Beatrice of England - Marriage and Issue

Marriage and Issue

At one point, Henry conducted negotiations for Beatrice to marry the king of France and also rejected a proposal that she should wed the son of the King of Norway. When she was eighteen she married John de Dreux, heir to the dukedom of Brittany. Beatrice later changed her name to Beatrice de Dreux, and she and John II had six children:

  • Arthur II, Duke of Brittany
  • John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond
  • Marie of Brittany, Countess of Saint-Pol, wife of Guy III of Châtillon (1268–1339)
  • Pierre, Viscount de Leon (1269–1312)
  • Blanche of Brittany, wife of Philip of Artois (1271–1327)
  • Eleonore, Abbess of Fontevrault (1274–1329)

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