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Beatrix of Andechs-Merania. Beatrix of Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a princess of Merania by birth, and the Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde by marriage. [1] Beatrix was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy . She was an heiress to Plassenburg Castle, with Kulmbach and Mittelberg and the Lordship ...
- 9 February 1271
- Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy
The House of Andechs was a feudal line of German princes in the 12th and 13th centuries. The counts of Dießen-Andechs (1100 to 1180) obtained territories in northern Dalmatia on the Adriatic seacoast, where they became Margraves of Istria and ultimately dukes of a short-lived imperial state named Merania from 1180 to 1248.
- Ludwig Jozef, Duke of Dießen-Andechs
- Duke of Dießen-Andechs, Margrave of Istria, Duke of Merania
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He was the youngest son of Count Siegfried III (c.1155 – 1206) and his wife Sophie (1159 – c.1208), a daughter of King Valdemar I of Denmark. After his father died in 1206, Hermann II ruled Weimar-Orlamünde jointly with his brother Albert II. He came increasingly into conflict with Landgrave Herman I of Thuringia, who occupied Schauenforst Castle b...
Herman II married Princess Beatrix of Andechs-Merania, the daughter of Duke Otto I of Merania. She was the heir to the Lordship of Plassenburg, including Kulmbach and Mittleberg, and to the Lordship of Berneck, including Goldkronach, meinau, Wirsberg, Pretzendorf, Zwernitz Castle and Trebgast. Herman II and Beatrix had the following children: 1. He...
Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100-1250. Cornell University Press.
Helmut Assing: Die frühen Askanier und ihre Frauen, Kulturstiftung, Bernburg, 2002, p. 22Hans Patze and Walter Schlesinger: Geschichte Thüringens, Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Graz, 1967, p. 157Andreas Thiele: Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, vol. I, part 1, R. G. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1993, table 168Eduard Winkelmann: Kaiser Friedrich II, vol. 1, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1963, pp. 379, 480, 481 and 508Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of Ascania at genealogy.euweb.cz". Genealogy EU.- c. 1184
- House of Ascania
- 27 December 1247
- Beatrix of Andechs-Merania
Beatrix of Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a princess of Merania by birth, and the Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde by marriage. Beatrix was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy. She was an heiress to Plassenburg Castle, with Kulmbach and Mittelberg and the Lordship of Berneck, including Goldkronach, Meinau, Wirsberg, Pretzendorf (now called ...
Beatrix of Andechs-Merania was a duchess of Andechs-Merania by birth and by marriage Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde.
Beatrix von Andechs-Meranien (Andechs) (est. 1210 - aft. 14 Nov 1265)
Beatrix of Andechs-Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a duchess of Andechs-Merania by birth and by marriage Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde. [1] Beatrix was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy .
