Beatrix of Baden
{{Short description|Margravine of Baden, Countess Palatine of Simmern}}
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| name = Beatrix of Baden
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| noble family = House of Zähringen
| father = Christoph I, Margrave of Baden
| mother = Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen
| spouse = John II, Count Palatine of Simmern
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Beatrix of Baden (22 January 1492 – 4 April 1535) was a margravine (wife of a margrave) of Baden by birth and by marriage and a Countess Palatine of Simmern. She was a daughter of Christoph I, Margrave of Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen.
Marriage and issue
In 1508 she married the Count Palatine Johann II of Simmern (born: 21 March 1492; died: 18 May 1557). With him she had twelve children:
- Catherine (1510–1572), Abbess in Kumbd monastery
- Johanna (1512–1581), Abbess in Marienberg monastery at Boppard
- Ottilia (1513–1553), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
- Frederick III the Pious (1515–1576), Elector Palatine,{{cite book |last1=Setton |first1=Kenneth Meyer |title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 |date=1984 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=9780871691620 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_SrUNi2m_qZAC/page/n575 1130] |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_SrUNi2m_qZAC|language=en}} married firstly 1537 Princess Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519–1567), married secondly 1569 Countess Amalia of Neuenahr-Alpen (1540–1602)
- Brigitta (1516–1562), Abbess at Neuburg an der Donau
- Georg (1518–1569), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim, married in 1541 princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1503–1563)
- Elisabeth (1520–1564), married in 1535 Count Georg II of Lauterbach (1506-1569)
- Reichard (1521–1598), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim, married in firstly 1569 Countess Juliane of Wied (1545-1575). married in secondly 1578 Countess Emilie of Württemberg (1550-1589), married in thirdly 1589 Countess Palatine Anna Margarete of Veldenz (1571-1621)
- Maria (1524–1576), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
- William (1526–1527)
- Sabine (1528–1578), married in 1544 Count Lamoral of Egmont (1522–1568)
- Helena (1532–1579) married in 1551 Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg (1526–1561)
Ancestors
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| 1= 1. Beatrice of Baden
| 2= 2. Christopher I, Margrave of Baden
| 3= 3. Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen
| 4= 4. Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
| 5= 5. Catherine of Austria
| 6= 6. Philip II of Katzenelnbogen
| 7= 7. Ottilie of Nassau-Siegen
| 8= 8. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden
| 9= 9. Catherine de Lorraine
| 10= 10. Ernest, Duke of Austria
| 11= 11. Cymburgis of Masovia
| 12= 12. Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
| 13= 13. Anna of Württemberg
| 14= 14. Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
| 15= 15. Genoveva of Virneburg
| 16= 16. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
| 17= 17. Anna of Oettingen
| 18= 18. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
| 19= 19. Margaret of the Palatinate
| 20= 20. Leopold III, Duke of Austria
| 21= 21. Viridis Visconti
| 22= 22. Siemowit IV of Masovia
| 23= 23. Alexandra of Lithuania
| 24= 24. John IV, Count of Katzenelnbogen
| 25= 25. Anne of Katzenelnbogen
| 26= 26. Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg
| 27= 27. Henriette of Mömpelgard
| 28= 28. Engelbert I of Nassau
| 29= 29. Johanna van Polanen
| 30= 30. Rupert IV of Virneburg
| 31= 31. Agnes of Solms-Braunfels
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References
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Category:Countesses Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire
Category:16th-century German nobility
Category:Princesses of the Palatinate
Category:16th-century German women