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Sancho VI of Navarre

Male 1133 - 1194  (61 years)


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  • Name Sancho VI of Navarre 
    Born 1133 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Jun 1194  Pamplona, Navarre, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I149523  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2018 

    Father Garcia VI of Navarre,   b. cir 1100, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1150, Lorca, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Marguerite de L'Aigle of Rotrou,   b. cir 1100, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F59568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sancha of Castile,   b. 1137,   d. 1179  (Age 42 years) 
    Children 
     1. Blanche of Navarre,   b. cir 1180, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F59937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sancho VI Garcés (c.1133 – June 27, 1194), called the Wise (el Sabio), was the king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194.

      Son of King García VI Ramírez and Marguerite de l'Aigle, he was the first to use the title "King of Navarre" as the sole designation of his kingdom, dropping Pamplona out of titular use. His reign was full of clashes with Castile and Aragón. He was a monastic founder and many architectural accomplishments date to his reign. He is also responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe.

      He tried to repair his kingdom's borders which had been reduced by the Treaties of Tudellén and Carrión, which he had been forced to sign with Castile and Aragón in his early reign. By the Accord of Soria, Castile was eventually confirmed in its possession of conquered territories. He was hostile to Raymond Berengar IV of Aragón, but Raymond's son Alfonso II divided the lands taken from Murcia with him by treaty in 1163. In 1190, the two neighbours again signed a pact in Borja of mutual protection against Castilian expansion.

      He died on June 27, 1194, in Pamplona, where he is interred. He married Sancha of Castile in 1157, the daughter of Alfonso VII. Their (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)