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 1259 - 1321 (62 years)
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| Name |
Branca of Lorvano |
| Suffix |
Abbess of Lorvano |
| Birth |
25 Feb 1259 |
Guimaraes, Kingdom of Portugal.  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Blanche |
| Death |
17 Apr 1321 |
Burgos, Castile |
| Notes |
- http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10724
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branca_of_Portugal
«b»Infanta Branca of Portugal«/b» (25 February 1259 \endash 17 April 1321; Portuguese pronunciation:«u» «/u»), «b»Blanche«/b» in English, was a Portuguese «u»infanta «/u» (princess), eldest daughter of King «u»Afonso III «/u» and his second wife «u»Beatrice of Castile «/u». She was named after her great-aunt «u»Blanche of Castile«/u», queen of France.
Branca was born in «u»Guimarães«/u», «u»Kingdom of Portugal «/u». She became a nun at the Convent of «u»Lorvão «/u» in Portugal, and after that she became the Abbess of the «u»Convent of Huelgas «/u» in Castile, where she was called «i»the Lady and Keeper«/i» of the Convent. She was titled Viscountess of Huelgas.
She died in «u»Burgos«/u», «u»Crown of Castile «/u». a city in northern «u»Spain «/u», historic capital of «u»Castile«/u».
According to Argote de Molina and de Gandara she had a natural son by a Castilian nobleman named Pedro Esteves Carpinteiro:
Dom João Nunes de Prado, who was a Master of the «u»Order of Calatrava«/u» and served King «u»Alfonso XI of Castile«/u» and his son King «u»Pedro of Castile«/u», who had him killed at «u»Almagro«/u». He had two sons who originated family «i»de/do Prado«/i».«u»[«/u»
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| Person ID |
I14983 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
20 Oct 2012 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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