Sancha Henriques
- Born: Portugal
- Marriage: Fernando "el Bravo" Braganza
- Died: After 1147
Noted events in her life were:
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Protuguese Kings Sancha Henriques was the daughter of Henri de Bourgogne and his wife doña Teresa de Castilla y León. "Her parentage is confirmed by the charter dated 23 Mar 1143 under which she donated property in Trobajo del Cerecedo, which she had inherited from "avia mea dompna Hensemena Muñiz…et de mater mea eius filia regina dompna Teresa", to the parents of Juan Albertino Bishop of León [Rodríguez González, M. C. ´Concubina o esposa. Reflexiones sobre la unión de Jimena Muñiz con Alfonso VI´, Studia Historica, Historia Medieval No. 25 (2007), p. 145, quoting Fernández Catón, J. M. (1990) Colección documental del Archivo de la Catedral de León (1109-1187) (León), Vol. V, doc. 1436]." She married, as his second wife, Fernando Mendes.
Sancha married Fernando "el Bravo" Braganza, son of Mendo de Braganza and Sancha Venegas.
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