For the daughter of Afonso, see Infanta Mafalda of Portugal

Infanta Mafalda of Portugal

Infanta Mafalda of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta, the second child and first daughter of Afonso I of Portugal and his wife Maud of Savoy. On January 30, 1159, when Mafalda was ten years old, her marriage was agreed with then Infante Alfonso of Aragon , who was seven...

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Infanta Mafalda of Portugal (c. 1197 – Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto (Gondomar)

Rio Tinto is a Portuguese city and parish, located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. It has a population of 50 762 inhabitants and a total area of 9.5 km²....

, Amarante

Amarante, Portugal

Amarante is a city in Amarante Municipality, Portugal.The city itself has a population of 11,261 inhabitants. It sits on the banks of the Tâmega River.It is a sister city of Wiesloch, Germany.- Culture :...

, May 1, 1256; mɐˈfaɫdɐ) was a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 infanta (princess), later Queen consort

Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of Castile

Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It emerged as a political autonomous entity in the 9th century. It was called County of Castile and was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of León. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region...

 for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal

Sancho I of Portugal

Sancho I , nicknamed the Populator , second monarch of Portugal, was born on 11 November 1154 in Coimbra and died on 26 March 1212 in the same city. He was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fourth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father...

 and Dulce of Aragon.

In 1215, Mafalda married Henry I of Castile

Henry I of Castile

Henry I of Castile was king of Castile. He was the son of Alfonso VIII of Castile and his wife Eleanor Plantagenet, ....

. As he was very young, the marriage was not consummated, and it was dissolved in 1216.

After that she became a nun in Arouca and died in Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto (Gondomar)

Rio Tinto is a Portuguese city and parish, located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. It has a population of 50 762 inhabitants and a total area of 9.5 km²....

 (Amarante

Amarante, Portugal

Amarante is a city in Amarante Municipality, Portugal.The city itself has a population of 11,261 inhabitants. It sits on the banks of the Tâmega River.It is a sister city of Wiesloch, Germany.- Culture :...

) on May 1, 1256.

On June 27, 1793 she was beatified.

Ancestry