Beatriz Pereira Alvim
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Beatriz Pereira de Alvim (1380–1415) was the daughter of Nuno Álvares Pereira
and his wife Leonor de Alvim, and first Duchess of Braganza
. On 8 November 1401, she married Afonso, Duke of Braganza. Technically, she was never a duchess since she died before the actual granting of the title.
Alfonso and Beatriz had three children.
Through her daughter Isabella of Braganza
, she was a direct matrilineal
ancestor of Mary I of England
.
Nuno Álvares Pereira
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. , also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile...
and his wife Leonor de Alvim, and first Duchess of Braganza
Duke of Braganza
The title Duke of Braganza in the House of Braganza is one of the most important titles in the peerage of Portugal. Since the House of Braganza acceded to the throne of Portugal in 1640, the male heir of the Portuguese Crown was known as the Duke of Braganza and Prince of Brazil until 1822, or...
. On 8 November 1401, she married Afonso, Duke of Braganza. Technically, she was never a duchess since she died before the actual granting of the title.
Alfonso and Beatriz had three children.
- Afonso of BraganzaAfonso, Marquis of ValençaAlphonse of Braganza was the older son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira Alvim ....
(1400–1460), 4th Count of OurémCount of OurémCount of Ourém is a Portuguese title granted, in 1370 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom João Afonso Telo de Meneses, uncle of Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes...
and 1st Marquis of ValençaMarquis of ValençaMarquis of Valença was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Afonso V of Portugal, dated from October 11, 1451, to Dom Afonso of Braganza , who already was 4th Count of Ourém....
, had a natural son from Dona Brites de Sousa (some say they secretly married). His issue took the name de Portugal - Isabella of BraganzaIsabella of BraganzaIsabella of Braganza , also known as Isabella of Barcelos...
(1402–1465), married her uncle Infante John, Lord of Reguengos, son of John I of PortugalJohn I of PortugalJohn I KG , called the Good or of Happy Memory, more rarely and outside Portugal the Bastard, was the tenth King of Portugal and the Algarve and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta... - Ferdinand I, Duke of Braganza (1403–1478), succeeded his father as second Duke of Braganza
Through her daughter Isabella of Braganza
Isabella of Braganza
Isabella of Braganza , also known as Isabella of Barcelos...
, she was a direct matrilineal
Matrilineality
Matrilineality is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors. Matrilineality is also a societal system in which one belongs to one's matriline or mother's lineage, which can involve the inheritance of property and/or titles.A matriline is a line of descent from a...
ancestor of Mary I of England
Mary I of England
Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...
.