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Birth:          ABT 1130 
Death:          30 Mar 1185 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_of_Rethel
Beatrice of Rethel (c. 1130/32 – 30 March 1185) was a French noblewoman and the 
third Queen consort of the King Roger II of Sicily.[1]

Family[edit]

Beatrice was born in 1132, the eldest daughter[2] and one of the nine children of 
Ithier, Count of Rethel and Beatrix of Namur. Her father was Count of Rethel from 
1158 to 1171.[3]

Marriage, issue and widowhood[edit]

In 1151, Beatrice married Roger II of Sicily[4] Her tenure as consort lasted only about 
three years as Roger died on February 26, 1154, in his 59th year, while Beatrice was 
just 22. Beatrice was a little over three weeks pregnant at the time of his death, and 
their only daughter Constance of Sicily was born the following November. She married 
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, by whom she had one son, Frederick II, Holy Roman 
Emperor.

Beatrice survived her husband by thirty-one years but there is no record of her having 
married again.[5] Her daughter became Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Sicily on 25 
December 1194.

Parents
DE RETHEL Gauthier (Ithier) (Withier) (Vuiton) (ABT 1090 - )
OF NAMUR Beatrix (ABT 1105 - 1160)

Siblings
DE RETHEL Clemence (Agatha) (ABT 1122 - )
DE RETHEL Beatrice (ABT 1130 - 30 Mar 1185)
DE RETHEL Manasses IV (ABT 1140 - BEF 1200)

Marriage To ____ Roger II (Ruggero II) (22 Dec 1095 - 26 Feb 1154)
    m. 1151 

Notes

Parents
OF SICILY Roger I (ABT 1031 - 22 Jun 1101)
DEL VASTO Adelaide (ABT 1075 - 16 Apr 1118)

Children by ____ Roger II (Ruggero II) 22 Dec 1095 - 26 Feb 1154
OF SICILY Constanza (2 Nov 1154 - 27 Nov 1199)

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