Sancha, Lady of Alenquer


Sancha of Portugal, was a Portuguese infanta, second daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon.

Life

She was born 1180 and died in the Monastery of Celas, Celas, which she had founded, on March 13, 1229. Her body was moved to Lorvão Abbey by her sister Theresa of Portugal. She was also the feudal Lady of Alenquer.
On December 13, 1705 Sancha was beatified by Pope Clement XI's papal bull Sollicitudo Pastoralis Offici, along with her sister Theresa of Portugal.

Ancestry