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Mendo Alão, Lord of Vila de Bragança, was a medieval knight of the 11th century.[1] He served as a Monk in the Monastery of São Salvador de Castro de Avelãs, Portugal.[2]
According to ancient genealogists, he was a grandson of Alan II, Duke of Brittany.[3] Those same sources indicate that he was born around the year 1000 in Brittany, son of the Count Alain of Nantes, a rich nobleman,[4] and an Armenian princess, belonging to the Kingdom of Vaspurakan.[5]
Mendo Alao de Bragança was married with an Armenian princess,[6] who was possibly the daughter of Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni.[7] In addition to having been lord of the lands of Bragança, he extended its dominions to Castile and León.[8] He and his wife had two children: Fernão Mendes de Bragança and Ouroana Mendes.[9]
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