Beatrice of Provence

Beatrice of Provence
14th-century miniature of Queen Beatrice from the Bible of Naples
Countess of Provence and Forcalquier
Reign19 August 1245 – 23 September 1267
PredecessorRaymond Berenguer IV
SuccessorCharles II
Queen consort of Sicily and Naples
Tenure26 February 1266 – 23 September 1267
Bornc. 1229
Died23 September 1267 (aged 37–38)
Spouse
(m. 1246)
Issue
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Beatrice, Latin Empress
Charles II, King of Naples
Philip
Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary
HouseBarcelona
FatherRamon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
MotherBeatrice of Savoy

Beatrice of Provence (c. 1229[1] – 23 September 1267), was the ruling Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1245 until her death, as well as Countess of Anjou and Maine, Queen of Sicily and Naples by marriage to Charles I of Naples.

She was the fourth and youngest daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence and Forcalquier[2] by his wife Beatrice, in turn daughter of Count Thomas I of Savoy[3] and Margaret of Geneva.[4]

  1. ^ Davin 1963, p. 182.
  2. ^ "Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores, Tomus XXIII, Annales Sancti Victoris Massilienses, anno 1245, p. 5". Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ Peter der Zweite Graf von Savoyen, Markgraf in Italien, sein Haus und seine Lande, doc. 49, pp. 22-23.
  4. ^ "Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores, Tomus XXIII, Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium, anno 1235, p. 938". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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