Beatrice of Avesnes
Beatrice d'Avesnes | |
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| Died | 25 February 1321 |
| Noble family | Avesnes |
| Spouse(s) | Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg |
| Father | Baldwin of Avesnes |
| Mother | Felicitas of Coucy |
Beatrice d'Avesnes (died: 1321) was a daughter of Baldwin of Avesnes and his wife Felicitas of Coucy.[1] Baldwin was the son of Bouchard IV of Avesnes. In 1310, she founded Beaumont Abbey.[2]
Beatrice married, in 1265, Count Henry VI of Luxembourg[3] and was the mother of:
- Henry VII (1274–1313), Count of Luxemburg, King of the Romans in 1308 and Emperor in 1312.[2]
- Walram (d. 1311), Lord of Dourlers, Thirimont en Consorre
- Felicitas (d. 1336),[2] married in 1298 John Tristan (d. 1309), Count of Leuven
- Baldwin (1285–1354), Archbishop of Trier (1307–1354)
- Margaret (d. 1336), a nun in Lille and in Marienthal.
References
[edit]- ^ Gades 1951, p. 103.
- ^ a b c Morganstern 2000, p. 60.
- ^ Gades 1951, p. 102-103.
Sources
[edit]- Gades, John A. (1951). Luxemburg in the Middle Ages. Brill.
- Morganstern, Anne McGee (2000). Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries, and England. Penn State University Press.
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