Infante don Alfonso Berenguer II DE ARAGÓN, Comte de Provence
(Abt 1180-1209)
Gersende DE SABRAN, Comtesse de Forcalquier
(1181-1230)
Thomas DE MAURIENNE, Comte de Savoie, Aosta & Moriana
(1176-1232)
Marguerite (Beatrix) DE GENÈVE
(-1257)
Ramón IV BÉRENGAR, Comte de Provence
(Abt 1198-1245)
Ctsse Beatrix DE SAVOIE
(Abt 1205-1266)
Béatrice BÉRENGAR, Comtesse de Provence
(1232/4-1267)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Cte Charles I Étienne D' ANJOU et du Maine, King of Sicily

Béatrice BÉRENGAR, Comtesse de Provence

  • Born: 1232/4, Bouches-du-Rhone, Aix-En-Provence, Provence
  • Married: 31 Jan 1245/6, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France
  • Died: 23 Sep 1267, Nocera, Calabria, Italy
  • Buried: Cathedral of San Gennaro, Naples

  Generally referred to as Béatrice DE PROVENCE.

  Research Notes:

The testament of “R. Berengarius…comes et marchio Provincie et comes Forcalquerii”, dated 20 Jun 1238, names “Margaritam filiam nostrum…reginam Francie…Elionors filiam nostrum…reginam Anglie…Sanciam filiam nostram” and appoints “Beatricem filiam nostrum heredem generalem”. Her birth date is estimated on the assumption that she was 12/14 years old at the time of her marriage in 1246.

She succeeded in 1245 as BEATRICE Ctss de Provence, in accordance with the testament of her father. The Annales Sancti Victoris Massilienses record the marriage "1246 mense Ian pridie Kal Feb" of "Karolus comes, frater Lodovici Francorum regis" and "Beatrice filia comitis Provincie Raimundi Berengarii bone memorie".

A second testament of "Beatrix relicta…Dom. Reymundi Berengarii comitis provinciæ", dated 22 Feb 1264, adds bequests to "…Beatrice Andegavie comitisse". The testament of "Beatrix…Regina Sicilie, Ducatus Apuliæ et Principatus Capuæ, Andegavensis, Provinciæ et Forcalquerii Comitissa" is dated "die Mercurii in crastino Beatorum Peteri et Pauli Apostolorum" in 1266, with bequests to "filium nostrum Philippum…Domini Caroli…Regis Siciliæ…mariti nostri…filiam nostram Blancham maritatam Roberto Flandrensi…Carolus filius noster primogenitus…Beatricem filiam nostram…Isabellim filiam nostram…" and naming "bonæ memoriæ Domini Raimundi Berengarii quondam patris nostri".

The Istoria of Saba Malaspina records the death of "regina" in Naples, dated to 1267 from the context. An inscription in Naples Cathedral records “domina regina Beatrix uxor domini Caroli de Francia rigis Siciliæ” 1267. 1

  Marriage Information:

Béatrice married Cte Charles I Étienne D' ANJOU et du Maine, King of Sicily, son of Louis VIII "Cœur de Lion" CAPET, King of France, and Infanta doña Blanca DE CASTILLA, on 31 Jan 1245/6 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France. (Charles I Étienne D' ANJOU was born on 21 Mar 1226/7 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, died on 7 Jan 1284/5 in Foggia Castle, Foggia, Apulia, and was buried in Cathedral of San Gennaro, Naples.)

Sources


1 Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands: Beatrice de Provence.


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