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.