Beatriz de Meneses, 2nd Countess of Loulé

She was born in Guarda, Portugal, daughter of Henrique de Meneses, 4th Count of Viana and Guiomar of Braganza, a noble lady, daughter of the Duke Fernando I and Joana de Castro, belonging to the powerful lineage of the House of Castro.^[3]

Beatriz de Meneses got married in the 1490s to Francisco Coutinho, 4th count of Marialva,^[4] with whom she had two children: Diogo Coutinho, husband of Joana Carvalho, and Guiomar Coutinho,^[5] who was married to Ferdinand of Portugal, Duke of Guarda, son of Manuel I and Maria of Aragon.^[6]