Beatrice of Swabia

Beatrice of Swabia
Portrait in the Weingarten Stifterbüchlein, c. 1500
Holy Roman Empress
Queen consort of Germany
Tenure22 July 1212 – 11 August 1212
BornApril or June 1198
Worms, Franconia
Died(1212-08-11)11 August 1212 (aged 14)
Nordhausen, Thuringia
Burial
SpouseOtto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
HouseHohenstaufen
FatherPhilip of Swabia
MotherIrene Angelina

Beatrice or Beatriz of Swabia (April/June 1198 – 11 August 1212), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was Holy Roman Empress and German Queen in 1212 as the first wife of the Welf emperor Otto IV. She was also the shortest-serving Holy Roman Empress, dying three weeks into her marriage.