Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque

For other uses of this term, see Beatrice of Portugal (disambiguation).

Beatrice
200px Beatriz in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530-1534)
Countess of Alburquerque
Tenure	1373–1374
Born	c. 1347-51 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	5 July 1381 Ledesma, Crown of Castile
Spouse	Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque
Issue	Fernando Sánchez Eleanor, Queen of Aragon
House	House of Burgundy-Portugal (by birth) House of Burgundy-Spain (by marriage)
Father	Peter I
Mother	Inês de Castro
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Infanta Beatrice of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [biɐˈtɾiʃ]; Portuguese: Beatriz) was the daughter of Portuguese King Peter I and a Galician noblewoman called Inês de Castro.

Life

Beatrice was born in Coimbra around the period of 1347–1351. Beatrice's entitlement to be considered an Infanta (Princess) of Portugal is debatable. Some historians consider her a natural daughter of Peter I, so the title Infanta of Portugal could never be attributed to her. Other opinions assert that the death of Inês de Castro was ordered by Peter's father King Afonso IV of Portugal; after inheriting the throne, the Prince admitted that he had married Inês secretly, and she was thus a lawful Queen of Portugal.

Beatrice became Countess of Alburquerque when she married Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1373). They had two children: Don Fernando Sánchez, 2nd Count of Alburquerque, and Doña Eleanor of Alburquerque, who married Ferdinand I of Aragon. She died in 1381.

Ancestry

Family of Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque

16. Afonso III of Portugal               8. Denis of Portugal                       17. Beatrice of Castile               4. Afonso IV of Portugal                             18. Peter III of Aragon               9. Elizabeth of Aragon                       19. Constance of Sicily               2. Peter I of Portugal                                   20. Alfonso X of Castile               10. Sancho IV of Castile                       21. Violant of Aragon               5. Beatrice of Castile                             22. Alfonso of Molina               11. María de Molina                       23. Mayor Alonso de Meneses               1. Beatrice, Countess of Alburquerque                                         24. Esteban Fernandez de Castro               12. Fernando Rodríguez de Castro                       25. Aldonça Rodrigues de Leão               6. Pedro Fernández de Castro                             26. Sancho IV of Castile               13. Violante Sanchez, Lady of Uzero                       27. María Alfonso Téllez de Menezes               3. Inês de Castro                                   28. Soeiro Pais de Valadares               14. Lourenço Soares de Valadares                       29. Estevainha Ponce de Baião               7. Aldonça Suárez de Valadares                             30. Nuno Martins de Chacim               15. Sancha Nunes de Chacim                       31. Teresa Nunes Queixada