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Beatrice of Avesnes

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Beatrice d'Avesnes
Died(1321-02-25)25 February 1321
Noble familyAvesnes
Spouse(s)Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
FatherBaldwin of Avesnes
MotherFelicitas 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

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  1. ^ Gades 1951, p. 103.
  2. ^ a b c Morganstern 2000, p. 60.
  3. ^ Gades 1951, p. 102-103.

Sources

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  • 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.