Mendo de Sousa

Mendo de Sousa
Count
Noble family House of Sousa
Born 12th Century
Portugal
Died 12th Century
Portugal
Religion Roman Catholic

Mendo de Sousa (1120s-1192) was a Portuguese Count, Patron of the Monastery of Pombeiro and Mordomo-mór of Sancho I of Portugal.[1]

Biography

Born in Portugal, Mendo was the son of Gonçalo de Sousa and Urraca Sanches, the maternal granddaughter of Henry, Count of Portugal and Theresa.[2] Mendo de Sousa was the husband of Maria Rodrigues Veloso, daughter of Count Rodrigo Velloso.[3]

Mendo de Sousa was a direct descendant of Sueiro Belfaguer 1st Lord House of Sousa.[4]

References

  1. Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha. Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira.
  2. Nobiliario de D. Pedro Conde de Bracelos hijo del Rey del Rey D. Dionis de Portugal. Pedro Conde de Barcellos, Joam Baptista Lavanha, Félix Machado de Silva Castro e Vasconcellos.
  3. Historia insulana das ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano. Antonio CORDEYRO.
  4. Apontamentos genealogicos sobre a familia Portugal da Silveira. Antonio de Portugal de.* Faria.

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