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 Mendes de Sousa and Urraca Sanches de Celanova, a noble woman, granddaughter of Henry, Count of Portugal and Theresa. He was a direct descendant of Sueiro Belfaguer, 1st Lord House of Sousa.
Mendo de Sousa married Maria Rodrigues Veloso, daughter of Count Rodrigo Velloso. They had six children:
Gonçalo Mendes II de Sousa
Garcia Mendes II de Sousa
Vasco Mendes de Sousa
Rodrigo Mendes de Sousa
Urraca Mendes de Sousa
Henrique Mendes de Sousa
Outside of marriage, Mendo had another son named Martim Mendes Conde.
