Beatrice of Sicily (1252–1275)

In accordance with the Viterbo Treaty (May 27, 1267), Baldwin II de Courtenay transferred most of the rights to the Latin Empire to Charles I ^[1] . For Charles confirmed the ownership of Corfu and some cities in Albania. He was also granted suzerainty over the Achaean principality and the sovereignty of the Aegean islands, with the exception of those belonging to Venice and Lesbos, Chios, Samos and Amorgos. The marriage of Philippe de Courtenay , heir to the throne of the Latin Empire, and Beatrice, the second daughter of Charles, was registered in the same treaty. If the marriage turned out to be childless, the rights of Philip would be inherited by Charles I ^[1] . At the time of betroth Beatrice was about fifteen years old.

On October 15, 1273, Beatrice and Philip were married in Foggia. The bride was twenty-one and the groom thirty. A few days later her father-in-law died. Philip was proclaimed emperor, and Beatrice - empress. Marriage was harmonious; the spouses on November 25, 1274 had one daughter, Catherine de Courtenay .

Beatrice died at the end of 1275 after a short illness. She was about twenty-three years old.

• Her profile in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley (eng.)