Beatrix Beatrix Beatrix is a 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". It is pronounced in British English and the same or in North American English. Another North American English pronunciation however approximates that of most other languages: , as shown by US dictionary entries for the former queen of the Netherlands . Common forms of this name include "Beatrice" in English and Italian, "Béatrice" in French, "Beatriz" in Spanish and Portuguese, "Beate" in
Beatrix of Berg Beatrix of Berg Beatrix (Beatrice) of Berg (1360 in Burg on the Wupper–May 16, 1395 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse) was the daughter of Duke William II of Berg and Electress of the Palatinate by marriage to Rupert I, Elector Palatine. Beatrix was the daughter of Duke Wilhelm II of Berg and his wife Anna von Wittelsbach, daughter of the Rupert II, Elector Palatine. She was probably born in Burg Castle on the Wupper, at that time the residence of her parents. From 1380 her father ruled in Dusseldorf as Duke of Berg, where the unmarried Beatrix most likely stayed