García V “él de Nájera”, king of Navarre

García is also numbered as IV and V

Events

Date of Birth: November 1016.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Ubieto Arteta (p. 140). Martín Duque (DBe) gives about 1011.

Date of Death: 15 September 1054.

Place of Death: Atapuerca.

The date and place are given by Reilly (p. 8). García was killed in battle. Martín Duque (DBe) gives 1 September 1054 as does Salazar y Acha (p. 98).

Relationships

Father: Sancho Garcés III “el Mayor”, king of Navarre.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 98) , by Leroy, by Martín Duque (DBe), and by Ubieto Arteta (p. 140).

Mother: Munia Mayor de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 98), by Leroy, and by Ubieto Arteta (p. 140).

Spouse: Estefanía. Married in 1038.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 98), and by Martín Duque (p. 30), who states that she was the sister of Gisberga-Ermesinda. García de la Borbolla gives her parents as the count of Barcelona and Ermesinda. Leroy calls her Stephania v. Foix. Salazar y Acha (p. 98) gives Ramón Borrell I, count of Barcelona, and Ermesende of Carcassonne.

Children (by Estefanía):

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

Sancho IV “él de Peñalén”(1039 - 4 June 1076) married Placencia.

Ramiro (born about 1042 - died 6 January 1083).

Raimundo (born about 1044).

Ermesinda (born about 1046) married Fortún Sánchez, lord of Yarnóz.

Fernando (born about 1050).

Mayor (born about 1050) married Guido II, count of Maçon.

Urraca (born about 1052) married count García Ordóñez.

Jimena (born about 1054).

Children (illegitimate):

Mencía (born about 1034) married Fortún Ochoa.

Sancha (born about 1035).

Sancho (born about 1036) married Constanza.

References

García de la Borbolla, Ángeles. “Estanfanía” in Reinas de Navarra (Julia Pavón, ed.), (Madrid, 2014), pp. 92-115.

Leroy, B. Navarra genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Martín Duque, Ángel. "Don García Sánchez III 'el de Nájera': Biografía de un reinado" in Don García Sánchez III 'el de Nájera' un rey y un reino en la Europa del siglo XI: XV Semana de Estudios Medievales, Nájera, Tricio y San Millán de la Cogolla del 2 al 6 de agosto de 2004 (Instituto de Estudios Riojanos, 2005).

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

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. El Cid historico. (Barcelona:1999).

Reilly, Bernard F. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065-1109 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988).

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

Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. Orígenes de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón, (Zaragoza, 1991).

Online Biographies

García III Sánchez (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)