Beatrix of Bavaria (also of Brandenburg, of Wittelsbach; died 1359) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Erik Magnusson (1339–1359) who co-ruled Sweden with his father King

Magnus Eriksson Magnus Eriksson (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360. By adversaries he has been called ''Magnus Smek'' (). Medi ...

Biography

Beatrix was the daughter of Margrave Louis V of Brandenburg (1315–1361), the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV. Her mother was Louis' first wife Margaret (1305–1340), daughter of King Christopher II of Denmark. Sometime before October 1356, she married Erik Magnusson, who as the elder of two sons, became co-monarch after a rebellion against his father,

(1316–1374) who was monarch of both Norway and Sweden. The younger son, Haakon (1340–1380), was to become became ruler of Norway. Beatrix was queen jointly with her mother-in-law, Blanche of Namur (1320–1363). Beatrix and Erik both died in 1359. It is believed that her husband died of the

Black Death The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the list of epidemics, most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. ...

, and that Beatrix, who gave birth to a stillborn son, also died of plague. Some historians believe she and her son were buried at the Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm.

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