Mendo de Sousa
{{Short description|Portuguese Count (12th Century)}}
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Mendo de Sousa (1120s–1192) was a Portuguese Count, Patron of the Monastery of Pombeiro and Mordomo-mór of Sancho I of Portugal.{{cite book|title=Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha|date = 9 July 2007|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wF9TBQAAQBAJ&q=Mendo+de+Sousa+conquista+de+Silves%2C&pg=PA133|publisher=Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira}}
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.{{cite book|title=Nobiliario de D. Pedro Conde de Bracelos hijo del Rey del Rey D. Dionis de Portugal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P31UAAAAcAAJ&q=Gon%C3%A7alo+Mendes+de+Sousa+Urraca+Sanches&pg=PA134 |year= 1640|publisher=Pedro Conde de Barcellos, Joam Baptista Lavanha, Félix Machado de Silva Castro e Vasconcellos}} Mendo de Sousa was the husband of Maria Rodrigues Veloso, daughter of Count Rodrigo Velloso.{{cite book|title=Historia insulana das ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LpVAAAAcAAJ&q=Mendo+de+Sousa+Maria+Rodrigues+Veloso&pg=PA447 |year= 1717|publisher=Antonio CORDEYRO}}
Mendo de Sousa was a direct descendant of Sueiro Belfaguer, 1st Lord House of Sousa.{{cite book|title=Apontamentos genealogicos sobre a familia Portugal da Silveira|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zM6AQAAMAAJ&q=Mendo+de+Sousa+Sueiro+Belfaguer |year= 1895|publisher=Antonio de Portugal de.* Faria }}
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External links
- [https://archive.org/stream/apontamentosgene00fari/apontamentosgene00fari_djvu.txt Apontamentos genealogicos sobre a familia Portugal da Silveira" - archive.org]
Category:12th-century Portuguese people
Category:Portuguese Roman Catholics
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