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Birth:          ABT  880 
Death:          10 Dec  925 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_I_of_Pamplona
Sancho Garcés I (Basque: Antso Ia. Gartzez; c. 860 – 10 December 925),[1] also 
known as Sancho I, was King of Pamplona from 905 until 925. He was the son of 
García Jiménez and was the first king of Pamplona of the Jiménez dynasty.[2] Sancho 
I was the feudal ruler of the Onsella valley, and expanded his power to all the 
neighboring territories. He was chosen to replace Fortún Garcés by the Pamplonese 
nobility in 905.
Biography[edit]

Sancho Garcés was born around the year 860, son of García Jiménez and his second 
wife Dadildis de Pallars.[3] Around the time of death of King García Íñiguez he ruled 
the Onsella valley in the western lands of the kingdom. He managed to take control of 
the city of Pamplona while Fortún Garcés was still king, aided by Alfonso III of 
Asturias and the Count of Pallars. Along with the Pamplonese nobility, they plotted to 
remove the king's children from the line of succession, which passed down to the 
king's granddaughter Toda, who was married to Sancho Garcés. He proclaimed 
himself King of Pamplona in 905.[2]

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 Lubb ibn 
Muhammad, killing him in battle. Four years later, another former ally, Galindo Aznárez, 
joined with his brother-in-law Muhammad al-Tawil and Abd Allah ibn Lubb ibn Qasi to 
attack Sancho, but they were defeated and neutralized as a threat. Al-Tawil fled and 
was killed shortly afterward, and the power of the Banu Qasi was severely crippled, 
while Galindo was forced into vassalage to Sancho, leading to the incorporation of the 
County of Aragon into the Pamplona kingdom. In 920, he 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 the 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 Ebro river on 10 December, 925 and 
buried in Villamayor de Monjardín.

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[edit]

Sancho Garcés was married to Toda Aznárez, daughter of the Count Aznar Sánchez 
and Onneca Fortúnez, herself being daughter of Fortún Garcés. According to the 
Roda Codex, they had one son, García, and five daughters all of whom except Orbita 
married either kings of León or counts:[5]
García Sánchez I,[5] King of Pamplona from 925 until 970, married first to Andregoto 
Galíndez, daughter of the Count of Aragon Galindo Aznárez II and later to Teresa 
Ramírez, daughter of Ramiro II of León.
Urraca Sánchez, Queen consort of the Kingdom of León from 931 until 951 after 
marrying Ramiro II of León.[6]
Oneca 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 León as the third 
wife of King Ordoño II.[6] After the king's death in 924, she married Álvaro Herraméliz, 
count of Álava and then, after his death in 931, she became the wife of Fernán 
González, 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]

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]

Parents
JIMINEZ Garcia II (Inigo Arista) (ABT  860 - AFT  890)
DE PALLARS Dadildis (ABT  860 - )

Siblings
GARCES Sancho I "Optimo Imperator" (ABT  880 - 10 Dec  925)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  904 

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
OF NAVARRE Lupa Sanchez (ABT  905 - )

Marriage To AZNAREZ OF LARRON Toda (ABT  876 - AFT  970)
    m. ABT  910 

Notes

Parents
SANCHEZ DE LARRON Aznar (ABT  847 - )
FORTUN OF PAMPLONA Oneca (ABT  848 - AFT  890)

Children by AZNAREZ OF LARRON Toda ABT  876 - AFT  970
SANCHEZ Garcia III ( 913 -  970)
SANCHEZ OF NAVARRE Sancha (ABT  915 - Dec  959)

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