details of family ref 180
ref 180 shows it was her brother Diego who was a key witness before the Coimbra Inquisition at the trial of her husband Amador de Louzada
From denunication of Violante Mendes the wife of Amador de Lousada by Diopgo Mendes her brother folios 239v and 240 of 0076 Livro de denuncias 1566/1590, Inquisition of Coimbra (found by Michael Waas at Torre de Tombo 26 Jun 2018)