Mafalda of Portugal
Infanta Mafalda of Portugal (c. 1195 – 1 May 1256 in Rio Tinto, Gondomar) was a Portuguese infanta and later Queen consort of Castile for a brief period. She was the second youngest daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon. She became queen consort during her brief marriage to the 10-year-old Henry I of Castile.
Upon the dissolution of the marriage, Mafalda returned to her homeland. She chose to become a Cistercian nun and became noted for the holiness of her life. She was beatified in the Catholic Church five centuries after her death.
In the Martyrology
- May 1 Blessed Mafalda, virgin