Beatrice, Countess of Arundel

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

Beatrice of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [biɐˈtɾiʃ]; c. 1386 – 1439), LG (English: Beatrice or Beatrix) was a natural daughter of John I of Portugal and Inês Pires. 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.

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, in November 13, 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.