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Encyclopedia > Garcia II of Navarre

García Sánchez Abarca of Navarre, called "the Trembling," was king of Pamplona from 994 to 1000, which was a comparatively brief period, as his immediate predecessors and his immediate successors reigned decades each. Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. ... This is a list of the kings of Navarre. ... Events Births Canute the Great (approximate) (+ 1035) Deaths Leopold I, Margrave of Austria Categories: 994 ... For other uses, see number 1000. ...


He was the son of King Sancho Garcés II Abarca and Queen Urraca Fernández of the family of counts of Castilla. He married Jimena Fernández, daughter of Count Fernando Vermúdez of Cea and his wife Elvira. Among their children were the future king Sancho Garcés III and Urraca, later the second wife of Alfonso V of Leon. Sancho II Garcés Abarca of Navarre of the Basque dynasty of Aritza was king of Pamplona and count of the valley of Aragon from 970 to 994. ... Sancho III of Navarre (c. ... Alfonso V of Castile, king of Asturias and León, son of Bermudo II, reigned 999-1027, and was the first who used the title of king of Castile. ...


He tried to escape the submission his father had offered to Córdoba, as a result of which he had to face Almanzor. In 996 he was forced to seek peace in Córdoba. Córdoba most commonly means Córdoba, Spain, a famous city in Spain inhabited since the time of ancient Rome, and the seat of the Emir of Córdoba and the Caliph of Córdoba. ... Almanzor is a Western version of Arabic al-Mansur, the Victorious. Two people are known as Almanzor: the Andalusi general and statesman Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir the Abbasid Caliph Al Mansur of Baghdad Al Mansur. ... Events March/April - Pope John XV dies before being being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. ...


Towards the year 997, during an expedition of Pamplonans to the land of Calatayud, García killed the governor's brother. Almanzor took revenge by killing 50 Christians. Events City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V Births Deaths Saint Adalbert of Prague, martyrdom Categories: 997 ... Pamplona (Basque: Irunea / Iruñea) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ... Calatayud (2002 pop. ...


In the Battle of Cervera in July of 1000, he allied with Count Sancho García of Castile, Alfonso V of Leon and García Gómez of Carrión. For other uses, see number 1000. ... A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ... Alfonso V of Castile, king of Asturias and León, son of Bermudo II, reigned 999-1027, and was the first who used the title of king of Castile. ...

Preceded by:
Sancho II
Count of Aragon Succeeded by:
Sancho III
King of Navarre

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Navarre (2152 words)
Spanish Navarre is bounded on the north by French Navarre, on the north-east by the Province of Huesca on the east and south-east by the Province of Saragossa, on the south by the province of Logrono, and on the west by the Basque Provinces of Guipuzcoa and Alava.
In Aragon, Alfonso's brother Ramiro became king; in Navarre, Garcia Ramirez, a grandson of Sancho the Great, who was obliged to surrender Rioja to Castile in 1136, and Taragona to Aragon in 1157, and to declare himself a vassal of King Alfonso VII of Castile.
Lower, or French, Navarre, received from Henry, the son of Jean d'Albret, a representative assembly, the clergy being represented by the bishops of Bayonne and Dax, their vicars-general, the parish priest of St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, and the priors of Saint-Palais, d'Utziat and Haramples.
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