Beatrix van Valkenburg

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BEATRIX (-17 Oct 1277, bur Oxford, church of the Franciscan Friars Minor). The Annales Halesiensibus record the marriage in 1267 of "rex Riccardus Alemannie" and "Beatricem cuius avunculus fuit archiepiscopus Colonie". The same relationship is hinted by the charter dated 13 Sep 1271 in which "Richardus…romanorum rex" refers to "E. Coloniensi archiepiscopi" as "affinis nostri". The primary source which confirms her parentage more precisely has not yet been identified, although the reference to "Falkestan" (presumably in error for Valkenburg/Falkenburg) in the record of her death quoted below suggests that she must have been the daughter of Dietrich [II] von Valkenburg if Engelbert Archbishop of Köln was her uncle. If this is correct, the date of her marriage suggests that she was the daughter of Dietrich [II]´s first wife, but this is not without doubt as other primary sources show marriages celebrated when the bride was aged 12 at that time. Her marriage was arranged to bolster Richard's support in Germany, through the bride's influential uncle Engelbert Archbishop of Köln. The Annals of Osney record the death "in vigilia Sancti Lucæ Evangelistæ" in 1277 of "Beatrix de Falkestan, regina Alemanniæ, uxor regis Ricardi" and her burial "in ecclesia fratrum Minorum Oxoniæ".

m (Kaiserslauten Stiftskirche 16 Jun 1269) as his third wife, RICHARD King of Germany, Earl of Cornwall , son of JOHN King of England & his second wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême (Winchester Castle 5 Jan 1209-Berkhamstead Castle, Herts 2 Apr 1272, bur Hayles Abbey, Gloucestershire).

Beatrix had a relationship with Richard of England 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor, son of John I of England King of England, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and Isabelle d'Angoulême Comtesse d’Angoulême. (Richard of England 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor was born on 5 Jan 1209 in Winchester Castle, Castle Avenue, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8PJ, GB,¹ died on 2 Apr 1272 in Berkhamsted Castle, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 2AG, GB ¹ and was buried on 13 Apr 1272 in Hailes Abbey, Hailes, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5PB, GB.)