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Beatrice of Burgundy

Type Figure Region Holy Roman Empire Time 1143–1184 Also known as Beatrice I

Beatrice of Burgundy (c. 1143–1184), daughter of Count Rainald III of Burgundy, married Frederick I in June 1156.…

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  1. 1161–1167Aachen · Holy Roman EmpireIn the early 1160s she attended major imperial assemblies with the emperor as empress, representing dynastic interests at the German court, and through her Burgundian blood played a political bridging role in integrating the empire's western territories.
  2. 1167Rome · LazioOn 1 August 1167 in Rome she was crowned empress by the antipope Paschal III (Pope Adrian IV had died in 1159), marking a staged political victory for the Hohenstaufen in their Italian campaigns.

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