Beatrice, Countess of Arundel

Beatrice of Portugal, Countess of Arundel

Beatrice of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [biɐˈtɾiʃ]; c. 1380[1] – November 1439[2]), LG, was a natural daughter of John I of Portugal and Inês Pires born before the marriage of her father with Philippa of Lancaster.[3] She was a sister of Afonso, Duke of Braganza and half-sister of King Edward of Portugal, Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Henry the Navigator, Isabella of Portugal, John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz, and Ferdinand the Saint Prince. Queen Philippa was in charge of the education of both of her husband's children out of wedlock.[3]

Beatrice was born ca. 1380,[1] possibly in Veiros, Alentejo, Portugal. In April 1405 her wedding with Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel by proxy was celebrated in Lisbon and, in the same year, she travelled to England, accompanied by her brother Afonso and many of the king's vassals and her ladies-in-waiting where the marriage ceremony took place on 26 November 1405 in London, with King Henry IV in attendance.[3]

Thomas died on 13 October 1415. She may have married John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon in 1432.

She died in Bordeaux, France in November 1439.

She is sometimes confused with another Portuguese lady, Beatrice, wife of Gilbert Talbot, 5th Baron Talbot and subsequently of his steward, Thomas Fettiplace of East Shefford in Berkshire.

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 Santos Silva 2007, p. 78.
  2. ↑ Santos Silva 2007, p. 89.
  3. 1 2 3 Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 412.

Bibliography

  • Rodrigues Oliveira, Ana (2010). Rainhas medievais de Portugal. Dezassete mulheres, duas dinastias, quatro séculos de História (in Portuguese). Lisbon: A esfera dos livros. ISBN 978-989-626-261-7.
  • Santos Silva, Manuela (2007). "O casamento de D. Beatriz de Portugal (filha natural de D. João I) com Thomas Fitzalan (Conde de Arundel) – paradigma documental da negociaçião de uma aliança". Problematizar a História (in Portuguese). Casal de Cambra: Caleidoscópio. pp. 77–91. OCLC 828194156.


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