Sancho VI William of Gascony

Sancho VI William (

from 1009 to his death. His reign is most notable for the renewal of Gascons ties with Spain.

Sancho was a son of

.

In 1027, he met

, which had become the Gascon capital during Sancho's reign. He had given his sister Brisca in marriage to the widower duke William and when he died without successors in 1032, the Aquitainian duke's children by this second marriage inherited Gascony.

Sources

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