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Birth:          ABT 1134 of Pamplona, Navarre
Death:          12 Aug 1156 

Notes
betrothed 25 Oct 1140 when Sancho was age 5 and she was 6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Navarre,_Queen_of_Castile
Blanche of Navarre (aft. 1133, Laguardia, Álava – August 12, 1156) was Queen of 
Castile, the daughter of King García Ramírez of Navarre and his first wife Margaret of 
L'Aigle.

Blanche married Sancho III of Castile, co-king of Castile (with his father) on January 
30, 1151 in Calahorra, Logroño; however, she died before her husband’s accession as 
sole ruler in 1157. She had at least one son who is buried in the church of San Pedro 
in Soria. On November 11, 1155 she gave birth to the future king Alfonso VIII. There 
appears to be no record of her activities thereafter, except for her death on August 
12, 1156. While it had been suggested that she might have died from the 
complications of a new pregnancy, an art historian Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo 
maintains that she died from sequelae of the birth of her son.[1] That her death was 
caused by a pregnancy is recorded in an epitaph.

She and Sancho had at least two sons:
Alfonso VIII of Castile
Infante García, who died at birth in 1156, apparently also resulting in the death of 
Blanche

There may also have been an older son who died in infancy.

Sancho donated money to the monastery called Santa María la Real of Nájera where 
Blanche is buried. The sarcophagus of the queen is regarded as a primary example of 
the ability to express artistically human emotions in the 12th century.

Parents
RAMIREZ Garcia V (Garcias VI) (ABT 1112 - 21 Nov 1150)
DE L'AIGLE ROTROU Marguerite (ABT 1100 - 25 May 1141)

Siblings
GARCIA Sancho V (VI) "el Sebio" ("the Wise") (Apr 1132 - 27 Jun 1194)
OF NAVARRE Blanche (Blanca) (ABT 1134 - 12 Aug 1156)

Marriage To ALFONSEZ Sancho III "the Desired" (1134 - 31 Aug 1158)
    m. 30 Jan 1151 Calahorra, Logrono, Spain

Notes

Parents
____ Alfonso VII "Pierre-Raimund" (1 Mar 1105 - 21 Aug 1157)
DE BARCELONA Berengaria (Berenguela) Raimundo (ABT 1116 - 2 Feb 1149)

Children by ALFONSEZ Sancho III "the Desired" 1134 - 31 Aug 1158
SANCHEZ Alfonso VIII "the Noble" (11 Nov 1155 - 5 Oct 1214)

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