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Noble family
  
House of Sousa

Parents
  
Goncalo Mendes de Sousa

Died
  
1192, Portugal

Name
  
Mendo Sousa

Religion
  
Roman Catholic


Mendo de Sousa

Mendo de Sousa (1120s-1192) was a Portuguese Count, Patron of the Monastery of Pombeiro and Mordomo-mór of Sancho I of Portugal.

Biography

Born in Portugal, Mendo was the son of Gonçalo de Sousa and Urraca Sanches, the maternal granddaughter of Henry, Count of Portugal and Theresa. 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.

References

Mendo de Sousa Wikipedia