Sancho I of Pamplona
Sancho I | |
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García Jiménez | |
Mother | Dadildis de Pallars |
Sancho Garcés I (
Biography
Sancho Garcés was born around the year 860, son of García Jiménez and his second wife Dadildis de Pallars.
Throughout his reign, he involved himself in the squabbles among the Muslim lords to the south with repeated success. In 907, he turned on his former ally
In 918, Sancho combined with Ordoño II of León to attack the Upper March. Though they failed to occupy Nájera, they took Calahorra, Arnedo and Viguera from the Banu Qasi, and attacked Valtierra, and though they failed to take its fortress, they burned its mosque and surrounding lands. Two years later Sancho teamed with Bernard I of Ribagorza and Amrus ibn Muhammed, son of Muhammad al-Tawil, to attack Banu Qasi-held Monzón. His successes allowed him to join Lower Navarre to his own dominions and extend his territory as far as Nájera. As a thanksgiving offering for his victories, in 924 he founded the monastery of San Martín de Albelda.
He died near the town of Resa, close to the
Sancho appears to have been the original king called by the byname Abarca, though confusion among family members of the same name had led to it being instead applied to his grandson, Sancho II of Pamplona, by the 19th century. Sancho I gave rise to a dynasty that would rule several Iberian kingdoms, the last ruling until the 13th century, and the dynasty would be called the Banu Sanyo or the Banu Abarca by Al-Andalus scholars, denoting his role as founder.[4]
Marriage and issue
Sancho Garcés was married to
- Urraca Sánchez, Queen consort of the Kingdom of León from 931 until 951 after marrying, as his second wife, Ramiro II of León.[6]
- Onneca Sánchez, Queen consort of the Kingdom of León from 926 until 931 after marrying Alfonso IV of León.[7]
- Sancha Sánchez (died between 949 and 963), was queen consort of Count of Castile,[6]who also succeeded her second husband as count of Álava.
- Velasquita Sánchez, married first to Munio Vélaz, Count of Álava, second to Galindo of Ribargoza and third to Fortún Galindez.[6]
- Orbita Sánchez, nothing is known about her life.[6]
- King of Pamplona from 925 until 970, married first to Andregoto Galíndez, daughter of the Count of Aragon Galindo Aznárez IIand later to Teresa Ramírez, daughter of Ramiro II of León and his first wife, Adosinda Gutiérrez.
Out of wedlock, he had a daughter, Lupa Sánchez, who was married to Dato II, Count of Bigorre, with whom she had one son, Raymond I, Count of Bigorre (940–956).[6]
References
- ^ Martínez Díez 2007, p. 27.
- ^ a b Martínez Díez 2007, p. 26.
- ^ Lacarra de Miguel 1945, pp. 205, 209.
- ^ Cañada Juste 2012, pp. 79–132.
- ^ a b Lacarra de Miguel 1945, p. 209.
- ^ a b c d e f Lacarra de Miguel 1945, p. 210.
- ^ Lacarra de Miguel 1945, pp. 209–210.
Bibliography
- Cañada Juste, Alberto (2012). "¿Quién fue Sancho Abarca?" (PDF). Príncipe de Viana (in Spanish) (Año 73, N. 255): 79–132. ISSN 0032-8472.
- Lacarra de Miguel, José María (1945). "Textos navarros del Códice de Roda" (PDF). Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón (in Spanish). 1: 193–284. OCLC 694519776.
- Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2007). Sancho III el Mayor Rey de Pamplona, Rex Ibericus (in Spanish). Madrid: Marcial Pons Historia. ISBN 978-84-96467-47-7.
- Salas Merino, Vicente (2008) (in Spanish). La Genealogía de Los Reyes de España The Genealogy of the Kings of Spain (4th ed.). Madrid: Editorial Visión Libros. pp. 216–218. ISBN 978-84-9821-767-4.