Beatrice of Silesia

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Beatrice of Silesia
Queen consort of Germany
Tenure1314–1322
BornVM 1290
Died24 August 1322 (aged 31–32)
SpouseLouis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Issue
Silesian Piast
FatherBolko I the Strict
MotherBeatrice of Brandenburg

Beatrice of Silesia (also known as Beatrice of Świdnica;

House of Piast in the Silesian branch of Jawor-Świdnica
and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria and German Queen.

Family

She was the second daughter of

better source needed][2]

Beatrice was the third of ten children born to her mother and father. Her siblings included: Bernard of Świdnica, Henry I of Jawor, Bolko II of Ziębice and Judith, wife of Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria.

Seven years after the death of Beatrice's father and the birth of her posthumous sister, Anna, her mother Beatrice was remarried to Władysław of Bytom. From this marriage, Beatrice and her siblings gained two half-siblings: Casimir of Koźle and Euphemia, wife of Konrad I of Oleśnica.

Life

After her father's early death in 1301, Beatrice and her siblings were placed under the tutelage of their maternal uncle Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel until 1305, when the oldest son of Bolko I, Bernard, assumed the government of his domains and the guardianship of his younger siblings, including Beatrix.

It was this brother Bernard who, wanting to secure an alliance with Bavaria, arranged Beatrice's marriage to

Louis V the Brandenburger -later Duke of Upper Bavaria, Margrave of Brandenburg and Count of Tyrol- and Stephen II – later Duke of Lower Bavaria
.

Duke Louis IV was elected

Isabella of Aragon
, wife of Frederick I.

Beatrice died, at Munich, a long time before her husband's coronation as Holy Roman Emperor (in 1328). Two years after her death, Louis IV was remarried to Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut.

Issue

Louis and Beatrix had six children; three of them lived to adulthood:

  1. Meißen), married at Nuremberg 1 July 1329 Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
    (d. 1349)
  2. Daughter (end September 1314 – died shortly after).
  3. Louis V the Brandenburger (July 1316 – 17/18 September 1361), duke of Upper Bavaria, margrave of Brandenburg, count of Tyrol
  4. Anna (c. July 1317[3] – 29 January 1319, Kastl)
  5. Agnes (c. 1318 – died shortly after).
  6. Stephen II (autumn 1319 – 19 May 1375), duke of Lower Bavaria

Notes and references

  1. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of Konrad I, Duke of Głogów". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source]
  2. Henry III, Duke of Glogów
    with further references).
  3. ^ Mumie Anna - Die Rettung einer Prinzessin (in German) [retrieved 5 August 2016].
Royal titles
Preceded by
Isabella of Aragon
(1315–1322)
Succeeded by