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Birth:          ABT  936 
Death:          Dec  994 
Burial:         Monastery of St. John de la Pena

Notes
Stuart shows m 962 to Urraca (mother of Garcia IV) and m (her 2d) to Teresa of Leon, 
who in addition to Sancho's mother Andregota also married Sancho's father.
Because dates are estimates it is tough to figure if there was a divorce. In any event 
Stuart does not list any children of the Teresa of Leon and Garcia III marriage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_II_of_Pamplona
Sancho Garcés II (Basque: Antso II.a Gartzez, c. 938 – dead 994), also known as 
Sancho II. He was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 970 until his death in 
994. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona and Andregoto 
Galíndez.[1] He recognised the Kingdom of Viguera during his reign.
Nickname[edit]

He is sometimes referred to as Sancho Abarca by modern sources. This appellation 
was first applied to Sancho II by chroniclers writing centuries after his time who were 
confused about the succession to Pamplona, creating a single ruler out of the 
combined careers of Sancho II and his grandfather Sancho I of Pamplona. The weight 
of evidence suggests that this nickname originally applied to Sancho I.[2]

Biography[edit]

Sancho Garcés was born circa 938, son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona, the second 
King of Pamplona from the Jiménez dynasty, and his first wife Andregoto Galíndez, 
daughter of Galindo Aznárez II, Count of Aragon.[3] His maternal grandfather died 
without any legitimate male children, thus passing down the rights to the Count of 
Aragon to Sancho's mother who, in turn, passed them down to him and he became 
Count of Aragon, in 948, while still underage.[3] He was initially under the 
guardianship of Count Fortún Jiménez. After the death of is father in 970, he became 
King of Pamplona and was known as Sancho II.

He appears mentioned on the occasion of a donation to the monastery of San Juan de 
la Peña in 987, when he titled himself "king of Navarre", being the first to use said 
title. This title, however, did not come into common usage until the late eleventh 
century.

Under Sancho, the kingdom solidified some of the gains of his predecessor, but also 
suffered several significant military setbacks at the hands of Umayyad troops. Navarre 
was linked with the Kingdom of León and the County of Castile by familial bonds, and 
the realms frequently worked in concert, with the Navarrese monarchy supporting the 
young Ramiro III of León.

In 972, he founded the monastery of San Andrés de Cirueña. In 976, at the monastery 
of Albelda, the cultural and intellectual centre of his kingdom, the Codex Vigilanus 
was completed. It is one of the most important illuminated manuscripts of medieval 
Spain, containing the canons of the Councils of Toledo, a copy of the Liber 
Iudiciorum, and the first Western representation of the Arabic numerals, among many 
other texts.

Upon the death of the Caliph of Cordoba, Al-Hakam II, in 976, and the succession of 
his son Hisham II, who had been taught by Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir, the prospects of 
the Christian kingdoms seemed dim. The troops of Al-Mansur defeated the Christians 
at Torrevicente, south of Soria. Afterwards, the Muslims returned to triumph at 
Taracueña, near Osma. In 975, Sancho was defeated by the Moors at San Esteban de 
Gormaz and it has been suggested that he was captured at the Battle of Estercuel 
that year.[a]

In 981 at the Battle of Rueda, a dozen kilometers from Tordesillas, the Christians 
suffered another humiliating defeat.


 


 San Juan de la Peña, King Sancho's final resting place.
Because he could not defeat Al-Mansur by arms, Sancho went to Córdoba as an 
ambassador for his own kingdom, bringing many gifts for the victorious Al-Mansur, 
making a pact with him and agreeing to give the Muslim his daughter Urraca in 
marriage. From this union was born Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, the second successor 
of Al-Mansur who tried to usurp the Caliphate of Córdoba from the Umayyad heir. He 
faced further incursions from Almanzor in 989, 991 and 992, the last of which resulted 
in a second submission at Córdoba, and the next year he sent his son Gonzalo on an 
embassy to the Caliphate. In 994, the year of his death, the kingdom saw yet another 
incursion by a caliphate army.

After his death in 994, [5][6] he was buried in San Estebán de Monjardín and later, he 
was interred in the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña.[7]

Marriage and children[edit]

Sancho Garcés was married to Urraca Fernández, daughter of the Count of Castile 
Fernán González. They had four children.
García Sánchez, King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 994 until his death in 
1000,[8] and married to Jimena Fernández, daughter of Fernando Bermúdez de Cea, a 
member of very high rank among the Leonese nobility.
Ramiro Sánchez, died in 992, when his parents made a donation to San Millán de la 
Cogolla for the sake of his soul.[9]
Gonzalo Sánchez, he was given some lands in the Aragon by his brother.[10]
Urraca Sanchez, nicknamed "the Basque", adopted the Arabic name Abda after being 
given to Almanzor by her father. Urraca and Almanzor had a single son, named Abd 
al-Rahman Sanchuelo.[11][12]

Parents
SANCHEZ Garcia III ( 913 -  970)
SANCHEZ Andregota (ABT  915 -  972)

Siblings
ABARCA Sancho II (ABT  936 - Dec  994)

Marriage To FERNANDEZ Urraca ( 935 - AFT 1007)
    m.  962 

Notes


Children by FERNANDEZ Urraca  935 - AFT 1007
SANCHEZ Garcia IV (ABT  964 - BEF 8 Dec  999)

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