Beatrix of Limburg, (, died 12 July after 1164, still mentioned in 1165) was a German noblewoman who probably for a while acted as regent of the county of Laurenburg for her grandsons, who later became counts of Nassau.
Beatrix was a daughter of Walram II âÂÂthe PaganâÂÂ, Count of Limburg and Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders (herself a daughter of Count Gerard I of Guelders). Her parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 1151 under which Henry II of Leez, Bishop of Liège, confirmed the donations by âÂÂdomina Jutta, nobilissima matrona uxor ducis Walrami de Lemburgâ to Rolduc Abbey, which records the presence at her burial in Rolduc of âÂÂArnoldus quoque filius Ruberti comitis de Lunneburg natus ex domina Beatrice filia præfatæ dominæâÂÂ.
Hillin of Falmagne, the Archbishop and Prince-elector of Trier, recorded, in a charter dated 1 April 1158, that âÂÂcastrum de Nassouweâ had previously belonged to the church of Worms but that âÂÂRuberti et Arnoldi de Luremburgâ had built a castle (Nassau Castle) against the wishes of the church, and that âÂÂpostmodum ⦠Beatrix comitissa et coheredes eius ⦠filii Ruberti et Arnoldi de Luremburgâ had requested settlement of the dispute which was mediated by âÂÂGerlaci de Isemburch et Everhardi de BurgensheimâÂÂ. This document suggests that Beatrix survived both her sons and acted as head of the family on behalf of her grandsons.
Beatrix married before 1135, possibly , to Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg (died before 13 May 1154). From this marriage the following children were born:
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.