), Count of Comminges, 1176-1225, and Count of Bigorre, in right of his wife, with whom she had Petronille de Bigorre.
BEATRICE IV DE BIGORRE
Proprietary Title: Viscountess of Marsan, 1185-?
BEATRIX DE BOURBON (1320-83)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Creil
BEATRICE DE BOURBOURG
Proprietary Title: Countess of Guines, 1137-1141
Notes: "...Manasses, Count of Guines, succeeded to Baldwin his father, A.D. 1091, and is named with Emma, and their daughter Rosa, in a grant to the church of St. Sauveur, at Andres, made by him before the year 1106. He died about A.D. 1139 in the monastery at Andres, according to the chronicle of that house, Emma his countess surviving him. Rosa, his only daughter, wife of Henry, Castellan of Bourbourg, had died in her father's life-time, after giving birth to a daughter, Beatrice, who espoused Albericde Ver, eldest son of Alberic, the King's Chamberlain, termed by the French historians "Albertus Aper," and " Albericus Aper," probably because the Latin words aper and verres, a wild boar, were taken as synonymous. It may be supposed that it had been by the mediation of her grandmother, the Countess Emma, who dwelt much in England, that the heiress of the Count of Guines was thus married. Lambert of Ardres relates that, on the death of Count Manasses, Henry Castellan of Bourbourg sent to his son-in-law, Albertus Aper, intimating his apprehension that the lands of Guines might be treacherously seized, unless he should come over from England, and obtain investiture. Albert accordingly crossed the seas, and, rendering homage to Theodoric Count of Flanders, was invested with the Comte of Guines ; upon which, leaving his wife with her father, he returned to England...Albert continued to use the title of Count of Guines, but never returned to that country; and Beatrice, thus deserted by her husband, having obtained a divorce, re-married Baldwin, lord of Ardres, who claimed in her right the Comte of Guines, and was invested therewith by the Suzerain, the Count of Flandere. The claim of Baldwin was, however, contested by Arnold, the son of the Castellan of Gand, and nephew of the Count Manasses ; but the decease of Beatrice, shortly after her second marriage, put an end to the dispute, and the sovereignty of GuinesManasses both in France and in England devolved. Arnold died at his manor of Newington, in Kent, and his son Baldwin, Count of Guines, held that place in the reign of Richard I., A.D. 1191...." (Society of Antiquaries of London, p. 66)
BEATRICE I DE BOURGOGNE
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Burgundy; Countess Palatine of Burgundy
BEATRICE II DE BOURGOGNE
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Burgundy; Countess Palatine of Burgundy, 1205-1231
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE
Proprietary Title: Countess of Vienne, 1224
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE (c1195-1261)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Marnay
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE (d.1216-?)
Proprietary Title: Lady of Montreal
BEATRICE DE BOURGOGNE (1258-1310)
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Proprietary Titles: Lady of Bourbon, Lady of Saint-Just, Countess of Charolais;
Parents/Pedigree: She was the daughter of Jean de Burgundy, Comte de Charolais, and Agnes de Dampierre, Dame de Bourbon, who succeeded her mother as Lady of Bourbon and all the Bourbon estates.
Patrimony/Properties: "...She inherited the chatellenies of Charolles,Sauvement,Dondin, Mont-Saint-Vincent et Sanvignes under the will of her paternal grandfather 26 Sep 1272, but was deprived by her uncle Duc Robert II who was obliged to return these territories to her Apr 1277 and Aug 1279...." (FMG:Auvergne)
Partner/Progeny: She married, in 1272, Robert of France, Comte de Clermont (1256-1318), youngest son of Louis IX, who invested him as Count of Clermont in 1269. By this marriage, Robert of Clermont, obtained with her the lordships of Bourbon l'Archambaud, of Bourbonnais, Charolais and Saint Just. Their eldest son, Louis I became the 1st Duke of Bourbon. They had 6 children.
BEATRICE DE CHAMPLITTE (1162-1217/19)
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Proprietary Title: Lady of Clefmont
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Eudes I of Champlitte (d. 1187), Viscount of Dijon, and granddaughter of Hugues, Count of Troyes.
Power Exercised: She ruled Clefmont as a widow for six years until her remarriage in 1196.
Partner/Progeny: Married, in 1179, as his 2nd wife Simon III of Clefmont (1155-1190). Beatrice had 3 children before Simon.
BEATRICE DE CRECY (d.1172)
Proprietary Title: Countess of Crecy, 1118, inheriting Crecy "...when her brother, Hugues of Crecy, took the monastic habit in penance for killing Milo II of Bray-sur-Maine...." (Evergates, p. 226)
Parents/Pedigree: 2nd Daughter of Gui the Red (d.1108), Count of Rochefort, and the heiress-countess of Crecy.
Partners/Progeny: Married (1) Manasses of Tournan, with whom she had 3 sons, including Jean de Possesse who succeeded to his paternal lands; married (2) 1137/40 Dreux de Pierrefonds (d. 1160), 4th son and heir of Nevel II of Pierrefonds, with whom she had 2 children, including Agathe de Pierrefonds, who inherited Pierrefonds. (Evergates, p. 226)
BEATRICE DE GAND
Proprietary Title: Lady of Alost
Parents/Paternity: Daughter of Baudouin III, whom she succeeded in Alost
Partner/Progeny: Henri, Chatelain of Bourborg
BEATRICE DE GUINES
Notes: "...Countess Emma of Guines (d. ca. 1140)---rather than her husband, Count Manasses (d. 1137O)---was reportedly responsible for selecting Aubrey de Vere III as a husband for her granddaughter Beatrice, heir to Guines...." (Parsons, p. 105)
Notes: "...Yet only one earlier countess in the twelfth-century western Christendom is known to have initiated a divorce: Countess Beatrice of Guines (d.1146). Heir to a cross-Chanel estate, Beatrice in 1137 had married Aubrey de Vere III (d. 1194), heir to a sizable English barony. Young Vere was to safeguard Beatrice's hold in Guines against a rival male claimant. Almost immediately following his installation as count of Guines in 1138, however, he returned to England, abandoning his wife and ignoring several summons to return to Guines. Admittedly, there was much to keep him busy in England: the civil war between Stephen and Henry II's mother had intensified, Aubrey's father had been murdered and he himself had been made earl of Oxford by Matilda 'Empress.' When the Guines party finally sought annulment ca. 1145, it may have come as a relief to both spouses." (Parsons, p. 101)
Notes: "...[I]t appears that the wife of Alberic de Vere III was descended from William Malet through his daughter Beatrice, who was the wife of William de Archis. Their granddaughter, Beatrice, Countess of Guines, married the third Alberic de Vere, and thus William Malet's descendant became the wife of the Great Chamberlain of England, the successor of her great-uncle Robert Malet. It appears, however, that she was divorced without issue by Alberic, so that no portion of William Malet's blood flowed in the veins of the subsequent De Veres." (Malet, p. 17)
BEATRICE DE MAINE
Proprietary Title: Countess of Maine
BEATRICE DE MONTFORT (1245-1312)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Rochefort, Countess of Montfort-L’Aumary, 1249-1312
BEATRICE D'EVREUX (1392-1407)
Proprietary Title: Duchess of Nemours
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Proprietary Titles: Lady of Forcalquier; Countess of Provence, 1245-1267
Notes: "In the year 1245, these fiefs (i.e., Piedmont; the county of Arles or Eastern Provence; the county of Fourcalquier or Western Provence; the Venaissin or county of Avignon; and the principality of Orange) became the inheritance of Beatrice, daughter and heiress of Raimond Berenger, count of Provence. The partial father had given to his three elder daughters, the queens of England and France, and the titular empress of Germany, a marriage portion of but ten thousand marks of silver each, whilst to his youngest and favourite child Beatrice, he left territories which incited the ambition of the feudal princes of France and Spain to use every means of force or stratagem to obtain the hand of the young countess. The celebrated Romeo de Villeneuve was appointed the guardian of her dominions; and the abbess, the prioress, and an inferior nun, of a convent near St. Remy, were entrusted with the care of her person, for which purpose they left the seclusion of their convent to reside at the court of Aix. Beatrice was surrounded with danger on every side, and in order to secure to her the peaceable possession of her inheritance, her guardians, with the consent of her mother and her sisters, bestowed her hand, before the expiration of the year of her father's death, on Charles of France, brother of St. Louis, who, to procure an alliance so advantageous to the House of France, bestowed on his brother the counties of Anjou and Maine, and thenceforward this prince is known in history by the name of Charles of Anjou." (Historical Life of Joanna of Sicily: 3)
BEATRICE DE SAY
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II
Partner/Progeny: Married Geoffrey Fitz Peter (c1162-1213), Earl of Essex. "Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress of her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl." (Wikipedia)
Notes: "...But by the end of the twelfth century, the aristocracy of England had accepted the custom of primogeniture, which could prevail despite relatives' wishes and permit a female, or a minor of either sex, to inherit to the exclusion of an adult male. Beatrice de Say (d. c1197) discovered the strength of this custom after the death of her nephew, Earl William de Mandeville of Essex (d.1189). William's nine-year marriage to Countess Hawise of Aumale was childless, and in 1189 his heir was his paternal aunt Beatrice, then in her eighties. She wished to turn over the Mandeville honor to her younger son, Geoffrey de Say (d. 1214), rather than to the daughters of her deceased elder son William (d. c1177). Richard I was then preparing for his crusade and, desperate for funds, allowed an exception to the rule of primogeniture for an appropriately large sum of money. But when Geoffrey de Say fell behind on his payments, Geoffrey fits Peter (d.1213), husband of Beatrice's eldest granddaughter, was well-positioned within the royal administration and successfully advanced his wife's claims to the earldom. Fits Peter arranged to have his counteroffer accepted and eventually became earl of Essex in his wife's right...." (Parsons, p. 105)
BEATRIX D'AVESNES (d.1321)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Beaumont
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Baudouin d'Avesnes, Lord of Beaumont, and of Felicite de Coucy.
Partner/Progeny: Married in 1261 Henri VI of Luxembourg with whom she had issue.
Power Exercised: "...She was regent of Luxembourg, 1288-1295, during the minority of her son, after which she retired to Valenciennes....." (FMG)
Patronages: "...Beaumont was founded at some time after November 1308 by Beatrice d'Avesnes, Countess of Luxembourg in her home, the Hotel de Beaumont, within Valenciennes ramparts, after she heard that her son Henry had been elected Holy Roman Emperor. Further details of the privileges enjoyed by Beaumont as a Dominican convent are to be found in two grants confirmed by Pope John XXII in 1316...." (Lee, p. 23)
Notes: "Beaumont Abbey was founded in 1310 by Beatrice d'Avesnes, countess of Luxemburg, cousin of Count Jean II of Hainaut and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VII. Granddaughter of Marguerite de Constantinople, the countess followed her grandmother's example at Flines by creating a convent around the family property at Beaumont that would become a haven for both her daughter and granddaughter. After her death in 1321, she was buried in a freestanding tomb in the middle of the choir of the abbey church. Nearby...stood the tomb of her daughter, Fedicite de Luxembourg, lady of Louvain (d. 1336), who spent her last years in the convent...." (Morganstern and Goodall, p. 60)
Notes: "...Beatrice of Avesnes [was] Lady of Beaumont and heiress to the lordships of Dourlers and Consorres (1265)... Beatrice was the daughter of Baldwin of Avesnes, Seigneur of Beaumont, and Felicite of Coucy and the marriage [with Henry VI of Luxemburg] was probably arranged in the hope that it might lead to an amicable arrangement as to Namur. She had been given a fine education by her father, who, according to Ingelbram (sic) de Coucy, was one of the wisest knights of his day. She followed her father's example in bringing up her own children and must have been a remarkable woman, surviving both her elder sons before she died in her native city of Valenciennes." (Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, pp. 102-103)
BEATRIX DE BEZIERS
Notes: "In the year 1245, these fiefs (i.e., Piedmont; the county of Arles or Eastern Provence; the county of Fourcalquier or Western Provence; the Venaissin or county of Avignon; and the principality of Orange) became the inheritance of Beatrice, daughter and heiress of Raimond Berenger, count of Provence. The partial father had given to his three elder daughters, the queens of England and France, and the titular empress of Germany, a marriage portion of but ten thousand marks of silver each, whilst to his youngest and favourite child Beatrice, he left territories which incited the ambition of the feudal princes of France and Spain to use every means of force or stratagem to obtain the hand of the young countess. The celebrated Romeo de Villeneuve was appointed the guardian of her dominions; and the abbess, the prioress, and an inferior nun, of a convent near St. Remy, were entrusted with the care of her person, for which purpose they left the seclusion of their convent to reside at the court of Aix. Beatrice was surrounded with danger on every side, and in order to secure to her the peaceable possession of her inheritance, her guardians, with the consent of her mother and her sisters, bestowed her hand, before the expiration of the year of her father's death, on Charles of France, brother of St. Louis, who, to procure an alliance so advantageous to the House of France, bestowed on his brother the counties of Anjou and Maine, and thenceforward this prince is known in history by the name of Charles of Anjou." (Historical Life of Joanna of Sicily: 3)
BEATRICE DE SAY
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II
Partner/Progeny: Married Geoffrey Fitz Peter (c1162-1213), Earl of Essex. "Around this time Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, daughter and eventual co-heiress of William de Say II. This William was the elder son of William de Say I and Beatrice, sister of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex. This connection with the Mandeville family was later to prove unexpectedly important. In 1184 Geoffrey's father-in-law died, and he received a share of the de Say inheritance by right of his wife, co-heiress of her father. He also eventually gained the title of earl of Essex by right of his wife, becoming the 4th earl." (Wikipedia)
Notes: "...But by the end of the twelfth century, the aristocracy of England had accepted the custom of primogeniture, which could prevail despite relatives' wishes and permit a female, or a minor of either sex, to inherit to the exclusion of an adult male. Beatrice de Say (d. c1197) discovered the strength of this custom after the death of her nephew, Earl William de Mandeville of Essex (d.1189). William's nine-year marriage to Countess Hawise of Aumale was childless, and in 1189 his heir was his paternal aunt Beatrice, then in her eighties. She wished to turn over the Mandeville honor to her younger son, Geoffrey de Say (d. 1214), rather than to the daughters of her deceased elder son William (d. c1177). Richard I was then preparing for his crusade and, desperate for funds, allowed an exception to the rule of primogeniture for an appropriately large sum of money. But when Geoffrey de Say fell behind on his payments, Geoffrey fits Peter (d.1213), husband of Beatrice's eldest granddaughter, was well-positioned within the royal administration and successfully advanced his wife's claims to the earldom. Fits Peter arranged to have his counteroffer accepted and eventually became earl of Essex in his wife's right...." (Parsons, p. 105)
BEATRIX D'AVESNES (d.1321)
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Beaumont
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Baudouin d'Avesnes, Lord of Beaumont, and of Felicite de Coucy.
Partner/Progeny: Married in 1261 Henri VI of Luxembourg with whom she had issue.
Power Exercised: "...She was regent of Luxembourg, 1288-1295, during the minority of her son, after which she retired to Valenciennes....." (FMG)
Patronages: "...Beaumont was founded at some time after November 1308 by Beatrice d'Avesnes, Countess of Luxembourg in her home, the Hotel de Beaumont, within Valenciennes ramparts, after she heard that her son Henry had been elected Holy Roman Emperor. Further details of the privileges enjoyed by Beaumont as a Dominican convent are to be found in two grants confirmed by Pope John XXII in 1316...." (Lee, p. 23)
Notes: "Beaumont Abbey was founded in 1310 by Beatrice d'Avesnes, countess of Luxemburg, cousin of Count Jean II of Hainaut and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VII. Granddaughter of Marguerite de Constantinople, the countess followed her grandmother's example at Flines by creating a convent around the family property at Beaumont that would become a haven for both her daughter and granddaughter. After her death in 1321, she was buried in a freestanding tomb in the middle of the choir of the abbey church. Nearby...stood the tomb of her daughter, Fedicite de Luxembourg, lady of Louvain (d. 1336), who spent her last years in the convent...." (Morganstern and Goodall, p. 60)
Notes: "...Beatrice of Avesnes [was] Lady of Beaumont and heiress to the lordships of Dourlers and Consorres (1265)... Beatrice was the daughter of Baldwin of Avesnes, Seigneur of Beaumont, and Felicite of Coucy and the marriage [with Henry VI of Luxemburg] was probably arranged in the hope that it might lead to an amicable arrangement as to Namur. She had been given a fine education by her father, who, according to Ingelbram (sic) de Coucy, was one of the wisest knights of his day. She followed her father's example in bringing up her own children and must have been a remarkable woman, surviving both her elder sons before she died in her native city of Valenciennes." (Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, pp. 102-103)
BEATRIX DE BEZIERS
Notes: "...The last of the Trencavels, Beatrix de Beziers, died sometime after 1322, possessing the small towns of Cesseras and Belveze." (Kibler, p. 925)
BEATRIX DE CUSANCE (1614-1663)
Proprietary Title: Baroness of Belvoir
Properties/Patrimony: "...Of greatest value was Beatrix's maternal inheritance from the House of Berghes, consisting of the counties of Walhain and Wavre in Brabant, the viscounty of Sebourg in Hainaut (now in France), several baronies and lordships, and claims to the large marquisate of Bergen-op-Zoom, in contested territory between the Southern Netherlands and the United Provinces." (Spangler, p. 243)
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Claude Francoies de Cusance (d.1633), Baron of Belvor and of Saint-Julien, and of Ernestine van Witthem (d.1649) Countess of Walhain
Partners/Progeny: Married (1) 1635 Eugene de Granvelle (d.1637), Prince de Cantecroix; (2) 1637 (div. 1642) Charles IV of Lorraine (d.1675)
BEATRIX DE SABRAN (1182-1215 or 1248)
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Gap and Embrun, Lady of Caylar Parents/Pedigree: Daughter of Reinier I of Sabran (c1160-c1224), Lord of Caylar, and of Garsende (c1160-1c1193), Countess of Forcalquier Progeny/Posterity: Married 1202 Guigues VI of Burgundy (c.1184-1237), Count of Albon with whom she had Beatrix of Burgundy (1206-1248) of Savoy
Notes: "...Beatrix de Cusance was kin to some of the highest ranking French-speaking families living in Spanish-ruled provinces, and heiress of prominent families in the Franche-Comte: Cusance, Verygy, Rye, Longvy and Neuchatel. Beatrix was also heiress in part of her mother, Ernestine de Witthem de Berghes, proprietess of several counties and baronies in Brabant and Flanders. Furthermore, Beatrix was a widow of the prince de Cantecroix, the last heir of the ancient House of Chalon, former counts of Burgundy and princes of Orange. Cantacroix himself was the son of a natural daughter of Emperor Rudolf II, and was heir to the immense wealth of the Cardinal de Granvelle, firs minister of Philip II...." (Spangler, p. 243)
BEATRICE DE FAUCIGNY (1237-1310)
Also known as: Beatrice de Savoie; Beatrix of Savoy; la Grande Dauphine
Proprietary Titles: Lady of Faucigny, 1268-1296 which she inherited from her mother, Agnes of Faucigny
Other Titles: Dauphine of Viennois; Countess of Bearn
Parents/Pedigree: Pierre II of Savoy & Agnes of Faucigny
Notes: "The peak territorial expansion achieved under the 'Little Charlemagne' could not be maintained. Pierre's only child was Beatrice, who inherited the barony of Faucigny from her mother and transmitted it to the descendants of her husband, the dauphin of Viennois, a dangerous rival of the Savoyards. Efforts to recover the barony were unsuccessful, and the dauphins thereafter had a foothold in the very heart of the Savoyard Alps. . . ." (The Green Count of Savoy: 21)
BEATRICE DE SAVOIE (1205-1267)
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Forcalquier and of Gap, 1245-1256
Proprietary Titles: Countess of Forcalquier and of Gap, 1245-1256
Parents/Pedigree: Beatrice was the daughter of Tomasso I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva.
Progeny/Posterity: She married, in 1219, Raymond Berenger IV of Provence (d.1245), with whom she had 4 daughters, who all became queens, and a son who died young.
Notes: "...[H]er husband had left her the usufruct of the county of Provence for her lifetime... [H]er seat in Forcalquier and Gap, her mother-in-law's lands, she inherited from her husband and ruled from 1245 to 1256... In 1258, Beatrice's mother Margaret of Geneva died, leaving her daughter all her possessions in the Alps and Beatrice took up residence in Menuet with a large entourage. She founded a hospital at Les Echelles for the knights of St. John of Jerusalem to care for the poor and left money to almshouses and hospitals and for the repair of roads and bridges as well as to retainers and relatives..." (Epistolae - Beatrice of Savoy).
Notes: "In his will, drawn up in 1238, the count had dowered his wife most generously. She obtained the usufruct of the whole county of Provence, holdings in Forcalquier and gap, and some castles along the Durance." (Labarge, p. 84)) (See also Labarge, pp. 79-87)
BEATRICE DE THIERN (c1174-1227)
a.k.a. Beatrice of Thiers
Proprietary Title: Countess of Chalon, 1202-1227
BEATRICE DE VIENNOIS"...Guigues IX left one only daughter behind him, by name of Beatrix, who being married to Hugh the Third, duke of Burgundy, brought him this country as a dowry. Their son Andrew, with respect to his grandfather by the mother's side, assumed the title of Dauphin and Guigues...." (Busching and Murdoch, n.p.)
Beatrice of Edessa
Power Exercised: Countess of Edessa as wife of Joscelin II of Edessa, who, after his death in 1159, "...sold the remaining castles of Edessa, which she was unable to defend, to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus in return for an annual pension to be paid for life to her and her children. She then retired with her son Joscelin and with Agnes to her own estates at Saone in the principality of Antioch...." (Hamilton, p. 24)
Progeny/Posterity: She married, in 1219, Raymond Berenger IV of Provence (d.1245), with whom she had 4 daughters, who all became queens, and a son who died young.
Notes: "...[H]er husband had left her the usufruct of the county of Provence for her lifetime... [H]er seat in Forcalquier and Gap, her mother-in-law's lands, she inherited from her husband and ruled from 1245 to 1256... In 1258, Beatrice's mother Margaret of Geneva died, leaving her daughter all her possessions in the Alps and Beatrice took up residence in Menuet with a large entourage. She founded a hospital at Les Echelles for the knights of St. John of Jerusalem to care for the poor and left money to almshouses and hospitals and for the repair of roads and bridges as well as to retainers and relatives..." (Epistolae - Beatrice of Savoy).
Notes: "In his will, drawn up in 1238, the count had dowered his wife most generously. She obtained the usufruct of the whole county of Provence, holdings in Forcalquier and gap, and some castles along the Durance." (Labarge, p. 84)) (See also Labarge, pp. 79-87)
BEATRICE DE THIERN (c1174-1227)
a.k.a. Beatrice of Thiers
Proprietary Title: Countess of Chalon, 1202-1227
BEATRICE DE VIENNOIS"...Guigues IX left one only daughter behind him, by name of Beatrix, who being married to Hugh the Third, duke of Burgundy, brought him this country as a dowry. Their son Andrew, with respect to his grandfather by the mother's side, assumed the title of Dauphin and Guigues...." (Busching and Murdoch, n.p.)
Beatrice of Edessa
Power Exercised: Countess of Edessa as wife of Joscelin II of Edessa, who, after his death in 1159, "...sold the remaining castles of Edessa, which she was unable to defend, to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus in return for an annual pension to be paid for life to her and her children. She then retired with her son Joscelin and with Agnes to her own estates at Saone in the principality of Antioch...." (Hamilton, p. 24)
BEATRICE LASCARIS DE TENDA (1372-1418)
[Bio1] [Pix1] (Hale, p. 145)
Parents/Pedigree: She was the daughter of Pietro Balbo II... "She was part of the Lascaris di Ventimiglia Conti di Tenda, a branch of the House of Ventimiglia, who were sovereigns of a large province Maritime Alps are." (Wikipedia)
Patrimony and Properties: "...Fazino Cane, who during the troubles in Lombardy had made himself Lord of Vercelli, Alessandria, Novara, and Tortona, and had amassed great wealth, dying without issue, left his wife Beatrice heiress of all his possessions, with directions to his friends to bring about her marriage with Filippo...." (The Florentine History, p. 70). "...As a result of his [Filippo Maria Visconti] betrothal to Beatrice Lascaris, widow of Facino Cane, Filippo Maria had instant access to Facino's fortune and armies, including those under the command of the redoubtable Francesco Bussone, il Carmagnola. With these resources he was able, on 16 June 1412, to retake Milan from Estorre and Gian Carlo Visconti, Bernabo's heirs... Through his wife, Filippo Maria had control of Facino's own dominions, including Tortona, Novara, and Vigevano (Alessandria itself had to be taken by force)...." (Black, 2010, p. 74)
Progeny/Posterity: She married, firstly, in 1403 Facino Cane, Count of Biandrate, and secondly, Duke Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan.
BEATRICE FERILLO
Proprietary Title: Heiress of Muro Lucano
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter and heiress of Giovanni Alfonso, Conte di Muro Lucano
Partner/Progeny: Married, as his 2nd wife, Don Ferrante, Duca di Gravina (d.1549) (German Language Institute)
BEATRIX OF THE NETHERLANDS
Proprietary Title: Queen of the Netherlands, 1980-Present
BEATRICE DE LEMOS
Proprietary Titles: 7th Lady of Lemos and Sarria
Partner/Progeny: Married Pedro Alvarez Osorio, Lord of Cabrera, created Count of Lemos (1457)
BLANCHE OF LANCASTER
Properties: "By this marriage, John of Gaunt became the most extensive landholder in England, having estates in eighteen English counties, besides lands and castles on the Contienent, and property of great value in the principality of Wales...." (Halstead and Beaufort, p. 5)
Note: "At the age of nineteen, he married his cousin Blanch, younger daughter and eventually sole heiress of Henry Duke of Lancaster, surnamed the Good, who brought him the duchy, and in whose right he assumed the title, which was confirmed to him by his father Edward the Third in the year 1362." (Halsted and Beaufort, pp. 4-5)
[Bio1] [Pix1] (Hale, p. 145)
Parents/Pedigree: She was the daughter of Pietro Balbo II... "She was part of the Lascaris di Ventimiglia Conti di Tenda, a branch of the House of Ventimiglia, who were sovereigns of a large province Maritime Alps are." (Wikipedia)
Patrimony and Properties: "...Fazino Cane, who during the troubles in Lombardy had made himself Lord of Vercelli, Alessandria, Novara, and Tortona, and had amassed great wealth, dying without issue, left his wife Beatrice heiress of all his possessions, with directions to his friends to bring about her marriage with Filippo...." (The Florentine History, p. 70). "...As a result of his [Filippo Maria Visconti] betrothal to Beatrice Lascaris, widow of Facino Cane, Filippo Maria had instant access to Facino's fortune and armies, including those under the command of the redoubtable Francesco Bussone, il Carmagnola. With these resources he was able, on 16 June 1412, to retake Milan from Estorre and Gian Carlo Visconti, Bernabo's heirs... Through his wife, Filippo Maria had control of Facino's own dominions, including Tortona, Novara, and Vigevano (Alessandria itself had to be taken by force)...." (Black, 2010, p. 74)
Progeny/Posterity: She married, firstly, in 1403 Facino Cane, Count of Biandrate, and secondly, Duke Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan.
BEATRICE FERILLO
Proprietary Title: Heiress of Muro Lucano
Parents/Pedigree: Daughter and heiress of Giovanni Alfonso, Conte di Muro Lucano
Partner/Progeny: Married, as his 2nd wife, Don Ferrante, Duca di Gravina (d.1549) (German Language Institute)
BEATRIX OF THE NETHERLANDS
Proprietary Title: Queen of the Netherlands, 1980-Present
BEATRICE DE LEMOS
Proprietary Titles: 7th Lady of Lemos and Sarria
Partner/Progeny: Married Pedro Alvarez Osorio, Lord of Cabrera, created Count of Lemos (1457)
BLANCHE OF LANCASTER
Properties: "By this marriage, John of Gaunt became the most extensive landholder in England, having estates in eighteen English counties, besides lands and castles on the Contienent, and property of great value in the principality of Wales...." (Halstead and Beaufort, p. 5)
Note: "At the age of nineteen, he married his cousin Blanch, younger daughter and eventually sole heiress of Henry Duke of Lancaster, surnamed the Good, who brought him the duchy, and in whose right he assumed the title, which was confirmed to him by his father Edward the Third in the year 1362." (Halsted and Beaufort, pp. 4-5)
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