Sancho (Navarra) Garcés (abt. 1133 - 1194)

Born about 1133 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

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Died 27 Jun 1194 at about age 61 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

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Biography

He was called 'the Wise'. Sancho was King of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194. He was the first monarch to officially drop the title of King of Pamplona in favour of King of Navarre, thus changing the designation of his kingdom. Sancho Garcés was responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe. He was the eldest son of García Ramírez, the Restorer and Margaret of L'Aigle.

Marriage and Children

Sancho married Sancha of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII, King of León and Castile and his wife Berengaria of Barcelona. They had six children:

• 1. Sancho, nicknamed the Strong, who succeeded his father and ruled as King of Navarre from 1194 to 1234, married first to Constance of Toulouse and then a second time to a woman believed to have been the daughter of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor or, according to other sources, of Yusuf II, the caliph of Morocco.
• 2. Ferdinand, buried at the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.
• 3. Teresa.
• 4. Berengaria, who became Queen consort of England after her marriage in 1191 to Richard I of England. She died childless.
• 5. Constanza, buried in Marcilla
• 6. Blanche, she became Countess of Champagne after her marriage to Theobald III and Count regent after his death.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_VI_of_Navarre
• Encyclopædia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sancho-VI