Beatrice

Beatrice may refer to:

People

• Beatrice (given name)
• Beatrix (fl. 4th century), one of Roman martyrs Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
• Beatrice d'Este (1192–1226), Italian political-family member
• Beatrice of Savoy (1198–1266), Italian political-family member
• Beatrix da Silva (1424–1492), Portuguese nun and catholic saint
• Beatrice of Nazareth (1200–1268), Flemish religious leader
• Beatrice of Portugal (disambiguation), Princesses of Portugal
• Beatrice Portinari (1266–1290), Italian acquaintance of Dante
• Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th century), Provençal poet and musician, a so-called troubadour; aristocratic political-family member. Often referred to as the Countess de Dia.
• Beatrice of Ornacieux (c. 1240– c. 1308), French religious leader
• Beatrice of Naples (fl. 1476-1500), queen of Hungary, aka Beatrix of Aragon, Italian born
• Beatrice de Coligny (born 1572), Countess d'Entremont
• Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857–1944)
• Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–1966)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), ruler
• Béatrice Poulot (fl. c. 2000), French singer from Réunion
• Princess Beatrice of York (born 1988)
• Beatrice Shilling, aeronautical engineer and motorcyclist

Fictional characters

• Beatrice, a soul in Dante's Divine Comedy who guides Dante out of Purgatory and through Heaven (based on Beatrice Portinari)
• In plays:
  • Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
  • Beatrice Carbone in A View from the Bridge
• Beatrice Baudelaire
• Beatrice in comic Gunslinger Girl
• Beatrice, witch in the doujin game Umineko no Naku Koro ni
• Beatrice Rappaccini, title character of short story "Rappaccini's Daughter"
• Beatrice (Tris) Prior, the female protagonist and narrator of the YA series Divergent written by Veronica Roth.
• Beatrice: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Other uses

• Places:
  • United States:
    • Beatrice, Alabama
    • Beatrice, California (disambiguation), multiple places with the name
    • Beatrice, Nebraska
  • Beatrice, Zimbabwe
• Companies:
  • Beatrice Foods
  • Beatrice International Models, agency based in Italy
• Beatrice (band)
• Beatrice (psychedelic), drug
• "Beatrice", song from Sam Rivers's time with Blue Note, on the album "Fuchsia Swing Song" released in 1964.
• MSC Beatrice
• Beatrice Wind Farm in the Scottish sector of the North Sea

See also

• "Beatrijs", Dutch poem
• Saint Beatrice (disambiguation)
• Princess Beatrice (disambiguation)
• Beatrix