Beatrice, Countess of Arundel

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Beatrice of Portugal
Countess of Arundel
Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter
FatherJohn I of Portugal
MotherInês Pires
Beatrice of Portugal, Countess of Arundel

Beatrice of Portugal (

Ferdinand the Saint Prince. Queen Philippa was in charge of the education of both of her husband's children out of wedlock.[4]

Beatrice was born c. 1380,

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.[4]

Thomas died on 13 October 1415. Beatrice then married John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, nephew of her stepmother Queen Philippa, in 1432. She is sometimes confused with another Portuguese lady, Beatrice Pinto, wife of Gilbert Talbot and Thomas Fittiplace. It is unknown if Beatrice had children from any of her marriages. Beatrice died in Bordeaux, France in November 1439. After her death her husband married Lady Anne Montagu.

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Further reading

  • Douglas Richardson's Royal Ancestry (2013), Vol. II, pp. 538–539 & 613, and Vol. V, p. 119