Beatrix of Limburg

Beatrix of Limburg, (German: Beatrix von Limburg, died 12 July after 1164, still mentioned in 1165[1]) 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 ‘the Pagan’, Count of Limburg and Duke of Lower Lorraine, and Jutta of Guelders (herself a daughter of Count Gerard I of Guelders).

[2] 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’.

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 c. 1125,[1] to Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg (died before 13 May 1154[1][2]).