Beatrice I

Beatrice of Burgundy (1143 – November 15, 1184) is the only daughter of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy and Agatha of Lorraine.

She is the second wife of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and as such is styled Empress.

Her maternal grandparents were Simon I, Duke of Lorraine and his wife Adelaide of Leuven.

Beatrice is active at the Hohenstaufen court, encouraging literary works and chivalric ideals.

She accompanies her husband on his travels and campaigns across his kingdom, and Frederick Barbarossa is known to be under Beatrice's influence.

She is crowned Holy Roman Empress by Antipope Paschal III in Rome on 1 August 1167, and later as Queen of Burgundy at Vienne in August 1178.

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