Branca of Portugal (1198 – Guadalajara, c. 1240;[1] Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾɐ̃kɐ]; English: Blanche) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), eighth child of Portuguese King Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon,[2] was probably the twin sister of Berengaria,[1] she was raised in the court with her father and his mistress "a Ribeirinha" and, when she was eight or ten years old, was sent to live with her sisters at the Monastery of Lorvão. She was a nun at a convent in Guadalajara and was interred at the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra where her mother was buried.[3]
Ancestry
References
- 1.[1.2]Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 85.
- 2.Pizarro, José Augusto de Sottomayor (1997). Linhagens medievais portuguesas : genealogias e estratégias 1279-1325. Porto: Edição do Autor.
- 3.Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, pp. 85 and 92.