Infanta Branca of Portugal
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- For the daughter of Sancho I of Portugal see: Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
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| Afonso Henriques (Afonso I) |
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| Sancho I |
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| Afonso II |
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| Sancho II |
| Afonso III |
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| Denis |
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| Afonso IV |
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| Peter I |
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| Ferdinand I |
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Branca of Portugal (pron. IPA: ['bɾɐ̃kɐ]), Blanche in English, was a Portuguese infanta, eldest daughter of King Afonso III and his second wife Beatrice of Castille. She was named after her great-aunt Blanche of Castile, queen of France.
Branca was born in Guimarães on February 25, 1259. She was a nun at the Convent of Lorvão and after that she became the Abbess of the Convent of Huelgas where she was called the Lady and Keeper of the Convent.
She died on April 17, 1321 in Burgos, Spain.
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