Martim Sanches

1175–1226), known in Spanish as Martín Sánchez de Portugal, was a Portuguese nobleman who, during the reign of Alfonso II, was exiled to the Kingdom of León.

[4] In April 1207, Sancho I granted the villages and churches of Vila Nova das Infantas and of Golães [pt] to Martim and his sister.

[6] King Alfonso IX of León entrusted the exiled Martim with the government of Galicia.

[7] During his tenure, he had to contend with an invasion of Galicia by his half-brother, Alfonso II of Portugal.

Martim gathered an army and invaded Entre-Douro-e-Minho using scorched earth tactics, probably incited by the archbishop of Braga, Estêvão Soares da Silva [pt].