{{Infobox noble, type , name = Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa , title = Rico-Homen , image = Armas sousa arronches.png , caption = arms of Sousa , alt = , CoA = , more = , succession = , reign = , reign-type = , predecessor = , successor = , suc-type = , spouse = , spouse-type = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , styles = , titles = , noble family = House of Sousa , house-type = , father = , mother = , birth_date = 1120 , birth_place =

County of Portugal The County of Portugal ( pt, Condado de Portugal, Condado Portucalense, Condado de Portucale; in documents of the period the name used was Portugalia) refers to two successive medieval counties in the region around Braga and Porto, today corres ...

, christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = 25 March 1190 , death_place = Kingdom of Portugal , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion =

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

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Battle of Ourique The Battle of Ourique ( ar, معركة أوريكه) was a battle that took place on 25 July 1139, in which the forces of Portuguese count Afonso Henriques (of the House of Burgundy) defeated those led by the Almoravid governor of Córdoba, Muha ...

Biography

Gonçalo was the son of Mem Viegas de Sousa and Teresa Fernandes de Marnel. His wife was Urraca Sanches de Celanova, daughter of Sancho Nunes de Barbosa and Sancha Henriques (daughter of

Henry, Count of Portugal Henry ( Portuguese: ''Henrique'', French: ''Henri''; c. 10661112), Count of Portugal, was the first member of the Capetian House of Burgundy to rule Portugal and the father of the country's first king, Afonso Henriques. Biographical sketch Fa ...

and

Theresa, Countess of Portugal Theresa ( Portuguese: ''Teresa''; Galician-Portuguese: ''Tareja'' or ''Tareixa''; Latin: ''Tarasia'') (1080 – 11 November 1130) was Countess of Portugal, and for a time claimant to be its independent Queen. She rebelled against her half-si ...

). Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa was the grandson of Egas Gomes de Sousa and Gontinha Gonçalves da Maia, granddaughter of

Trastamiro Aboazar {{Infobox noble, type , name = Trastamiro Aboazar , title = Lord , image = File:Maia.gif , caption = Coat of Arms of Maia , image_size = 100px , CoA = , more = ...

.{{cite book, title=Collecção Dos Principaes Auctores Da Historia Portugueza, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aZPAAAAcAAJ&q=Gon%C3%A7alo+Mendes+de+Sousa+Gontinha+Gon%C3%A7alves+da+Maia&pg=PA32 , year= 1806, publisher=Bernardo ¬de Brito, Antonio Brandão

References

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