Blanche of Portugal (1259–1321)

Blanche of Portugal (25 February 1259 in Santarém, – 17 April 1321 in Burgos; Branca Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɾɐ̃kɐ] in Portuguese and Blanca in Spanish), was an infanta, the firstborn child of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. Named after her great-aunt Blanche of Castile, queen of France, Blanche was the Lady of Las Huelgas, Montemor-o-Velho, Alcocer and Briviesca, the city which she founded.

For the daughter of Sancho I of Portugal, see Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara.
Blanche of Portugal
Lady of Las Huelgas, Montemor-o-Velho, Alcocer and Briviesca
Infanta Blanche of Portugal, in António de Holanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1534)
Born25 February 1259
Santarem, Kingdom of Portugal
Died17 April 1321(1321-04-17) (aged 62)
Burgos, Crown of Castile
Burial
Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
IssueJuan Núñez de Prado
HousePortuguese House of Burgundy
FatherAfonso III
MotherBeatrice of Castile
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