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Mendo de Sousa
Mendo
de Sousa
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
de
Celanova
, a
noble woman
,
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
.
