Beatrix
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Beatrix is a Latin name. It is a feminine form of the late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller". It was also a common name amongst early Christians, though the spelling was altered by association with the Latin beatus, meaning "blessed".
The Spanish and Portuguese form of this name is spelled Beatriz.
The Italian Beatrice is also derived from it.
The Spanish and Portuguese form of this name is spelled Beatriz.
The Italian Beatrice is also derived from it.
Real people
- Queen Beatrix of the NetherlandsBeatrix of the NetherlandsBeatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...
- One of the group of Roman martyrs and saints Simplicius, Faustinus and BeatrixSimplicius, Faustinus and BeatrixSaints Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix were a group of Christian Martyrs who died in Rome during the Diocletian persecution .-Legend:...
- Saint Beatrix d'OrnacieuxBeatrix d'OrnacieuxBlessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux 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...
- Saint Beatrix d'EsteBeatrix d'EsteBeatrix d'Este belonged to the family of the Norman Dukes of Apulia and was herself the daughter of the Marques of Ferrara; she was a niece of Blessed Beatrice d'Este. She was betrothed to Galeazzo Manfredi of Vicenza, but he died of his wounds after a battle, just before the wedding day...
(d. 1262) - Blessed BeatrixBeatrice of NazarethBlessed Beatrice of Nazareth or in Dutch Beatrijs van Nazareth was a Flemish Cistercian nun. She was the very first prose writer using the Dutch language, a mystic, and the author of the notable Dutch prose dissertation known as the Seven Ways of Holy Love...
, (d. 1269)—Beatrice of Nazareth, Belgium. - Beatrix of Burgundy, Queen of the Holy Roman Empire
- Beatrix of Castile (disambiguation), Queen of Portugal (note: two Queens held this combination of name and title)
- Beatrix PotterBeatrix PotterHelen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.Born into a privileged Unitarian...
, English author and noted conservationist - Beatrix Jones Farrand, American landscape architect, one of the founding eleven members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
- Beatrix HoytBeatrix HoytBeatrix Hoyt was an American amateur golfing champion. Beatrix Hoyt is the third youngest golfer to ever win the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, and is one of only five competitors to win the championship three consecutive times.She was born in Westchester County, New York, the...
, American three-time amateur golfing champion
Fictional characters
- General Beatrix, a character in the video game Final Fantasy IX.
- Beatrix KiddoBeatrix KiddoBeatrix Kiddo, primarily known as "The Bride", is a fictional character and the protagonist in the movie Kill Bill by American director Quentin Tarantino...
, the protagonist of the Kill Bill films. - Béatrix de Rochefide, the protagonist of Balzac'sHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
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Other
- Sainte-Béatrix, QuebecSainte-Béatrix, QuebecSainte-Béatrix is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 1788 * Population in 2001: 1608...
, a municipality in Canada - 83 Beatrix83 Beatrix83 Beatrix is a quite large asteroid orbiting in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 26, 1865. It was his last asteroid discovery. A diameter of at least 68 km was determined from the Beatrician stellar occultation observed on June 15,...
, a large asteroid in the inner part of the main asteroid belt - BeatrIXBeatrIXBeatrIX was a GNU/Linux operating system, in development up to 2005. A live CD based Linux distribution started by Steven Watsky in Prague, Czech Republic, it was designed to look very simple, in order to be as accessible as possible to new users...
, a GNU/Linux operating system - BéatrixBéatrixBéatrix is an 1839 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and included in the Scènes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine....
, 1839 novel by FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
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