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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 known as a woman of culture, an important patron and a leader in fashion: alongside her illustrious husband she made Milan one of the greatest capitals of the European Renaissance.
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'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
Maria Beatrix Anna Frances of Austria-Este (1824–1906) (Italian: Maria Beatrice Anna Francesca d'Austria-Este) was a high aristocrat from the Austria-Este branch of the House of Habsburg. As daughter to the ruling Duke of Modena she was born archduchess of Austria-Este and princess of Modena.
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]
After a long illness, Beatrix de Rijk died on 18 January 1958 in the Zeehospitium in Kijkduin. [3] [7] Some of Beatrix de Rijk's documents, including her pilot's licence and some notes, were preserved when they ended up in the possession of Wilhelm Teuben (1928–1985), a First Lieutenant in the air force and a collector. [3]
Caroline Darian remembers the day and time she got the call from her mother, Gisèle Pelicot, that changed everything: 8:25 p.m. on a Monday in November 2020.
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 ...