Beatrice of Portugal Archives - History of Royal Women

Beatrice of Portugal – “Beautiful in face and body” (Part two)

Thursday, 2 January 2025, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. The journey to Nice lasted 49 days, and the fleet stopped several times along the way. One stop was rather long due to a storm. Beatrice finally arrived on 29 September, and she awaited the arrival of Charles. Chroniclers did not speak particularly well about Charles’s appearance. In 1530, one of [read more]

Beatrice of Portugal – Great longing and great love (Part one)

Tuesday, 31 December 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Beatrice of Portugal was born on 31 December 1504 as the daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon. She was born in the old Alcáçova in Lisbon. Shortly before Beatrice was born, her grandmother, Queen Isabella I of Castile, had passed away. This news was hidden from her [read more]

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Portugal

Monday, 20 August 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Kingdom of Portugal began its life in 1139 when Afonso Henriques, Count of Portugal, was acclaimed King of the Portuguese. House of Burgundy His wife was Matilda or Mafalda of Savoy, who was thus the first Queen of Portugal. They had seven children together, including his successor the future King Sancho I of Portugal. Sancho succeeded his [read more]

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom and Crown of Castile

Monday, 1 January 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 2

The Kingdom of Castile was established in 1065 under King Sancho II of León and Castile. Ferdinand I of León had been Count of Castile and he became King of León by right of his wife, Sancha of León. He became King of León and Castile in 1037 and upon his death in 1065, Castile and León were divided among his [read more]

Queens Regent – Leonor Teles

Monday, 23 January 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A regent is “a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor, is absent or is incapacitated.” Leonor Teles was born around 1350 as the daughter of Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses and Aldonça Anes de Vasconcelos. She was a descendant of King Sancho I of Portugal through an illegitimate line. Her [read more]

Burial Places of the Queens of Spain

Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 23:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Anna of Austria – El Escorial (San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain) Barbara of Portugal – Convent of the Salesas Reales (Madrid, Spain) Beatrice of Portugal – Monastery of Sancti Spiritus (Toro, Spain) Berengaria of Barcelona – Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain) Berenguela of Castile – Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas (Burgos, Spain) Blanche of Bourbon – Monasterio de San Francisco de Jerez [read more]