Beatrix of Baden

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:

1. Catherine (1510–1572), Abbess in Kumbd monastery
2. Johanna (1512–1581), Abbess in Marienberg monastery at Boppard
3. Ottilia (1513–1553), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
4. Frederick III the Pious (1515–1576), Elector Palatine, married firstly 1537 Princess Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519–1567), married secondly 1569 Countess Amalia of Neuenahr-Alpen (1540–1602)
5. Brigitta (1516–1562), Abbess at Neuburg an der Donau
6. Georg (1518–1569), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim, married in 1541 princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1503–1563)
7. Elisabeth (1520–1564), married in 1535 Count Georg II of Lauterbach (1506-1569)
8. 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)
9. Maria (1524–1576), nun at Marienberg in Boppard
10. William (1526–1527)
11. Sabine (1528–1578), married in 1544 Count Lamoral of Egmont (1522–1568)
12. Helena (1532–1579) married in 1551 Count Philipp III of Hanau-Münzenberg (1526–1561)

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