{{Infobox noble, type , name = João Mendes de Briteiros , title = Rico-Homen , image = , caption = , 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-type = , father = , mother = , birth_date = 13th-century , birth_place =

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Biography

João was born in the

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, son of Mem Rodrigues de Briteiros and Maria Anes da Veiga, a noble lady descendant of Forjaz Vermuis, belonging to the Lords of Trastámara and

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. He was married to

Urraca Afonso {{Infobox noble, type , name = Urraca Afonso , title = Infanta of Portugal , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = , succession = , ...

, daughter of

Afonso III of Portugal Afonso III (; rare English alternatives: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse''), or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin), the Boulonnais ( Port. ''o Bolonhês''), King of Portugal ( ...

and his mistress

Madragana Madragana Ben Aloandro, later Maior or Mór Afonso (born c. 1230, Faro, Algarve, Portugal), was a woman from the Algarve known as a mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, in the 13th century, when he ended the Reconquista in Portugal by taking ...

.{{cite book, title=Crónicas de d. Sancho II e d. Afonso III, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PwbAAAAMAAJ&q=Jo%C3%A3o+Mendes+de+Briteiros+urraca+afonso , year= 1946, publisher=António Brandão, Artur de Magalhãis Basto

References

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