Beatrice, countess/duke of Upper Lorraine
Overview
Biography
(See also Genealogical Table(s): 1, 2.)Beatrice was the sister of Hugh Capet and related through their mother Hedwig/Haduide to the first Ottonians and to the last Carolingians: Hedwig was a sister of emperor Otto I and of Gerberga, mother of Lothar (king of France, 954-86). Countess Beatrice was regent for her son Dietrich after the death of her husband, Frederick of upper Lorraine, and was an important player in a series of peace negotiations, particularly around the regency for emperor Otto III.(1) She was in correspondence with both Gerbert of Aurillac and Adalbero of Reims and a participant in high level diplomatic meetings. Beatrice’s descendents include her great granddaughter, also Beatrice, a later ruler of Lorraine, and Beatrice’s daughter Matilda, countess of Tuscany.
Letters to Beatrice, countess/duke of Upper Lorraine
A letter from Adalbero, archbishop of Reims (c.984-985)A letter from Adalbero, archbishop of Reims (c.984-985)
A letter from Gerbert of Aurillac/Reims (985)