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Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

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Father
  
Sancho I

Died
  
November 17, 1240

Name
  
Infanta Lady


Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

Mother
  
Dulce of Aragon

House
  
House of Burgundy

Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

Burial
  
Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, Portugal

Parents
  
Sancho I of Portugal, Dulce of Aragon

Cousins
  
Peter II of Aragon, Constance of Aragon, Alfonso II, Count of Provence

Grandparents
  
Afonso I of Portugal

Similar People
  
Sancho I of Portugal, Dulce of Aragon, Berengaria of Portugal, Mafalda of Portugal, Afonso II of Portugal

Branca of Portugal (1198 – Guadalajara, c. 1240; [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, 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.

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Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara Wikipedia