Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to hairdresser and salon owner Celestine “Tina” Knowles and Xerox sales manager Mathew Knowles; Tina is Louisiana Creole, and Mathew is African American.
Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s younger sister, is also a singer and a former Destiny’s Child backup dancer. Solange and Beyoncé are the first sisters to have two number-one albums in the same year.
Beyoncé’s maternal grandparents, Lumas Beyince and Agnez Dereon (daughter of Odilia Broussard and Eugene DeRouen) were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles with roots in New Iberia. Beyoncé is a Creole, which her grandparents passed down to her.
Beyoncé is a descendant of many French aristocrats from the southwest of France, including the Viscounts de Béarn since the 9th century and the Viscounts de Belzunce.
She is also a descendant of Acadian militia officer Joseph Broussard, who was exiled to French Louisiana following the expulsion of the Acadians.
Who is Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z?
Beyoncé began dating Jay-Z after their collaboration on “’03 Bonnie & Clyde,” which appeared on his seventh album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002). Beyoncé played Jay-girlfriend Z’s in the music video for the song, fueling speculation about their relationship. Beyoncé and Jay-Z married privately on April 4, 2008.
As of April 2014, the couple had sold 300 million records together.
They are well-known for their private relationship, though they appear to have relaxed since 2013.
Both have admitted that their marriage suffered as a result of Jay Z’s-affair.
