Branca of Portugal (1198 – Guadalajara, c. 1240; ; ) 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. Ancestry References Bibliography 1198 births 1240 deaths Dominican nuns House of Burgundy-Portugal Portuguese infantas 13th-century Portuguese nuns Daughters of kings