Individual Details
Empress Beatrice de Burgundy
(1143 - 15 Nov 1185)
Events
| Birth | 1143 | ||||
| Marriage | 9 Jun 1156 | Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bayern, Germany - King of Germany Frederick 1st Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor |  | ||
| Death | 15 Nov 1185 |
Families
| Spouse | King of Germany Frederick 1st Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor (1122 - 1190) |
| Child | Philip van Swabia (House of Hohenstaufen) King of the Germans (1177 - 1208) |
Notes
Marriage
She was the second wife of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and as such was styled Empress. Her maternal grandparents were Simon I, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Adelaide of Leuven. Beatrice was active at the Hohenstaufen court, encouraging literary works and chivalric ideals. She accompanied her husband on his travels and campaigns across his kingdom, and Frederick Barbarossa was known to be under Beatrice's influence. She was crowned Holy Roman Empress by Antipope Paschal III in Rome on 1 August 1167, and later as Queen of Burgundy at Vienne in August 1178.The poem Carmen de gestis Frederici I imperatoris in Lombardia, written about 1162, describes Beatrice upon her wedding day:
"Venus did not have this virgin's beauty,
Minerva did not have her brilliant mind
And Juno did not have her wealth.
There never was another except God's mother Mary
And Beatrice is so happy she excels her."