Infanta Branca of Portugal

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For the daughter of Sancho I of Portugal see: Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

Portuguese Royalty
House of Burgundy

Afonso Henriques (Afonso I)
Children include Infanta Urraca, Queen of Léon Infante Sancho (future Sancho I) Infanta Teresa, Countess of Flanders
Sancho I
Children include Infanta Teresa, Queen of Castile Infanta Sancha Infanta Constança Infante Afonso (future Afonso II) Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara Infanta Berengária, Queen of Denmark Infanta Mafalda, Queen of Castile
Afonso II
Children include Infante Sancho (future Sancho II) Infante Afonso, Count of Boulogne (future Afonso III) Infanta Leonor, Queen of Denmark Infante Fernando, Lord of Serpa
Sancho II
Afonso III
Children include Infanta Branca Infante Dinis (future Denis I) Infante Afonso, Lord of Portalegre Infanta Maria Infanta Sancha
Denis
Children include Infanta Constança, Queen of Castile Infante Afonso (future Afonso IV)
Afonso IV
Children include Infanta Maria, Queen of Castile Infante Pedro (future Peter I) Infanta Leonor, Queen of Aragon
Peter I
Children include Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa Infante Fernando (future Ferdinand I) Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos Infante Dinis, Lord of Cifuentes John, Grand Master of the Order of Aviz (future John I) (natural son)
Ferdinand I
Children include Infanta Beatrice, Queen of Castile and Leon (future Beatrice I of Portugal)
Beatrice (disputed queen)
Children include Miguel of Trastámara

Branca of Portugal (pron. IPA: ['bɾɐ̃kɐ]), Blanche in English, was a Portuguese infanta, eldest daughter of King Afonso III and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. She was named after her great-aunt Blanche of Castile, queen of France.

Branca was born in Guimarães on February 25, 1259. She was a nun at the Convent of Lorvão and after that she became the Abbess of the Convent of Huelgas where she was called the Lady and Keeper of the Convent.

She died on April 17, 1321 in Burgos, Spain.