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Portugal, Beatrice of ( - 1439)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1439-10-23

Notes

Illegitimate (but probably legitimated) daughter of John (João) I, King of Portugal & Inez Perez; left Portugal for England ca. Oct. 1405; naturalised 1421

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Fitz Alan, Thomas (1381 - 1415)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: exactly 1405-11-26
    Union ended: exactly
  2. Holand, John (1395 - 1447)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1432-3-1
    Union ended: exactly

Primary Title

  • Countess of Arundel

Titles

  • Countess of Arundel
    Assumed: 1405-11-26 (date of 1st marriage)
    Vacated: 1432/3-01-20 (date of marriage license; 2nd marriage)
  • Countess of Huntingdon
    Assumed: 1432/3-01-20 (date of marriage license; 2nd marriage)
    Vacated: 1439-10-23

General Lands Note

Held one manor in either Wiltshire or the Marches of Wales

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Berkhampstead Castle, Hertfordshire
    Residence of 2nd husband
  • Coldharbour, London (city-county)
    Residence of 2nd husband
  • Reigate Castle, Surrey
    Acquired: 1405-03
    Divested: 1432/3-01
    Residence of 1st husband
  • Arundel Castle, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1405-03
    Divested: 1432/3-01
    Residence of 1st husband
  • Dartington Hall, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1432/3-01
    Residence of 2nd husband

Lands

  • Essex
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Norfolk
  • Shropshire: Bromfield
  • Surrey

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Countess of Arundel's Entertainer

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Countess of Arundel's Entertainer Portugal, Beatrice of (0 - 1439) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Arundel Castle Sussex Private Residence
Dartington Hall Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Nicholas, N.H. 'Genealogical Statement Respecting Beatrix Wife of Thomas Earl of Arundel, and Beatrix Wife of Sir Gilbert Talbot.'. Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica 1 (1834): 80-90.
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.