Beatrice na Provence

**Beatrice ta Provence** (  23 ga Satumba, 1267), ita ce mai mulki Countess na Provence da Forcalquier daga 1245 har zuwa mutuwarta, da kuma Countess na Anjou da Maine da kuma Sarauniyar Sicily ta hanyar auren Charles I na Naples .

Beatrice ita ce 'yar Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence da Beatrice,  'yar Count Thomas na I na Savoy da Margaret na Geneva . 

## Rayuwa

### Gadon Provence da Forcalquier
Kamar 'yan'uwanta mata, mahaifiyarta da kakarta, an san Beatrice da kyawunta. Wani bayanin Beatrice ya ce ta

Duk manyan 'ya'yan Ramon Berenguer sun auri muƙaman matsayi: Babbar, Margaret, ita ce Sarauniyar Faransa ta hanyar aure da Louis IX ; ta biyu, Eleanor, ita ce Sarauniyar Ingila ta hanyar aure da Henry III, ta uku kuma, Sanchia, ita ce Sarauniyar Jamus ta hanyar aure da ɗan'uwan Henry Richard, Earl na Cornwall .  Mahaifiyarsa, Blanche ta Castile, ce ta shirya auren Sarki Louis IX da Margaret, da fatan zai gaji Provence da Forcalquier lokacin da mahaifinta ya mutu.

A cikin wasiyyarsa da aka sanya wa hannu a ranar 20 ga Yuni 1238 a Sisteron,  Ramon Berenguer ya bar Gundumomin Provence da Forcalquier ba zato ba tsammani ga ƙaramar 'yarsa Beatrice wadda har yanzu ba ta yi aure ba.  

### Countess na Provence da Forcalquier
Mahaifin Beatrice, Ramon Berenguer, ya mutu a ranar 19 ga Agusta 1245 a Aix-en-Provence, kuma bisa ga wasiyyarsa, Beatrice ta zama Countess of Provence da Forcalquier a cikin ikonta, tare da tanadin cewa Dowager Countess za ta iya riƙe ikon mallakar Gundumar Provence har tsawon rayuwarta.

Beatrice ta zama ɗaya daga cikin magada mafi kyau a Turai ta tsakiya, kuma ba da daɗewa ba wasu masu neman aure da yawa suka bayyana a gabanta. Da farko, sarakunan da ke makwabtaka da ita sun fara iƙirarinsu: Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse da Sarki James I na Aragon, waɗanda, duk da cewa sun auri Violant of Hungary, suka mamaye Provence suka kwace gidan matar.  Bugu da ƙari, Frederick II, wanda sau uku ya mutu, Sarkin Roma Mai Tsarki, ya aika da rundunar sojojin ruwa ta sarki zuwa Provence don tabbatar da cewa Beatrice za ta iya auren ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yansa maza ko ma da kansa.

A cikin irin wannan mawuyacin hali, Dowager Countess ta yanke shawarar yin aiki da sauri, ta sanya kanta da Beatrice a cikin wani sansanin soja mai aminci a Aix, ta sami amincewar mutanenta sannan ta nemi Paparoma Innocent na IV don kare shi. A Cluny a watan Disamba na 1245, an yi wani taro na sirri tsakanin Paparoma Innocent na IV, Louis na IX na Faransa, mahaifiyarsa Blanche na Castile, da ƙaramin ɗan'uwansa Charles . An yanke shawarar cewa a madadin Louis na IX yana goyon bayan Paparoma a yaƙi da Frederick na II, Paparoma zai yarda Charles ya auri Beatrice.  Uwa da 'ya sun gamsu da wannan zaɓen,  amma a ƙarƙashin sharuɗɗan yarjejeniyar, Provence ba za ta taɓa zuwa Faransa kai tsaye ta hanyar Charles ba. An amince cewa idan Charles da Beatrice suna da 'ya'ya, Gundumomin za su je wurinsu; idan babu wata matsala, to Provence da Forcalquier za su je Sanchia na Provence, kuma idan ta mutu ba tare da magada ba, Gundumomin za su je wurin Sarkin Aragon. Henry na uku na Ingila ya yi zanga-zanga kan waɗannan sharuɗɗan, yana mai jayayya cewa bai riga ya karɓi cikakken sadakin matarsa Eleanor ko ɗan'uwansa don Sanchia ba. Har ila yau, yana da gidajen sarauta a Provence a kan bashin da ya bai wa marigayi Count. 

Charles, tare da Philip na Savoy da jarumai ɗari biyar, suka hau doki daga Lyon zuwa Provence. A kan hanyarsu, suka ci karo da Raymond na VII na Toulouse, wanda shi ma yana da sojoji a kan hanyarsa ta zuwa Provence. Sojojin yaƙi sun yaudari Raymond na VII don goyon bayan Charles kuma saboda haka ya kawo mutane kaɗan, Charles da sojojinsa suka yi sauri. Lokacin da Charles ya isa Aix-en-Provence, James na I na Aragon, wanda ya kasance a can tun lokacin amma ba a bar shi ya ga Beatrice ba, ya sa sojojinsa suka kewaye gidan sarautar da Beatrice da mahaifiyarta suke. An yi ɗan gwagwarmaya, amma Sarkin Aragon ya ja da baya da mutunci. [1]

Ga matashiyar Beatrice, Charles (wanda aka siffanta da "saurayi mai ban sha'awa") ya kasance mafita mai gamsarwa ga matsalolinta. An yi aurensu a ranar 31 ga Janairu 1246 a Aix-en-Provence.  Suna da sojoji a tsare kuma kawunta, Thomas, Count of Flanders, ya raka amarya ta hanyar hanya.

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