García Sánchez III, king of Navarre

Events

Date of Birth: about 919.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Settipani (p. 99) and by Salazar y Acha (p. 93). Ubieto Arteta (p. 79) states that García Sánchez was 12 at his succession (in 931 or possibly in 934).

Date of Death: 22 February 970.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Vones and by Martín Duque (DBe).

Relationships

Father: Sancho Garcés I, king of Pamplona.

This relationship is given by Vones, by Salazar y Acha (p. 93), and by Settipani (p. 99).

Mother: Toda Aznárez.

This relationship is given by Vones, by Salazar y Acha (p. 93), and by Settipani (p. 99).

Spouse: Andregoto Galíndez, countess of Aragón.

This relationship is given by Vones, by Salazar y Acha (p. 93), and by Settipani (p. 99).

Spouse: Teresa.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 93) and by Ubieto Arteta (p. 77). Martín Duque (p. 61) gives her as the daughter of Ramiro II, king of León.

Children (by Andregoto):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Sancho Garcés II “Abarca” (born about 940 - died December 994), king of Navarre, married Urraca Fernández de Castilla.

Children (by Teresa):

Urraca (born about 944) married (1) Fernando González, count of Castile; married (2) Guillaume Sánchez, count of Gascony.

Ramiro de Viguera (born about 945 - died 8 July 981).

Jimeno (born about 947).

References

Martín Duque, Ángel. “Teresa Ramírez” in Reinas de Navarra (Julia Pavón, ed.), (Madrid, 2014), pp. 60-67.

Martín Duque, Ángel. "García I Sánchez," in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. Sancho III el Mayor: rey de Pamplona, Rex Ibericus. (Madrid: 2007).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).

Settipani, Christian. La noblesse du midi carolingien (Prosopographica et Genealogica Volume 5:2004).

Vones, L. "Garcia Sánchez I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. “Los reyes pamploneses entre 905 y 970” in Principe de Viana (Año no. 24, no. 90-91, 1963, pp. 77-82).