Beatriz, Countess of Arundel

Beatriz of Portugal (pron. IPA2|biɐ'tɾiʃ; c. 1386 – 1447), LG (English: "Beatrice" or "Beatrix") was a natural daughter of John I of Portugal and Inês Pires a Jewish converso. [Isabel Violante Pereira, "De Mendo da Guarda a D. Manuel I," Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 2001] She was a sister of Afonso, Duke of Braganza and half-sister of Edward of Portugal, Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, Henry the Navigator, Isabella of Portugal, Infante João, Lord of Reguengos and Fernando, the Saint Prince (the so called "Ínclita Geração").

Beatrice was born c. 1386 perhaps in Veiros, Alentejo and married Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel on November 26 1405 in London, with King Henry IV in attendance. Thomas died on October 13, 1415; she may have married John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon in 1432.

She died in Bordeaux, of black death in October 25 1447.

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.

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