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Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

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Infanta Branca
Lady of Guadalajara
Blanche of Portugal, in Antonio de Hollanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1530-1534)
Bornc. 1192
Kingdom of Portugal
Died17 November 1240
(aged 47–48)
Guadalajara, Crown of Castile
Burial
Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, Portugal
HouseHouse of Burgundy
FatherSancho I
MotherDulce of Aragon
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Infanta Branca of Portugal (c. 1192 – Guadalajara, November 17, 1240; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾɐ̃kɐ]; English: Blanche) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), eighth child of Portuguese King Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon. She was the feudal Lady of Guadalajara. Branca was co-founder of, and a nun at, the Dominican convent at Coimbra.[1] She is buried in Santa Cruz de Coimbra.

References

  1. ^ Portugal, Medieval Lands

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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