Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

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Blanche of Portugal
Infanta
D. Branca, Infanta de Portugal, Senhora de Guadalajara - The Portuguese Genealogy (Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal).png
Blanche of Portugal, in Antonio de Hollanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1530-1534)
Born 1198
Kingdom of Portugal
Died c. 1240
Guadalajara, Crown of Castile
Burial Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, Portugal
House House of Burgundy
Father Sancho I
Mother Dulce of Aragon
Religion Roman Catholicism

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, 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 85.
  2. ↑ Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, pp. 85 and 92.

Bibliography

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Ancestry

Family of Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Henry of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Henry, Count of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Afonso I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Alfonso VI of León and Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Theresa, Countess of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Jimena Muñoz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Sancho I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Humbert II, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Amadeus III, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Gisela of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Maud of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Guigues III of Albon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Mahaut of Albon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Matilda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Maud of Apulia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Gilbert I, Count of Gévaudan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Douce I, Countess of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Gerberga, Countess of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Dulce of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Sancho Ramírez of Navarre and Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Ramiro II of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Felicia of Roucy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Petronila of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Agnes of Aquitaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Philippa, Countess of Toulouse
 
 
 
 
 
 

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