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
Sophie Hélène Beatrix of France older sister in 1778. Sophie was buried in the necropolis of the Kings of France, the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis, five kilometers north of Paris. Sophie Hélène Beatrix of France Sophie Hélène Béatrix of France (9 July 1786 – 19 June 1787) was a French princess, the daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette. She was styled as "Madame Sophie" at birth. As the daughter of a King of France, she was a "Fille de France". Sophie was born at the Palace of Versailles, the youngest of the four children of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie