Beatrice of Castile (1242–1303)

Beatrice of Castile (* 1242, † October 27, 1303 ) was a princess of Castile and 1253-1279 Queen of Portugal.

Beatrix was born in 1242 as the daughter of King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile and María Guillén de Guzmán. Since 1247, her father was elected king of the Holy Roman Empire, her half-brother was King Sancho IV, Reckless.

1253 she married King Alfonso III. of Portugal, who had just his first wife, Matilda of Boulogne violated. She became so as a wife, but not as regent in its own right Portuguese Queen.

It is not to be confused with Beatrice of Castile (1293-1359), a daughter of her half-brother Sancho, who was as wife of Alfonso IV 1325-1357 also Queen of Portugal.

Progeny

Betrix of Castile had with Alfonso III. of Portugal eight children:

• D. Branca (* February 28, 1259, † April 25, 1321 ) Abbess of Huelgas
• D. Fernando (* 1260, † 1262 )
• D. Dionysius (D. Diniz ) (* October 9, 1261; † January 7, 1325 ), King of Portugal
• D. Afonso, Lord of Portalegre (* February 6, 1263; † January 2, 1312 ) ∞ Manuela Violante of Castile daughter of Juan Manuel of Castile
• D. Sancha (* February 2, 1264, † 1279 )
• D. Maria (* November 2, 1264, † 1284) nun in St. Johann Monastery in Coimbra
• D. Constança (* 1266, † November 23, 1271 )
• D. Vicente ( * January 22, 1268, † 1271)

• Queen (Portugal )
• Castile
• House of Burgundy - Ivrea
• Born in 1242
• Died in 1303
• Woman