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Birth:          ABT 1015 
Death:          1 Sep 1054 Atapuerca, Spain
Cause of Death: killed in battle

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa_S%C3%A1nchez_III_of_Pamplona
García Sánchez III (Basque: Gartzea III.a Sanoitz; c. 1012 – 15 September 1054),[1] 
nicknamed García from Nájera (Basque: Gartzea Naiarakoa, Spanish: García el de 
Nájera) was King of Pamplona from 1034 until his death. He was also Count of Álava 
and had under his personal control part of the County of Castile. As the eldest son of 
Sancho III he inherited the dynastic rights over the crown of Pamplona, becoming 
feudal overlord over two of his brothers: Ramiro, who was given lands that would 
serve as the basis for the Kingdom of Aragón; and Gonzalo, who received the 
counties of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza. Likewise, he had some claim to suzerainty over 
his brother Ferdinand, who under their father had served as Count of Castile, nominally 
subject to the Kingdom of León but brought under the personal control of Sancho III.
Biography[edit]

García Sánchez inherited the crown of Pamplona after the death of his father Sancho 
III in 1035, bypassing the late king's eldest son Ramiro, who was illegitimate. In 1043 
he defeated his half-brother in battle, setting the eastern border of the kingdom. 
García Sánchez III took advantage of the weakened state of the numerous Islamic 
taifa kingdoms that arose after the dissolution of the Caliphate of Córdoba to push the 
southern border over their territory, taking the city of Calahorra in 1045. He also 
inherited from his father the County of Álava and a great part of the County of Castile 
(La Bureba, Trasmiera, Montes de Oca, the Encartaciones and Las Merindades).

In the year 1037 he joins his brother Ferdinand, the nominal Count of Castile, in a 
battle against the Kingdom of León that took place near the river Pisuerga and that 
came to be known as Battle of Tamarón. Bermudo III, King of León, was defeated and 
killed in battle, ending a dynasty of monarchs that went back to Peter of Cantabria. 
Ferdinand would then be crowned King of León.[2] The relationship between the two 
brothers would however turn sour by the conflictive distribution of the lands of Castile 
between León and Pamplona, leading to the Battle of Atapuerca, where García 
Sánchez would perish.[1][3]

Marriage and family[edit]

García Sánchez III married Stephanie of Foix in Barcelona in 1038. Stephanie was the 
youngest daughter of Bernard-Roger, Count of Bigorre[4] They had nine children:
Sancho Garcés, nicknamed Sancho the Noble, who became King of Pamplona and 
ruled as Sancho IV from 1054 until his death in 1076. He married Placencia of 
Normandy.
Urraca Garcés, married in 1074 to García Ordóñez, lord of Nájera and Grañón.
Ermesinda Garcés, married to Fortún Sánchez, lord of Yéqueda.
Ramiro Garcés, lord of Calahorra.
Fernando Garcés, lord of Bucesta, Jubera, Lagunilla and Oprela.
Ramón Garcés, lord of Murillo and Agoncillo. Ramón would be known as the fatricidal, 
after he murdered his brother and king Sancho IV. After the fact he would escape to 
the Taifa of Zaragoza.
Jimena Garcés, lady of Corcuetos, Hornos de Moncalvillo and Daroca.[5]
Mayor Garcés, lady of Yanguas.
Sancha Garcés

García Sánchez had two illegitimate children by unknown women:
Sancho Garcés, lord of Uncastillo, married to Constanza. His son, Ramiro Sánchez 
would be the father of García Ramírez, who became King of Pamplona.
Mencía Garcés, married to Fortún Ochoiz, lord of Cameros.

Parents
GARCIA Sancho III "the Great" (ABT  985 - 18 Oct 1035)
MAYOR Munia ( 995 - AFT 13 Jul 1066)

Siblings
____ Garcia IV (ABT 1015 - 1 Sep 1054)
____ Fernando I "the Great" (ABT 1016 - 27 Dec 1065)

Marriage To ----- ----- (concubine) ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- (concubine) 
GARCES Sancho (Sancho IV) (ABT 1035 - 6 Jan 1083)

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