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Beatriz Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings oth ...

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Beate Beata or Beate is a female given name that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning "blessed".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Beate" Retriev ...

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'' in Polish and Swedish. Common short forms are '' Bea'' and '' Trixie''. See

Beatrice (given name) Beatrice (; ) is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French language, French ''Béatrice'', which came from the Latin ''Beatrix'', which means "blessed one". ''Beatrice'' is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. Th ...

for other derivatives.

People

Saints

* Saint Beatrix (died ca. 303), Christian martyr, in older sources named Viatrix ("the traveler"). * Saint

Beatrix d'Este Beatrice d'Este (29 June 1475 – 3 January 1497), was Duchess of Bari and Milan by marriage to Ludovico Sforza (known as "il Moro"). She was one of the most important personalities of the time and, despite her short life, she was a major pla ...

(1226?-1262), Italian Benedictine nun, niece of above *

Blessed Beatrix Blessed Beatrice of Nazareth or in Dutch Beatrijs van Nazareth (c. 1200 – 1268) was a Flemish Cistercian nun. She was the first prose writer using an early Dutch language, a mystic, and the author of the notable Dutch prose dissertation k ...

or Beatrix of Nazareth (1200–1268), Flemish Cistercian nun, mystic and author *

Beatrix d'Ornacieux Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux (Beatrice of Ornacieux) (c. 1240–1306/09) was a Carthusian nun. Her feast day is 13 February. Beatrice was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of Drôme. According t ...

(c.1240-c.1306/9), French Carthusian nun *

Beatrix da Silva Beatrice of Silva (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo, Castile, 16 August 1492), born Beatriz de Menezes da Silva, was a Portuguese noblewoman who became the foundress of the monastic Order of the Immaculate Conception. Amadeus of Portugal ...

(1424–1492), Portuguese Franciscan nun

Nobility

Beatrix de Courtenay Beatrix de Courtenay (died after 1245) was a Titular Countess of Edessa and Countess consort of Henneberg as the wife of Otto von Botenlauben. She was the eldest daughter of Agnes of Milly ( de) and Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, who sold Chastel ...

(died 1245), Countess of Edessa *

Beatrix de Vesci Beatrix de Vesci of Alnwick Castle, was an eleventh-century medieval noble lady of house de Vesci. Life Daughter and sole heir of Ivo de Vesci, Builder and first Baron and his wife, Alda, Beatrix de Vesci was one of the richest heiresses of her t ...

, (died c. 1125), Anglo-Norman noble *

Beatrix of Andechs-Merania Beatrix of Merania (1210 – 9 February 1271) was a princess of Merania by birth, and the Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde by marriage. Beatrix was the daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy. She was an heiress ...

(1210–1271), German noble *

Beatrix of Aragon Beatrice of Naples (16 November 1457 – 23 September 1508), also known as Beatrice of Aragon ( hu, Aragóniai Beatrix; it, Beatrice d'Aragona), was twice Queen of Hungary and of Bohemia by marriage to Matthias Corvinus and Vladislaus II. S ...

(1457–1508), Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia *

Beatrix of Baden Beatrix of Baden (22 January 1492 – 4 April 1535) was a margravine (wife of a margrave) of Baden by birth and by marriage and a Countess Palatine of Simmern. She was a daughter of Christoph I, Margrave of Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbog ...

(1492–1535), Margravine of Baden *

Beatrix of Bar Beatrice of Bar (also ''Beatrix''; c. 1020 – 18 April 1076) was the marchioness of Tuscany by marriage to Boniface III of Tuscany, and Regent of Tuscany from 1052 until her death, during the minority of and in co-regency with, her daughter Mati ...

(c.1017 – 1076), marchioness of Tuscany *

Beatrix of Bavaria Beatrice of Bavaria (1344 – 25 December 1359); Swedish: ''Beatrix''; was Queen of Sweden as the consort of King Eric XII of Sweden (1339–1359) who co-ruled Sweden with his father King Magnus IV. Biography Beatrice was the daughter of the ...

(1344–1359), Queen consort of Sweden *

Beatrix of Brandenburg Beatrix of Brandenburg (died 22 September 1314 in Wismar) was the first wife of Lord Henry II "the Lion" of Mecklenburg (1266–1329), whom she married in 1292 at Stargard Castle.Stargarder Burgenverein: ''Burg Stargard, Eine mittelalterliche H ...

(d. 1314), wife of Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg *

Beatrix of Falkenburg Beatrice of Falkenburg ( 1254 – 17 October 1277), also referred to as Beatrix of Valkenburg, was the third spouse of Richard of Cornwall, and as such nominally queen of Germany. She was 15 years old when she married the 60-year-old English pr ...

(1254–1277), queen consort of the Romans * Beatrix of Franconia (1037–1061), German Abbess and daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III *

Beatrix of Luxembourg Beatrice of Luxembourg ( hu, Luxemburgi Beatrix; 1305 – 11 November 1319), was by birth member of the House of Luxembourg and by marriage Queen of Hungary. She was the youngest child of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife, Margaret o ...

(1305–1319), Queen consort of Hungary *

Beatrix of Nuremberg Beatrix of Nuremberg (, Nuremberg – 10 June 1414, Perchtoldsdorf) was a daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (''Burggraf'') of Nuremberg, of ...

(c.1362 – 1414), Duchess of Austria * Beatrix of Silesia (1290–1322), queen consort of the Romans *

Beatrix of Swabia Beatrice or Beatrix of Swabia (April/June 1198 – 11 August 1212), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was Holy Roman Empress and German Queen in 1212 as the first wife of the Welf emperor Otto IV. She was also the shortest-serving Holy ...

(1198–1212), Holy Roman Empress *

Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband ...

(born 1938), queen regnant from 1980–2013 *

Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau ('' née '' Countess Beatrix Maria Valeria Thérèse Emerica Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék; 30 January 1930 – 30 September 2021) was a Hungarian-German aristocrat and socialite. By birth a member of ...

(1930–2021), Countess consort of Schönburg-Glauchau *

Queen Beatrix (disambiguation) Queen Beatrice may refer to: Queen consorts *Beatrice of Bavaria (1344–1359), Queen consort of Eric XII of Sweden * Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, (1320–1383), Queen consort of Bohemia by marriage to John of Bohemia * Beatrice of Cast ...

Given name

Beatrix Balogh Beatrix Csatáné Balogh (born 12 December 1974) is a retired Hungarian handball player, European champion and Olympic silver medalist. She retired from professional handball in 2011. Between 2011 and 2016, Balogh was the player-coach of Marca ...

(b. 1974), Hungarian handball player *

Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans Beatrix Frances Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford, GBE, DGStJ (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953), born Lady Beatrix Frances Fitzmaurice, was a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, both by birth and through her two marri ...

(1877–1953), English peer * Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), French writer *

Beatrix Borchard Beatrix Borchard (born 1950) is a German musicologist and author. The focus of her publications is the life and work of female and male musicians, such as Clara and Robert Schumann, Amalie and Joseph Joachim, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, and Adriana ...

(born 1950), German musicologist and author * Beatrix Boulsevicz (b. 1987), Hungarian swimmer *

Beatrix Campbell Mary Lorimer Beatrix Campbell, OBE (''née'' Barnes; born 3 February 1947) is an English writer and activist who has written for a number of publications since the early 1970s. Her books include ''Wigan Pier Revisited'' (1984), ''Goliath: Brita ...

(b. 1947), British journalist and author *

Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, Duchess of Gramont (18 November 1729 - 17 April 1794) was a French salonnière and bibliophile. She was known for her close relationship to her brother the Duke of Choiseaul and credited with an influential position ...

(1729–1794), French salonnière and bibliophile * Beatrix Christian, Australian playwright and screenwriter *

Béatrix de Cusance Béatrix de Cusance (27 December 1614 – 5 June 1663), Baroness of Belvoir, was the second wife of Charles IV, former reigning Duke of Lorraine. She was a correspondent of Constantijn Huygens. Early life She was the second child and first d ...

(1614–1663), Duchess of Lorraine * Beatrix Dobie (1887-1945), New Zealand landscape artist *

Beatrix D'Souza Beatrix D'Souza (born 5 May 1935) is an Indian politician and social worker. She represents the Anglo-Indian community from Tamil Nadu as a member of the Samata Party (led by Uday Mandal its President). Education D'Souza completed a Bachel ...

(b. 1935), Indian politician and social worker * Béatrix Dussane (1888–1969), French stage actress *

Beatrix Farrand Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country hom ...

(1872–1959), American landscape gardener and landscape architect * Beatrix Galindo (c.1465–1534), Spanish physician and educator *

Beatrix Hamburg Beatrix A. Hamburg (October 19, 1923 – April 15, 2018) was an American psychiatrist whose long career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Hamburg was the first African-American to attend Vassar College, an ...

(1923–2018), American psychiatrist *

Beatrix Havergal Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "bles ...

(1901–1980), English horticulturist * Beatrix Holéczy (born 1972), Hungarian biathlete *

Beatrix von Holte Beatrix von Holte (1250 – 4 December 1327 in Essen) was the Abbess of Essen Abbey Essen Abbey (''Stift Essen'') was a community of secular canonesses for women of high nobility that formed the nucleus of modern-day Essen, Germany. It ...

(1250–1327), German abbess *

Beatrix Hoyt Beatrix Hoyt (July 5, 1880 – August 14, 1963) was an American amateur golfer. Hoyt is the third youngest golfer to ever win the U.S. Women's Amateur, and is one of only five competitors to win the championship three consecutive times. She was ...

(1880–1963), American golfing champion *

Beatrix Jones Farrand Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country hom ...

(1872–1959), American landscape architect *

Beatrix Kisházi Beatrix Kisházi (born October 13, 1946, Budapest) is a retired Hungarian table tennis player. She holds the record that winning four titles in the Europe Top-12 tournament. Career Kisházi was the winner of the first edition Europe Top-12 tourna ...

(b. 1946), Hungarian table tennis player *

Beatrix Kökény Beatrix Kökény (born 12 March 1969) is a former Hungarian handball player, European champion and multiple Olympic medalist,Béatrix La Palme ''Béatrix'' is an 1839 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine''. It first appeared in the periodical '' Le Siècle'' in Augus ...

(1878–1921), Canadian soprano and violinist *

Beatrix Lambton, Countess of Durham (George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peerage, British peer. Early life Lambton was born on 5 September 1828 at Copse Hill, Wimbled ...

(1859–1937), British peer *

Beatrix Lehmann Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third ...

(1903–1979), British actress, theatre director and author * Beatrix Leslie (c.1577-1661), Scottish midwife executed for witchcraft *

Beatrix Loughran Beatrix Suzetta Loughran (June 30, 1900 – December 7, 1975) was an American figure skater who competed in single and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating (1924, 1928, 1932), and one of the olde ...

(1900–1975), American figure skater *

Beatrix Lyall Dame Beatrix Margaret Lyall, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, DBE, Justice of the Peace, JP (née Rostron; 27 October 1873 – 8 May 1948) was a British social reformer and London politician. (subscription required) Early lif ...

(1873–1948), British social reformer and politician * Beatrix Mahlknecht, Italian luger * Beatrix Waring McCay (1901–1972), Australian barrister *

Béatrix Midant-Reynes Béatrix Midant-Reynes is a French Egyptologist who was director of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale from 2010 to 2015. In 2004, Midant-Reynes won the Diane Potier-Boès Award for her work on the origins of Egypt. Midant-Reynes cur ...

, French Egyptologist *

Beatrix Miller Beatrix Molineux Miller, CBE (29 June 1923 – 21 February 2014) was a British fashion and cultural magazine editor. She was editor of '' Queen'' from 1958 to 1964, and editor of '' British Vogue'' from 1964 to 1985. Early life Miller was born ...

(1923–2014), British editor of ''Queen'' and ''Vogue'' magazines *

Beatrix Müllner Beatrix Zoufal (born 19 May 1970), née Müllner, is a former synchronized swimmer from Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern ...

(b. 1970), Austrian synchronized swimmer *

Beatrix Ong Beatrix Ong MBE is a London-based British luxury fashion accessories designer, known for her 'classic with a twist' shoes . Touted as 'The New Choo', in 2004 Ong was named by ''The Independent'' newspaper as one of the Top Ten leading shoe des ...

(b. 1976), British luxury goods designer * Beatrix Maud Palmer (1858–1950), British political and women's rights activist * Beatrix Pesek, Hungarian ten-pin bowler *

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was ...

(1866–1943), English illustrator, author and conservationist *

Beatrix Rechner Beatrix Rechner (born 10 June 1951) is a Swiss athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (ge ...

(born 1951), Swiss high jumper *

Beatrix de Rijk Beatrix de Rijk (1883–1958) was a pioneering Dutch aviator. On receiving her pilot's licence from the Aéro-Club de France on 6 October 1911, she became the first Dutch woman pilot. Early life Born on 24 July 1883 in Surabaya in the Dutch Eas ...

(1883–1958), Dutch aviator *

Beatrix de Rijke Beatrix de Rijke (1421 – 1468), was a Dutch foundling in Dordrecht in 1421. Biography According to Mathias Balen in his 1677 ''Description of the city of Dordrecht'', she was a survivor of the St. Elizabeth's flood (1421). Her wicker cradl ...

(1421–1468), Dutch foundling *

Beatrix Ruf Beatrix Ruf (born 1960, Singen, Germany) is a German art curator and art advisor who held the position of director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam between November 2014 and October 2017. Formerly she was director of the Kunsthalle Zurich. She ...

(b. 1960), German art curator *

Beatrix Schröer Beatrix Schröer (born 4 May 1963 in Meissen) is a German rower. References

* * 1963 births Living people East German female rowers Sportspeople from Meissen Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic ...

(b. 1963), German rower *

Beatrix Schuba Beatrix "Trixi" Schuba (born 15 April 1951) is an Austrian former competitive figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is a six-time Austrian national champion (1967–1972), a two-time European champion (1971 and 1972), a two-time ...

(b. 1951), Austrian figure skater *

Beatrix Sherman Beatrix (Beatrice) Sherman (10 January 1894 – 1 January 1975) was an American 20th-century silhouette artist.City of Scranton. The Board of Health. Return of a Birth, 18356. Early life Beatrice Sherman, later known as Beatrix, was born in ...

(1894–1975), American silhouette artist *

Beatrix von Storch Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika von Storch (née Herzogin von Oldenburg; 27 May 1971) is a German politician and lawyer, who has been the Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany since July 2015 and a Member of the Bundestag since Septemb ...

(b. 1971), German politician *

Beatrix Tóth Beatrix Tóth (born 10 March 1967) is a retired Hungary, Hungarian Team handball, handball player. She won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships and a bronze at the 1996 Olympics. References

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(b. 1967), Hungarian handball player

Surname

Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (born 24 March 1988) is a retired French biathlete who has competed since 2005 till 2018. He was won the silver medal in the relay at the World Championships in 2012 and 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, ...

(b. 1988), French biathlete

Fictional characters

* Beatrix, mother of the legendary

Knight of the Swan The story of the Knight of the Swan, or Swan Knight, is a medieval tale about a mysterious rescuer who comes in a swan-drawn boat to defend a damsel, his only condition being that he must never be asked his name. The earliest versions (preserv ...

Beatrix Cenci ''Beatrix Cenci'' is an opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera to a Spanish libretto by the composer and William Shand, based on the historical family of Beatrice Cenci, the ''Chroniques italiennes'' by Stendhal, and ''The Cenci'' by Percy Shelley ...

, protagonist of an opera based on the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599) *

Beatrix Kiddo Beatrix "the Bride" Kiddo (codename: Black Mamba) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the two-part film ''Kill Bill'' directed by Quentin Tarantino. She is portrayed by Uma Thurman. Kiddo was ranked by ''Empire'' magazine as 23rd of ...

, the protagonist of the ''Kill Bill'' films. *

Beatrix MacMillan This is a list of fictional characters who were companion (Doctor Who), companions of the Doctor (Doctor Who), Doctor, in various Doctor Who spin-offs, spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction on television, science fict ...

, Doctor Who companion * Béatrix de Rochefide, the protagonist of Balzac's novel '' Béatrix''. * Beatrix "Trixie" Belden, title character in a series of 'girl detective' mysteries *

General Beatrix The characters of the PlayStation role-playing game ''Final Fantasy IX''. Filling four CD-ROMs,''FINAL FANTASY IX'' English game manual, Published by Square Electronic Arts L.L.C., 2000. ''Final Fantasy IX'' featured a cast containing a variety ...

, a character in the video game ''Final Fantasy IX''. * Beatrix "Trixie" Franklin, nurse and midwife from ''Call the Midwife'' * Beatrix, one of the main character from Netflix Original Series '' Fate: The Winx Saga'' * , a character in ''Moe! Ninja Girls RPG'' and ''Moe! Ninja Girls: Visual Novel''

Other

* 83 Beatrix, a large asteroid in the inner part of the main asteroid belt *

Beata Beatrix ''Beata Beatrix'' is a painting completed in several versions by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The painting depicts Beatrice Portinari from Dante Alighieri's 1294 poem ''La Vita Nuova'' at the moment of her death. The first versi ...

, 1870 painting of Dante's Beatrice by Dante Gabriel Rossetti *

BeatrIX Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "bles ...

, a Linux operating system in 2004/5 * '' Béatrix'', 1839 novel by

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...

author Honoré de Balzac. *

Beatrix Gold Mine Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "bles ...

, South African gold mine owned by

Gold Fields Gold Fields Limited (formerly The Gold Fields of South Africa) is one of the world's largest gold mining firms. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company is listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the New York ...

Sainte-Béatrix, Quebec Sainte-Béatrix is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. History In 1736, Lord Jean d'Ailleboust d'Argenteuil receives a lordship that will bear his name. It won't be un ...

, a municipality in Canada * Beatrix, a song by Cocteau Twins on their 1984 album

Treasure Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg ...

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