Rodrigo o Veloso

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Mendo Sousal & María Rodríguez The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos names "Conde Mendo de Sousa" as the child of "Gonçalo Mendez de Sousa" and his wife "Urraca Sanchez" [Pedro Barcelos, Tit. XXII, Sousas, 11, p. 134]. The Livro Velho records that "filho de Gonçalo de Sousa…conde Mendo" married "Maria Rodrigues filha do conde Rodrigo o Veloso" [Os Livro de Linhagens, I, Livro Velho, Portugaliæ Monumenta Historica, Scriptores, Vol. I, Fasc. II, p. 152].