Sancho III the Great (el Mayor) Garcés, King of Pamplona^[1]

Abt 991 - 1035  (~ 44 years)

• Name	Sancho III the Great (el Mayor) Garcés
  Suffix	King of Pamplona
  Birth	Abt 991
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1004
  	Kingdom of Navarre
  	succeeded as a minor to the Kingdom of Navarre in 1004, and through conquest and political maneuvering increased his power, until at the time of his death in 1035 he controlled the majority of Christian Iberia, bearing the title of rex Hispaniarum. Having gone further than any of his predecessors in uniting the divided kingdoms of Iberia, his life's work was undone when he divided his domains shortly before his death to provide for each of his sons. The Kingdom of Navarre existed for almost six centuries after his death, but was never as powerful again.
  Death	18 Oct 1035
  	Cause: murdered
  Notes	Count of Aragon, Ribagorza and Sobrarbe. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07686 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_III_of_Navarre
  Person ID	I6230	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	García II the Tremulous Sánchez, King of Pamlona,   b. Abt 964   d. 1004 (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Jimena Fernandez   d. Aft 1035
  Family ID	F2219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sancha de Aybar   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Ramiro I of Aragón Sanchez, King of Aragón,   b. Bef 1007   d. 8 May 1063, Barbarosa (Age ~ 56 years)
  Family ID	F2223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Munia Mayor Sanchez,   b. 995   d. Aft 1066 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1010
  Children	1. García III of Navarre Sánchez,   b. Nov 1016   d. 1 Sep 1054, Atapuerca (Age ~ 37 years)   2. Ferdinand I the Great of Castile Sanchez, King of León,   b. Abt 1017   d. 27 Dec 1065 (Age ~ 48 years)   3. Gonzalo of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, Count of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza,   b. Abt 1020   d. 26 Jun 1043 (Age ~ 23 years)
  Family ID	F2175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos

  Map (Spanish) of the realms of Sancho III

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).