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, birth_date = 12th Century
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Portugal
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Portugal
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Roman Catholic
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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
Sancho I of Portugal (), nicknamed "the Populator" ( pt, "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 115426 March 1211) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. ...
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Biography
Born in
Portugal
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, Mendo was the son of Gonçalo de Sousa and Urraca Sanches de Celanova, a noble woman, granddaughter 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.
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Theresa
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name.
It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or rea ...
. Mendo de Sousa was the husband of Maria Rodrigues Veloso, daughter of Count Rodrigo Velloso.
Mendo de Sousa was a direct descendant of Sueiro Belfaguer, 1st Lord
House of Sousa
Sousa is a noble family of Portugal.
History
The descendants are of the marriage of Martim Afonso Chichorro and Inês Lourenço de Sousa.
It is one of the eldest and nobler houses of Portugal. Its origin starts with the Visigoth Kings and th ...
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