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Birth:          ABT 1042 
Death:          4 Jun 1094 Huesca
Cause of Death: in battle

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_Ram%C3%ADrez
Sancho Ramírez (c. 1042 – 4 June, 1094) was King of Aragon from 1063 until 1094 
and King of Pamplona from 1076 under the name of Sancho V (Basque: Antso V.a 
Ramirez). He was the eldest son of Ramiro I and Ermesinda of Bigorre. His father was 
the first king of Aragon and an illegitimate son of Sancho III of Pamplona. He inherited 
the Aragonese crown from his father in 1063.[1] Sancho Ramírez was chosen king of 
Pamplona by Navarrese noblemen after Sancho IV was murdered by his siblings.
Biography[edit]

Sancho Ramírez succeeded his father as second King of Aragon in 1063.[1] Between 
1067 and 1068, the War of the Three Sanchos involved him in a conflict with his first 
cousins, both also named Sancho: Sancho IV the king of Navarre and Sancho II the 
king of Castile, respectively. The Castilian Sancho was trying to retake Bureba and 
Alta Rioja, which his father had given away to the king of Navarre and failed to 
retake. The Navarrese Sancho begged the aid of the Aragonese Sancho to defend his 
kingdom. Sancho of Castile defeated the two cousins and retook both Bureba and Alta 
Rioja, as well as Álava.

Sancho Ramírez followed his father's practice, not using the royal title early in his 
reign even though his state had become fully independent. This changed in 1076, 
when Sancho IV of Navarre was murdered by his own siblings, thus prompting a 
succession crisis in this neighboring kingdom that represented Aragon's nominal 
overlord.[2] At first, the murdered king's young son, García, who had fled to Castile, 
was recognized as titular king by Alfonso VI, while Sancho Ramírez recruited to his 
side noblemen of Navarre who resented their kingdom falling under Alfonso's 
influence. The crisis was resolved by partition. Sancho Ramírez was elected King of 
Navarre, while he ceded previously contested western provinces of the kingdom to 
Alfonso. From this time, Sancho referred to himself as king not only of Navarre but 
also Aragon.

Sancho conquered Barbastro in 1064, Graus in 1083, and Monzón in 1089. He was 
defeated by El Cid, who was raiding his lands and those of his Muslim allies, at the 
Battle of Morella, probably in 1084.[3] He perished in 1094 at the battle of Huesca, 
supposedly from an arrow while inspecting the walls of the Muslim stronghold.

Sancho contracted his first marriage in c.?1065, to Isabella (died c.?1071), daughter 
of Count Armengol III of Urgel. They were divorced 1071. His second marriage, in 
1076, was with Felicia (died 3 May 1123), daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier. 
A third marriage—to Philippa of Toulouse—is sometimes given,[4] but contemporary 
evidence records him as still married to Felicia at the time of his death.[5] He was 
father of four sons: by Isabella, he had Peter, his successor; by Felicia he had 
Ferdinand, who was alive in 1086 but died within the next decade, Alfonso, who 
succeeded Peter, and Ramiro, who succeeded Alfonso.[6]

Marriage and family[edit]

Sancho Ramírez married Isabella of Urgell, daughter of Ermengol III, Count of Urgell 
around the year 1062. They had one known child:
Peter, known as "the Catholic", who ruled as King of Aragon and Pamplona from 1094 
until 1104. Peter married Agnes of Aquitaine.

Sancho Ramírez remarried around 1071 with Felicia of Roucy, daughter of Hilduin IV, 
Count of Montdidier. They had three children:
Fernando Sánchez (1071 - 1094)[7]
Alfonso Sánchez (c. 1073 - 1134), known as "the Battler", King of Aragon and 
Pamplona from 1104 until 1134. He married Urraca of León, Queen of León, Castile 
and Galicia. Their marriage was annulled in 1112.
Ramiro Sánchez (1086 - 1157), known as "the Monk", King of Aragon between 1134 
and 1157, and married to Agnes of Aquitaine in her second marriage after Peter.

Parents
____ Ramiro I (ABT 1005 - 8 May 1063)
DE BIGORRE Geberge (Hermesenda) (ABT 1022 - )

Siblings
RAMIREZ Sancho I (Ramiro IV of Navarre) (ABT 1042 - 4 Jun 1094)

Marriage To DE ROUCY Felicitas (Felicie) (ABT 1059 - 3 May 1123)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE MONTDIDIER Hilduin IV (ABT 1013 - 1063)
DE ROUCY Alice (Adela) (ABT 1014 - 1063)

Children by DE ROUCY Felicitas (Felicie) ABT 1059 - 3 May 1123
SANCHEZ Ramiro II "the Monk" (24 Apr 1086 - 16 Aug 1157)

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