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Birth:          Apr 1132 Navarre
Death:          27 Jun 1194 Pamplona

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_VI_of_Navarre
Sancho VI Garcés (Basque: Antso VI; 21 April 1132 – 27 June 1194), called the Wise, 
was king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194.

Son of García Ramírez and Margaret of L'Aigle, Sancho was the first to use the title 
"King of Navarre" as the sole designation of his kingdom, dropping Pamplona out of 
titular use.

His reign was full of clashes with Castile and Aragon. He was a monastic founder and 
many architectural accomplishments date to his reign. He is also responsible for 
bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe.

He tried to repair his kingdom's borders which had been reduced by the Treaties of 
Tudején and Carrión, which he had been forced to sign with Castile and Aragón in his 
early reign. By the Accord of Soria, Castile was eventually confirmed in its possession 
of conquered territories. In the face of a possible Castilian military takeover of further 
western Navarrese territories, Sancho VI re-asserted royal authority by founding 
several towns in 1181, e.g. San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Treviño, etc.

He was hostile to Count Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona, but Raymond's son King 
Alfonso II of Aragon divided the lands taken from Murcia with him by treaty of 
Sangüesa in 1168. In 1190, the two neighbours again signed a pact in Borja of mutual 
protection against Castilian expansion.

He died on 27 June 1194, in Pamplona, where he is interred.

In 1157, Sancho married Sancha, daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile. Their children 
were:
Sancho VII
Ferdinand
Ramiro, Bishop of Pamplona
Berengaria (died 1230 or 1232), married King Richard I of England
Constance
Blanche, married Theobald III, Count of Champagne, then acted as regent of 
Champagne, and finally as regent of Navarre
Theresa

His illegitimate children were:
Sancho (died in 1207)
Guilhelmo (died in 1220), count of Marches
Zylda (died in 1232), who was married with Guilhelmo Sánchez
Ramiro

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 ____ Sancha (ABT 1138 - 5 Aug 1177)
    m. 20 Jul 1153 Carrion de las Condes

Notes

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

Children by ____ Sancha ABT 1138 - 5 Aug 1177
OF NAVARRRE Blanche (ABT 1177 - 12 Mar 1229)

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