Mendo de Sousa

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