Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

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]

Blanche of Portugal
Infanta
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	Portuguese House of Burgundy
Father	Sancho I
Mother	Dulce of Aragon
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Ancestry

Ancestors of Branca of Portugal

8. Henry, Count of Portugal 4. Afonso I of Portugal 9. Theresa, Countess of Portugal 2. Sancho I of Portugal 10. Amadeus III, Count of Savoy 5. Matilda of Savoy 11. Mahaut of Albon 1. Branca, Lady of Guadalajara 12. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona 6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona 13. Douce I, Countess of Provence 3. Dulce of Aragon 14. Ramiro II of Aragon 7. Petronilla of Aragon 15. Agnes of Aquitaine

References

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

Bibliography

• Rodrigues Oliveira, Ana (2010). Rainhas medievais de Portugal. Dezassete mulheres, duas dinastias, quatro séculos de História (in Portuguese). Lisbon: A esfera dos livros. ISBN 978-989-626-261-7.