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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 August 1839, and appeared in volume form the same year.
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.
Beatrix of Sicily or Beatrice di Sicilia (Palermo, 1260 – Marquisate of Saluzzo, 1307) was a Sicilian princess. In 1296 she became Marchioness consort of Saluzzo. Beatrix was the daughter of Manfred of Sicily and his wife Helena Angelina Doukaina. [1]
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 "blessed". [8]
The Comtessa de Dia (Countess of Die), [1] possibly named Beatritz or Isoarda (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), was a trobairitz (female troubadour).. She is only known as the comtessa de Dia in contemporary documents, but was most likely the daughter of Count Isoard II of Diá (a town northeast of Montelimar now known as Die in southern France).
Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari [1] (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe portiˈnaːri]; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova, and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as his guide in the last book of his narrative poem the Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia), Paradiso, and during the ...
Beatrix's middle names are the first names of her grandmothers, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Armgard, Princess Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. When Beatrix was one year old, in 1939, her younger sister Princess Irene was born. [4] Beatrix and Irene on board the Piet Hein in 1946
The Conspiracy of Torture (Italian: Beatrice Cenci) is a 1969 Italian historical drama film directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Adrienne La Russa and Tomas Milian. The shooting title was originally La vera storia di Beatrice Cenci. It depicts the real life events of Francesco Cenci and his daughter Beatrice, emphasizing the more horrific elements ...