A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Beatrice, daughter of the count of Burgundy

A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography
Beatrice, daughter of the count of Burgundy
4120023A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Beatrice, daughter of the count of Burgundy

BEATRICE,

Daughter of the count of Burgundy, married the emperor Frederick in 1156. It is asserted by some historians that she was insulted by the Milanese, and that the emperor revenged her wrongs by the destruction of Milan, and the ignominious punishment of the inhabitants.