Beatrix of Limburg

Coat-of-Arms of the Counts of Limburg

Laurenburg Castle

Nassau Castle

Beatrix was a daughter of Walram II ‘the Pagan’, Count of Limburg and Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders (herself a daughter of Count Gerard I of Guelders).[2][3][4] Her parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 1151 under which Henry II of Leez, Bishop of Liège, confirmed the donations by ‘domina Jutta, nobilissima matrona uxor ducis Walrami de Lemburg’ to Rolduc Abbey, which records the presence at her burial in Rolduc of ‘Arnoldus quoque filius Ruberti comitis de Lunneburg natus ex domina Beatrice filia præfatæ dominæ’.[2][3]

Hillin of Falmagne, the Archbishop and Prince-elector of Trier, recorded, in a charter dated 1 April 1158, that ‘castrum de Nassouwe’ had previously belonged to the church of Worms but that ‘Ruberti et Arnoldi de Luremburg’ had built a castle (Nassau Castle) against the wishes of the church, and that ‘postmodum … Beatrix comitissa et coheredes eius … filii Ruberti et Arnoldi de Luremburg’ had requested settlement of the dispute which was mediated by ‘Gerlaci de Isemburch et Everhardi de Burgensheim’. This document suggests that Beatrix survived both her sons and acted as head of the family on behalf of her grandsons.[2]

Beatrix married before 1135, possibly c. 1125,[1] to Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg (died before 13 May 1154[1][4]). From this marriage the following children were born:[1][2][4][5]

1. Arnold II (died 1158/59), mentioned as count of Laurenburg 1151–1158.
2. Rupert II (died ca. 1159), mentioned as count of Laurenburg 1154–1158.

In a charter from 1148 a certain Gerhard of Laurenburg is mentioned, who quite possibly was a younger son of Rupert I, however his relationship does not appear in any charter. No marriage is mentioned for this Gerhard.[1]

• This article was translated from the corresponding Dutch Wikipedia article, as of 2018-12-23.
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• Venne, J.M. van de; Stols, Alexander A.M. (1937). Geslachts-Register van het Vorstenhuis Nassau [Genealogy of the Royal House of Nassau] (in Dutch). Maastricht: A.A.M. Stols’ Uitgevers-Maatschappij.
• Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A. (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden [The Royal House of Orange-Nassau. From the earliest days until the present] (in Dutch). Leiden & Utrecht: A.W. Sijthoff & J.L. Beijers.

• Family tree of the early House of Nassau.
• Limburg, Heinsberg, Valkenburg in: Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
• Nassau in: Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families