Beatriz Pereira de Alvim

Beatriz Pereira de Alvim
Beatriz in a 1534 miniature in the Genealogy of D. Manuel Pereira, 3rd Count of Feira
Born	1380
Died	1414 Chaves
Spouse	Afonso, Count of Barcelos
Father	Nuno Álvares Pereira
Mother	Leonor de Alvim

Beatriz Pereira de Alvim (1380–1414) was a Portuguese noblewoman, the only child of Nuno Álvares Pereira and his wife Leonor de Alvim.^[1]

On 8 November 1401, she married Afonso, Count of Barcelos, illegitimate son of king John I of Portugal.^[2] She died before her husband became Duke of Braganza.

Afonso and Beatriz had three children.

• Afonso of Braganza (1400–1460),^[3] 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença, had a natural son from Dona Brites de Sousa (some say they secretly married). His issue took the name de Portugal
• Isabella of Braganza (1402–1465), married her uncle Infante John, Lord of Reguengos, son of John I of Portugal
• Ferdinand I, Duke of Braganza (1403–1478),^[3] succeeded his father as second Duke of Braganza

References

1. Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 278 and 308.
2. Carvalho Correia 2008, pp. 400, 403, n. 1620, and 502.
3. Carvalho Correia 2008, pp. 403, n. 1620.

Bibliography

• Carvalho Correia, Francisco (2008). O Mosteiro de Santo Tirso de 978 a 1588: a silhueta de uma entidade projectada no chao de uma história milenária (in Portuguese). Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. ISBN 978-84-9887-038-1. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
• Sotto Mayor Pizarro, José Augusto (1987). Os Patronos do Mosteiro de Grijó (in Portuguese). Oporto. ISBN 978-0883-1886-37.