PROVENCE, Queen Beatrice de^[1]

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• Name	PROVENCE, Beatrice de
  Prefix	Queen
  Birth	1234	Aix en Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Sep 1267	Bouches-du-Rhone, Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
  Death	23 Sep 1267	Nocera Superiore, Salerno, Campania, Italy
  WAC	7 Dec 1933	MANTI
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  Father	PROVENCE, Count Raimund Berenger IV ,   b. 23 Sep 1198, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Franced. 19 Aug 1245, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (Age 46 years)
  Mother	SAVOY, Countess Beatrice ,   b. 1 Nov 1198, Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, Franced. 4 Jan 1267, Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1219	Provence, France
  Family ID	F23167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	CORNWALL, Earl Richard ,   b. 5 Jan 1209, Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, Englandd. 2 Apr 1272, Berkhampsted, Hertsfordshire, England (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1243	Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F23927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	NAPLES, Carlo ,   b. 21 Mar 1226, Paris, Seine, France Paris, Seine, Franced. 7 Jan 1285, Foggia, Apulia, Italy (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	1246
  Family ID	F24080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 3	SICILY, King Carlo ,   b. 21 Mar 1227, of Anjou, Paris, Seine, France of Anjou, Paris, Seine, Franced. 7 Jan 1285, Foggia, Apulia, Italy (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1246
  Children	4 sons and 4 daughters
  1. SICILY, Louis de ,   b. 1248, Napoli, Napoli, Italy Napoli, Napoli, Italyd. 1248, Sicily, Italy (Age 0 years)   2. SICILY, Princess Blanche de ,   b. Abt 1250, Napoli, Napoli, Italy Napoli, Napoli, Italyd. 14 Jul 1269, Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 19 years)   3. SICILY, Queen Beatrix de ,   b. 17 Nov 1252, Isle de Chypne, Sicily, Italy Isle de Chypne, Sicily, Italyd. 1275, Foggia, Foggia, Puglia, Italy (Age 22 years) + 4. NAPLES, King Carlo ,   b. 24 Jul 1254, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italie Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italied. 13 May 1309, Cassanova, Naples, Italy (Age 54 years)   5. THESSALONIQUE, King Philippe ,   b. Sicily, Italy Sicily, Italy   6. SICILY, Robert de ,   b. Abt 1258, Sicily, Italy Sicily, Italyd. Bef 9 May 1265 (Age < 7 years)   7. SICILY, Marie Elizabeth Isabell ,   b. 1261, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italyd. 20 Dec 1290, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy (Age 29 years)   8. NAPLES, Princess Isabella ,   b. 1261, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italyd. 20 Dec 1290, Napoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F23828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Beatrice of Provence was ruling Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1245 until her death, as well as Countess of Anjou and Maine, and 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 by his wife Beatrice, who was the daughter of Count Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. -------------------------------- Queen of Sicily Beatrice's sister Margaret, the new Queen of France, publicly offended her in 1259, by not seating her at the family table; she claimed because Beatrice was not a queen like her sisters, she could not sit with them. Margaret had hoped to provoke her sister in treacherous behaviour so she would have a valid reason to invade Provence. Beatrice "with great grief", went to Charles and he reportedly told her: "Be at peace, for I will shortly make thee a greater Queen than them". When the newly elected Pope Clement IV granted Charles the Kingdom of Sicily, he had to defeat King Manfred, who had fallen out of papal favour. Another contender to win the throne of Sicily was Beatrice's nephew, Edmund Crouchback, but it soon became clear that Charles was the more promising candidate. In order to achieve his goal, Charles needed an army and Beatrice helped her husband raise one. She called on all her knights as well as the young men of France, and according to the later historian Angelo di Costanzo she pledged all her jewels, to make sure they joined her husband's army: Beatrice, to aid [Charles] in the gratification of her ambition, sold all her jewels and personal ornaments, and expended her private treasure in collecting round her standard, not only her own vassals, but the chivalric youth of France, who were attracted to her service not less by her personal solicitations than by her rich gifts.[17] In 1265 Charles of Anjou, with a small contingent embarked and by sea, arrived to Rome, where, on 28 June 28, was invested as King of Sicily by the Pope.[18] According to the storia di Manfredi, re di Sicilia e di Puglia of Giuseppe di Cesare who followed the narrative of the storia di Saba Malaspina, Beatrice followed her husband with the remaining army by sea, arriving to Italy only four months later.[19] In November of that year, the army of Charles, composed by 5,000 soldiers and 25,000 infantrymen entered Italy and arrived in Rome in January 1266,[18] where on 6 January both Charles and Beatrice were crowned King and Queen of Sicily by five cardinals sent by the Pope (who was sheltering in Perugia).[20] As soon as the coronation festivities had ended, Beatrice stayed in Rome with a small force to hold the city, whilst Charles rode out to the battle of Benevento. After her husband's victory, she chose the castle of Melfi as their residence. Death Beatrice died on 23 September 1267, a little over a year after becoming queen[21] in either the Castello del Parco at Nocera Inferiore or in Naples (according to the storia di Saba Malaspina[22]). The cause of her death was not recorded, although it is believed that complications following a pregnancy could be the reason.[23] She was initially buried at Cathedral of San Gennaro in Naples, but in 1277 her husband transferred her remains to Aix-en-Provence at the Church of Saint-Jean-de-Malta.[24] Beatrice was the last ruling Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from the House of Barcelona; on her death, she left her Counties to her husband Charles. Issue Charles and Beatrice had the following children: Blanche (1250 – bef. 10 January 1270), married in 1265 Robert of Flanders, Lord of Béthune and Dendermonde (he became Count Robert III in 1305, long after Blanche's death), by whom she had one son, Charles, who died young. Beatrice (1252 – 17 November/12 December 1275), married in 1273 Philip of Courtenay, titular emperor of Constantinople, by whom she had one daughter, Catherine I of Courtenay, titular Empress of Constantinople. Charles II (1254 – 6 May 1309), Count of Anjou and Provence, King of Naples, married Maria of Hungary, by whom he had issue. Philippe (1256 – 1 January 1277), titular King of Thessalonica from 1274 and Prince of Achaïea, married in 1271 Isabella of Villehardouin, Princess of Achaïea and Morea. Robert (1258 – bef. 9 May 1265). Isabelle (1261 – October 1303), married to Ladislaus IV of Hungary. Their marriage was childless. Their descendants included Yolande of Aragon, Philippa of Hainaut, Isabella I of Castile, Henry VIII of England, Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II of Great Britain. [Source: Extracted from Wikipedia, "Beatrice of Provence", retreived 12 December 2018, dvmansur; see link to full article in Sources.] ID: Merged with a record that used the ID 1346192^2.6+5 DEATH: Also shown as Died Nocera, Calabria, Italy. BURIAL: Also shown as Buried La Roque, Aveyron, Pyrenees, France.

  
  

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  [S20] State of California - Department of Health, California, Los Angeles, ; Certified Abstract of Birth - 1977 - Larson, Tricia D, (Tricia D Larson certified abstract of birth, state file no. 19-0732955, local registration district no. O102898).