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Birth:          ABT 1005 Aragon
Death:          8 May 1063 Battle of Graus
Cause of Death: slain

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramiro_I_of_Aragon
Ramiro I (bef. 1007 – 8 May 1063) was the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his 
death. Apparently born before 1007, he was the illegitimate son of Sancho III of 
Pamplona by his mistress Sancha of Aybar.[1] Ramiro was reputed to have been 
adopted by his father's wife Muniadona after he was the only of his father's children to 
come to her aid when needed, although there is no surviving record of these events 
and the story is probably apocryphal.

During his father's reign, he appeared as witness of royal charters starting in 1011, 
and was given numerous properties in the county of Aragon, and by the division of 
Sancho's realm on the latter's death in 1035, the county of Aragon fell to Ramiro with 
the title of baiulus or steward. This was part of what would prove to be a larger 
division: Navarre and the Basque country went to eldest half-brother García, the 
county of Castile was held by Ferdinand, while the counties of Sobrarbe and 
Ribagorza fell to Gonzalo and Ramiro received lands in Aragon to hold under García.

Ramiro's exact status is vague. He was called king by his vassals, neighbors, the 
church and even his sons, yet he always referred to himself simply as Ranimiro 
Sancioni regis filio (Ramiro, son of King Sancho). Likewise, in his two wills, he refers 
to his lands as having been given him in stewardship: in the first by García, and in the 
second by God. He is called regulus (rather than rex used for García) and quasi pro 
rege (acting as if king) in charters from Navarre.[2] Due to his growing independence 
and the small size of his Pyrenean holdings, he is sometimes called a "petty king", 
Aragon a "pocket kingdom".

Ramiro sought to enlarge his lands at the expense of both the Moors and his brother, 
García, the King of Navarre. Shortly after the death of his father (the date variously 
placed from 1036 to 1043), he supported the emir of Tudela in an invasion of the 
Navarre. While he was defeated in the Battle of Tafalla, he still was able to gain 
territory, including Sanguesa, and established a state of semi-autonomy. In 1043, 
apparently with the approval of García, he annexed Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, 
previously held by his youngest legitimate half-brother, Gonzalo.[3] This union created 
a pseudo-independent Aragonese state, with its capital at Jaca, that would give rise 
to the Kingdom of Aragon.

Before he was married, Ramiro had a mistress named Amuña with whom he had a 
natural son, Sancho Ramírez, in whom he confided the government of the county of 
Ribagorza.[4]

Ramiro wed his first wife, Gisberga, daughter of Bernard Roger of Bigorre, on 22 
August 1036.[5] She changed her name to Ermesinda on marrying him. Together the 
couple had five children: Sancho Ramírez, his successor; García, Bishop of Jaca; 
Sancha, married Armengol III of Urgel; Urraca, nun in Santa Cruz de la Serós; and 
Theresa, married William Bertrand of Provence.

Ramiro's second wife was Agnes (Inés), was perhaps a daughter of the Duke of 
Aquitaine. After annexation of Ribagorza and Sobrarbe, Ramiro began the advance 
from Aragon toward Huesca and Zaragossa. The first charter for the royal town of 
Jaca is attributed to him. It included well defined laws of protection even to non 
residents, and would set an example for urban rights until late in the Middle Ages.

Ramiro died at the Battle of Graus in 1063 while trying to take the city.[6] He was 
buried at the monastery of San Juan de la Peña, in Santa Cruz de la Serós.

Parents
GARCIA Sancho III "the Great" (ABT  985 - 18 Oct 1035)
DE AYBAR Sancha ()

Siblings
____ Ramiro I (ABT 1005 - 8 May 1063)

Marriage To DE BIGORRE Geberge (Hermesenda) (ABT 1022 - )
    m. 22 Aug 1036 Jaca, Aragon

Notes

Parents
____ Bernard Rodger (ABT  974 - 22 Aug 1036)
OF BIGORRE Gersende (ABT  977 - BEF 1038)

Children by DE BIGORRE Geberge (Hermesenda) ABT 1022 - 
RAMIREZ Sancho I (Ramiro IV of Navarre) (ABT 1042 - 4 Jun 1094)

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