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. Born after 935, dead in December 994. Navarre (Spanish Navarra, Basque Nafarroa) is an autonomous community and province of Spain. ... This article is about the Basque people. ... King Inigo Iniguez Aritza (Iñigo Iñiguez Arista, in Basque, Eneko Aritza) was the first King of Navarre in the 9th century. ... This is a list of the kings of Navarre. ... History of Spain Series -Timeline -Prehistoric Spain -Roman Spain -Visigothic Spain -Medieval Spain -Moorish Spain -Age of Reconquest -Age of Expansion -Age of Enlightenment -Reaction and Revolution -First Spanish Republic -The Restoration -Second Spanish Republic -Spanish Civil War -The Dictatorship -Modern Spain Topics -Economic History -Military History -Social History Here... Events Major volcano eruption in Mashu Japan Devastating decade long famine begins in France Byzantine Emperor John I successfully defends the Eastern Roman Empire from massive barbarian invasion Construction completed on Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, worlds oldest Islamic university Births Leif Ericson, Norse explorer Seyyed Razi, important Muslim... Events Births Canute the Great (approximate) (+ 1035) Deaths Leopold I, Margrave of Austria Categories: 994 ...

He was the son of García Sanchez III and Andregoto Galíndez, herself the daughter and heiress of Count Galindo II Aznárez of Aragon. Garcia III Sanchez was king of Pamplona until 970. ... Count of Aragón 893-922, son and succesor of Aznar I Galíndez. ...

The Historia General de Navarra by Jaime del Burgo says –- referencing in turn the Anales del Reino de Navarra of José de Moret -- that on the occasion of the donation of the villa of Alastue by the king of Pamplona to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña in 987, he titled himself "King of Navarre," the first time that title had been used. In many places he appears as the first King of Aragon and in others the third. Jaime Ignacio del Burgo (born in Pamplona 1942) is a Navarrese lawyer and Deputy, a historian and advocate for the inclusion of Navarra in the autonomous Basque Country. ... This is a list of the kings of Navarre. ... Events Hugh Capet, Count of Paris, crowned King of France Kukulcan conquers Chichen Itza Births Deaths May 21 King Louis V of France Categories: 987 ...

He is said to have been the first historical king of this dynasty.

The valley of Aragon he had inherited from his mother.

He was at least the 6th king of Pamplona, and apparently the 9th. This is a list of the kings of Navarre. ...

Under Sancho and his immediate successors, Navarre reached the height of its power and its largest size.

During this period the kingdoms of Leon and Navarre and the County of Castile were united by familial bonds; the Navarrese monarchy supported the young Ramiro II of Leon. The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina, or twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas nearby. ... The Kingdom of Navarre traditionally evolved from the county of Pamplona, its traditional capital, when the Basque leader Iñigo Aritza was chosen King in Pamplona, traditionally in 824, and led a local revolt against the Franks. ... This is a list of kings and queens of Castile. ...

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In 975 Sancho was defeated by the Moors at San Esteban de Gormaz, and in 981 at Rueda, a dozen kilometers from Tordesillas, the Christians suffered another humiliating defeat. Events Coronation of King Edward the Martyr Births Deaths July 8 Edgar of England Categories: 975 ... Events Births Princess Theodora, later Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ... Salsa Rueda (Rueda de Casino) was developed in Havana, Cuba in the 1950s, as a particlular type of round dancing of Salsa. ... The Crest of Tordesillas Tordesillas is a village in Spain that was the site of many historical events, the most famous being the Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal that divided the globe between the two countries. ...

Because he could not defeat Almanzor by arms, Sancho went to Córdoba as an ambassador for his own kingdom, bringing many gifts for the victorious Almanzor, making a pact with him and agreeing to give the Muslim his daughter in marriage. From this union was born Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, the second successor of lord Almanzor and who tried to make himself as Caliph instead of the Umayyad heir in Caliphate of Córdoba. See Córdoba for other places with the same name. ... The Caliph of Cordoba ruled Islamic Spain (Al-Andalus) and North Africa from the city of Cordoba, from 929 to 1031. ...

Sancho married Urraca Fernández of Castile possibly in 962, the daughter of count Ferdinand Gonzalez and possibly of Sancha of Pamplona. Before 950 Urraca had been married to Ordono III of Leon de Aza de Najera and in 956 she married his enemy, conqueror and successor Ordono IV of Leon the Bad, from whom she separated. Sancho was the third and last husband. Events February 2 - Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events Duke Boleslav of Bohemia is subjugated. ... Deaths April 8 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy Categories: 956 ...

Children:

• García IV Sanchez "the Trembling", King of Pamplona, who married Jimena Fernández
• Ramiro of Navarre (d. 992)
• Gonzalo of Navarre. Some documents list him as count of Aragon. He ruled together with his mother, Urraca, under the dependency of his father.
• Abda (Urraca) "the Basque" of Navarre, given to Almanzar before entering a convent. Larousse mentions Urraca Teresa of Navarre, married to Ramiro II of Leon and mother of Sancho I "the Fat" "the Crass" of León