Beatrice of England
Beatrice of England (eng: Beatrice of England, born June 25, 1242 Bordeaux, † March 24, 1275 ) was a daughter of King Henry III. of England and Eleanor of Provence from the Plantagenet dynasty.
It was a month before the defeat of her father at the Battle of Taillebourg against King Louis IX. born of France. In 1260, she married in Westminster Abbey, the future Duke John II of Brittany († 1305). With him, she took the cross in 1268 for the seventh crusade, however, if it is unclear participate in it, since it is not mentioned in its further course.
Their children were:
- Arthur II ( born July 25, 1262 † 1312), Duke of Brittany
- Johann (* 1266, † January 17, 1334 ), Earl of Richmond
- Marie ( 1268, † May 5, 1339 ), ∞ Guido III. of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol
- Peter (* 1269, † 1312), Viscount of Leon
- Blanka (* 1270, † 1327 ), mistress of Brie -Comte- Robert, ∞ 1281 Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches -en- Ouche ( House France -Artois )
- Eleanor (Alice ) (* 1275, † 1342 ), Abbess of Fontevraud