Sancho Ramírez ( 1042 – 4 June 1094) was
King of Aragon
This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre ...
from 1063 until 1094 and
King of Pamplona
The Kingdom of Navarre (; , , , ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (), was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France.
The medieval state to ...
from 1076 under the name of Sancho V ( eu, Antso V.a Ramirez). He was the eldest son of
Ramiro I and
Ermesinda of Bigorre
Ermesinda of Bigorre (Aragonese: ''Ermisenda de Bigorra''), born Gerberga or Gisberga (1015 – 1 December 1049), was a Queen of Aragon, a daughter of Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre and his wife Garsenda, Heiress of Bigorre. She was a member of t ...
. His father was the first king of Aragon and an illegitimate son of
Sancho III of Pamplona
Sancho Garcés III ( 992-996 – 18 October 1035), also known as Sancho the Great ( es, Sancho el Mayor, eu, Antso Gartzez Nagusia), was the King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage t ...
. He inherited the Aragonese crown from his father in 1063.
[Vicente Salas Merino, ''La Genealogía de los Reyes de España'', (Visionnet, 2007), 220.] Sancho Ramírez was chosen king of Pamplona by Navarrese noblemen after
Sancho IV was murdered by his siblings.
Biography
Sancho Ramírez succeeded his father as second
King of Aragon
This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre ...
in 1063.
Between 1067 and 1068, the
War of the Three Sanchos
The War of the Three Sanchos ( es, Guerra de los Tres Sanchos) was a brief military conflict between three Spanish kingdoms in 1065–1067. The kingdoms were all ruled by Jiménez kings who were first cousins: Sancho II of Castile, Sancho IV o ...
involved him in a conflict with his first cousins, both also named Sancho:
Sancho IV the
king of Navarre and
Sancho II the
king of Castile, respectively. The Castilian Sancho was trying to retake
Bureba
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and
Alta Rioja
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, which his father had given away to the king of Navarre and failed to retake. The Navarrese Sancho begged the aid of the Aragonese Sancho to defend his kingdom. Sancho of Castile defeated the two cousins and retook both Bureba and Alta Rioja, as well as
Álava
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.
Sancho Ramírez followed his father's practice, not using the royal title early in his reign even though his state had become fully independent. This changed in 1076, when
Sancho IV of Navarre was murdered by his own siblings, thus prompting a succession crisis in this neighboring kingdom that represented Aragon's nominal overlord. At first, the murdered king's young son, García, who had fled to
Castile, was recognized as titular king by
Alfonso VI
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
, while Sancho Ramírez recruited to his side noblemen of Navarre who resented their kingdom falling under Alfonso's influence. The crisis was resolved by partition. Sancho Ramírez was elected King of Navarre, while he ceded previously contested western provinces of the kingdom to Alfonso. From this time, Sancho referred to himself as king not only of Navarre but also Aragon.
Sancho
conquered Barbastro in 1064,
Graus in 1083, and
Monzón in 1089. He was defeated by
El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El C ...
, who was raiding his lands and those of his Muslim allies, at the
Battle of Morella
The Battle of Morella (14 August 1084×88), southwest of Tortosa, was fought between Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Navarre, and Yusuf al-Mu'tamin, King of Zaragoza, while the former was engaged in a campaign of conquest against the la ...
, probably in 1084. He perished in 1094 at the battle of Huesca.
Sancho contracted his first marriage in , to
Isabella (died ), daughter of Count
Armengol III of Urgel. They were divorced 1071. His second marriage, in 1076, was with
Felicia (died 3 May 1123), daughter of
Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier. A third marriage—to
Philippa of Toulouse
Philippa () (c. 1073 – 28 November 1118) was '' suo jure'' Countess of Toulouse, as well as the Duchess of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William IX of Aquitaine.
Life
Early life and marriage
Philippa was born in approximately 1073 to Coun ...
—is sometimes given, but contemporary evidence records him as still married to Felicia at the time of his death. He was father of four sons: by Isabella, he had
Peter, his successor; by Felicia he had Ferdinand, who was alive in 1086 but died within the next decade,
Alfonso
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
, who succeeded Peter, and
Ramiro, who succeeded Alfonso.
Marriage and family
Sancho Ramírez married
Isabella of Urgell Isabella of Urgel (Aragonese: ''Isabel d'Urchel''; died 1071) was Queen of Aragon; the only daughter of Ermengol III, Count of Urgell by his first wife Adelaide of Besalú.
Isabella is mentioned in her brother Ermengol IV's testament.Monfar y Sors ...
, daughter of
Ermengol III
Ermengol (or Armengol) III (10321065), called ''el de Barbastro'', was the count of Urgell from 1038 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol II, Count of Urgell and his wife Velasquita "Constance", probably the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Besa ...
,
Count of Urgell
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c. 798–870 Counts appointed by the Carolingians
*798–820 Borrell, count of Urgell and Cerdanya
*820–824 Aznar Galínde ...
around the year 1062. They had one known child:
*
Peter (c. 1068 – 1104), known as "the Catholic", who ruled as
King of Aragon
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and
Pamplona
Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region.
Lying at near above ...
from 1094 until 1104. Peter married
Agnes of Aquitaine.
Sancho Ramírez remarried around 1071 with
Felicia of Roucy
Felicia of Roucy ( – 3 May 1123) was a queen consort of Aragon and Navarre. She was a daughter of Hilduin IV of Montdidier, and his wife Alice of Roucy. They were Picards.
Felicia was married in 1076 to Sancho Ramírez, then king of Aragon afte ...
, daughter of
Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier. They had three children:
* Fernando Sánchez (1071 – 1094)
[Lema Pueyo (2008:48)]
*
Alfonso Sánchez ( 1073 – 1134), known as "the Battler",
King of Aragon
This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre ...
and
Pamplona
Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region.
Lying at near above ...
from 1104 until 1134. He married
Urraca of León
Urraca ( 1080 – 8 March 1126), called the Reckless (''la Temeraria''), was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure ''Empress of All Spain'' and ''Empress of All Galicia''.
...
,
Queen of León,
Castile and
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
. Their marriage was annulled in 1112.
*
Ramiro Sánchez (1086 – 1157), known as "the Monk",
King of Aragon
This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre ...
between 1134 and 1157, and married to
Agnes of Aquitaine in her second marriage after Viscount of Thouars, Aimery V.
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External source
Medieval Lands Project on Infante don SANCHO Ramírez de Aragón
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1040s births
1094 deaths
11th-century Aragonese monarchs
11th-century Navarrese monarchs
Place of birth missing
Burials at the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
11th-century people from the Kingdom of Pamplona