Beatrix of Baden

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Beatrix of Baden

Born| (1492-01-22)22 January 1492
Died| 4 April 1535(1535-04-04) (aged 43)
Noble family| House of Zähringen
Spouse(s)| John II, Count Palatine of Simmern
Issue
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* Frederick III
* Georg
* Reichard
* Sabina
* Helena

Father| Christoph I, Margrave of Baden
Mother| Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen

Beatrix of Baden (22 January 1492 - 4 April 1535) was a margravine (wife of a margrave) of Baden by birth and by marriage and a Countess Palatine of Simmern. She was a daughter of Christoph I, Margrave of Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen.

## Marriage and issue[edit]

In 1508 she married the Count Palatine Johann II of Simmern (born: 21 March 1492; died: 18 May 1557). With him she had twelve children:

1. Catherine (1510–1572), Abbess in Kumbd monastery
2. Johanna (1512–1581), Abbess in Marienberg monastery at Boppard
3. Ottilia (1513–1553), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
4. Frederick III the Pious (1515–1576), Elector Palatine,[1] married firstly 1537 Princess Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519–1567), married secondly 1569 Countess Amalia of Neuenahr-Alpen (1540–1602)
5. Brigitta (1516–1562), Abbess at Neuburg an der Donau
6. Georg (1518–1569), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim, married in 1541 princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1503–1563)
7. Elisabeth (1520–1564), married in 1535 Count Georg II of Lauterbach (1506-1569)
8. Reichard (1521–1598), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim, married in firstly 1569 Countess Juliane of Wied (1545-1575). married in secondly 1578 Countess Emilie of Württemberg (1550-1589), married in thirdly 1589 Countess Palatine Anna Margarete of Veldenz (1571-1621)
9. Maria (1524–1576), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
10. William (1526–1527)
11. Sabine (1528–1578), married in 1544 Count Lamoral of Egmont (1522–1568)
12. Helena (1532–1579) married in 1551 Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg (1526–1561)

## Ancestors[edit]

Ancestors of Beatrix of Baden

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| 8\. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden|

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| 17\. Anna of Oettingen

| 4\. Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden|

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| 18\. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine

| 9\. Catherine de Lorraine|

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| 19\. Margaret of the Palatinate

| 2\. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden|

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| 20\. Leopold III, Duke of Austria

| 10\. Ernest, Duke of Austria|

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| 21\. Viridis Visconti

| 5\. Catherine of Austria|

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| 22\. Siemowit IV of Masovia

| 11\. Cymburgis of Masovia|

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| 23\. Alexandra of Lithuania

| 1\. Beatrice of Baden|
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| 24\. John IV, Count of Katzenelnbogen

| 12\. Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen|

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| 25\. Anne of Katzenelnbogen

| 6\. Philip II of Katzenelnbogen|

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| 26\. Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg

| 13\. Anna of Württemberg|

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| 27\. Henriette of Mömpelgard

| 3\. Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen|

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| 28\. Engelbert I of Nassau

| 14\. Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen|

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| 29\. Johanna van Polanen

| 7\. Ottilie of Nassau-Siegen|

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| 30\. Rupert IV of Virneburg

| 15\. Genoveva of Virneburg|

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| 31\. Agnes of Solms-Braunfels

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1984). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. American Philosophical Society. p. 1130. ISBN 9780871691620.