Beatrice II Countess of Burgundy [57816] ¹²⁷

  General Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_II,_Countess_of_Burgundy

  Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded: Countess, 1205. She was born in 1191, younger sister of Countess Joanna I of Burgundy . From the time of her father's assassination at Besançon in 1200, she was next-in-line to the County, eventually succeeding Joanna after her death in 1205. Her uncle Philip of Swabia , German king since 1198, had ensured her Burgundian heritage.

Beatrice married Otto I Duke of Merania [63740] [MRIN: 13772] in 1208. (Otto I Duke of Merania [63740] was born in 1180 and died in 1234.)