Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara

Blanche of Portugal
Infanta
Blanche of Portugal, in Antonio de Hollanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1530-1534)
Born	1198 Kingdom of Portugal
Died	c. 1240 Guadalajara, Crown of Castile
Burial	Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, Portugal
House	Burgundy
Father	Sancho I
Mother	Dulce of Aragon
Religion	Roman Catholic

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