Mendo de Sousa
Mendo de Sousa | |
|---|---|
| Count | |
| Coat of arms | |
| Predecessor | Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa |
| Successor | Gonçalo Mendes II de Sousa |
| Born | 12th Century Portugal |
| Died | 12th Century Portugal |
| Noble family | House of Sousa |
| Spouse | Maria Rodrigues Veloso |
| Issue | 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 Martim Mendes Conde |
| Father | Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa |
| Mother | Urraca Sanches de Celanova |
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
- ^ Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha. Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira. 9 July 2007. LCCN 2012317302.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Faria, Antonio de Portugal de (1895). Apontamentos genealogicos sobre a familia Portugal da Silveira. Typografia Portugueza. p. 6.
- ^ Historia insulana das ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano. Antonio CORDEYRO. 1717. p. 447.
- ^ a b Sottomayor-Pizarro, José Augusto (1997). Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas: Genealogias e Estratégias (1279-1325). I. Porto: Universidade do Porto. pp. 209–256.