Beatrice of Bavaria

Beatrice of Bavaria
Queen consort of Sweden
Tenure	1356–1359
Born	1344
Died	25 December 1359 Sweden
Spouse	Eric XII of Sweden
Father	Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Margaret II, Countess of Hainault

Beatrice of Bavaria (1344 – 25 December 1359); Swedish: Beatrix ; was Queen of Sweden by marriage to King Eric XII, who co-ruled with his father, King Magnus IV.

Beatrice was the daughter of the Louis IV of Bavaria, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, and Margaret of Holland. In 1356 she was married to Eric of Sweden, who became co-monarch after a rebellion against his father, Magnus IV. Beatrice was thus queen jointly with her mother-in-law, Blanche of Namur, for three years.

Beatrice and Eric both died in 1359. They were rumored to have been poisoned by Eric's mother, Queen Blanche. Now it is believed that her husband died of the plague, and that Beatrice, who gave birth to a stillborn son, also died of plague. Some historians believe she and her son were buried at the Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Beatrice of Bavaria

16. Louis I, Duke of Bavaria               8. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria                       17. Ludmilla of Bohemia               4. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria                             18. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine               9. Agnes of the Palatinate                       19. Agnes of Hohenstaufen               2. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor                                   20. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg               10. Rudolph I of Germany                       21. Hedwig of Kyburg               5. Matilda of Habsburg                             22. Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg               11. Gertrude of Hohenburg                       23. Mechtild of Tübingen               1. Beatrice of Bavaria                                         24. John I, Count of Hainaut               12. John II, Count of Hainaut                       25. Adelaide of Holland               6. William I, Count of Hainaut                             26. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg               13. Philippa of Luxembourg                       27. Margaret of Bar               3. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault                                   28. Philip III of France               14. Charles, Count of Valois                       29. Isabella of Aragon               7. Joan of Valois                             30. Charles II of Naples               15. Margaret, Countess of Anjou                       31. Maria of Hungary

Memorial stone to burials at Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm

References

• Åke Ohlmarks: Alla Sveriges drottningar