Mendo de Sousa

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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 Mendes de Sousa and Urraca Sanches de Celanova, a noble woman, granddaughter of Henry, Count of Portugal and Theresa.[2] He was a direct descendant of Sueiro Belfaguer, 1st Lord House of Sousa.[3]

Mendo de Sousa married Maria Rodrigues Veloso, daughter of Count Rodrigo Velloso.[4][2] They had six children:[5]

  • Gonçalo Mendes II de Sousa
  • Garcia Mendes II de Sousa
  • Vasco Mendes de Sousa
  • Rodrigo Mendes de Sousa
  • Urraca Mendes de Sousa
  • Henrique Mendes de Sousa

Outside of marriage, Mendo had another son named Martim Mendes Conde.[5]

References

  1. 1.Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha. Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira. 9 July 2007. LCCN 2012317302.
  2. 2.[2.2]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. 1640. pp. 134, 135.
  3. 3.Faria, Antonio de Portugal de (1895). Apontamentos genealogicos sobre a familia Portugal da Silveira. Typografia Portugueza. p. 6.
  4. 4.Historia insulana das ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano. Antonio CORDEYRO. 1717. p. 447.
  5. 5.[5.2]Sottomayor-Pizarro, José Augusto (1997). Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas: Genealogias e Estratégias (1279-1325). I. Porto: Universidade do Porto. pp. 209–256.