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Beatrice of England (25 June, 124224 March, 1275) was a daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.

She was a younger sister of Edward I of England and an older sister of Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster.

On 22 January, 1260, Beatrice married John II, Duke of Brittany. They were parents to six children:

  1. Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
  2. John de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond
  3. Pierre, Viscount de Leon
  4. Marie de Dreux, wife of Guy III of Châtillon
  5. Blanche de Dreux, wife of Philip of Artois
  6. Eleonore, Abbess of Fontevrault

She was buried in Greyfriars Church, Greenwich, London.

1242 births | 1275 deaths | Natives of Bordeaux | House of Anjou | Medieval women

 

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