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, Countess of Portugal. Mendo de Sousa was the husband of Maria Rodrigues Veloso daughter of Count Rodrigo Velloso.

Mendo de Sousa is a direct descendant of Sueiro Belfaguer 1st Lord House of Sousa.