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  Sancho Iii Of Navarre
Sancho was born around 985 (some sources give 970 or even 992 or later) to García IV the Tremulous and Jimena Fernández, daughter of the count of Cea on the Galicia n frontier.
This was the height of Sancho's rule which now extended from the borders of Galicia in the west to the county of Barcelona in the east and he styled himself ''rex Dei gratia Hispaniarum'', or "By the grace of God, king of the Spains", and minted coins with the legend ''Imperator totius Hispaniae''.
Sancho was married to Muña Mayor Sánchez, daughter of count Sancho I of Castile.
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 Sancho III, king of Navarre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
After conquering (c.1015–25) the territories of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza from the Moors, he took possession of Castile, Vizcaya, and Álava (1028) as his wife’s inheritance from her deceased brother, the count of Castile, for whom he had been protector since 1017.
Sancho the Great also claimed overlordship of Barcelona, forcing Berengar Raymond I to become his vassal.
Navarre passed to García; Castile and Aragón, made into kingdoms, went respectively to Ferdinand I and Ramiro I; Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, joined as a separate kingdom, were given to Gonzalo.
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 Columbia Encyclopedia- Navarre - AOL Research & Learn
The population of northern and western Navarre is largely of Basque stock, and the early history of the region is that of the Basques.
Navarre stayed with the French crown until the death (1328) of Charles IV, when it passed to Charles's niece, whose son, Charles II (Charles the Bad), played an important part in the Hundred Years War and in the French civil unrest of the time.
The area north of the Pyrenees (Lower Navarre) remained an independent kingdom until it was incorporated (1589) into the French crown when Henry III of Navarre became King Henry IV of France.
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 Sancho III of Navarre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sancho was born around 985 (some sources give 970 or even 992 or later) to García IV the Tremulous and Jimena Fernández, daughter of the count of Cea on the Galician frontier.
After the crisis in the Caliphate of Córdoba, initiated by the death of al-Mansur in the 1002 Battle of Calatañazor and leading to fragmented principalities, the so-called taifa kingdoms, Sancho aspired to unify the Christian principalities.
The Arrano Beltza flag was derived by Basque nationalists from Sancho's seal, since his kingdoms covered most of the Basque Country.
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 The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
Navarre, which is perhaps known too generally by the French version of its name, was originally a kingdom of the Basques, an apparently autochthonous people whose language has no demonstrable affinities to any other in the world, much less to any in the area.
Also, the text refers to the daughter of Sancho García of Castile who marries Sancho III of Navarre as "Mayor" [p.687], even though the diagram calls her "Elvira" and "Mayor" is elsewhere given in the text as the heiress of Ribagorza [p.690].
Sancho I of León (955-958) thus might be considered Sancho I of Castile instead, especially given the co-numbering of the Kings of León and Castile.
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 32nd Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hildouin de Montdidier III, Count of Montdidier and Seigneur of Rameru was born circa 990 to 1000 in Montdidier, Somme département, Picardie région, France.
Gerard de Lorraine III (IV), Duke of Upper Lorraine was born circa 1010 or 1028 in Dashburg, France.
Baldwin de Hainault III, Count of Hainault was born circa 1070 or 1088 in Hainault, Belgium and married circa 1107.
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 Ancestors of Carl G. Lawrence, Jr. - Person Page 31   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ramiro II Sanchez of Navarre was the son of Sancho Garcia of Navarre (Sancho V) and Constance of Moranon.
Sancho Garcia of Navarre (Sancho V) was the son of Garcia IV of Navarre and Stephanie de Foix.
Sancho Garcia III of Navarre (the Great) was the son of Garcia IV Sanchez of Navarre and Jimena Fernandez.
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 Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
Joanna's first husband, Ferrand, son of King Sancho I of Portugal, was captured by King Philip II of France in the defeat of Emperor Otto IV at the battle of Bouvines in 1214.
The son of Jeanne III of Navarre and Anthony was then King Henry III of Navarre, who became King Henry IV of France.
Count Gaston III marries the sister of King Charles the Bad of Navarre, but this relationship comes to naught when Gaston, the son of the Count and the only legitimate heir, is starved to death by his father.
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 El Cid
The northeastern part of today's Spain was divided between the Kingdom of Navarre (containing the city of Pampona) on the west and the County of Barcelona on the east.
1000 to 1033: Sancho III of Navarre subdues the counties of Aragon, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, takes possession of the County of Castile and makes an arrangement with Bermudo III of Leon with the idea of taking away his dominions from him and proclaiming himself as emperor.
But Sancho, who now held the Kingdom of Castile, thought he should have it all since he was the eldest and worked toward taking the lands from his siblings.
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 Behind the Name: Kings and Queens of Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the 10th century all of Spain was under the control of the Islamic Caliphate of Cordoba, with the exception of the northern Kingdoms of Asturias and Navarre and the Spanish March.
Sancho III of Navarre united the greater parts of these realms in the early 11th century, but upon his death his kingdom was split between his sons into Navarre, Aragon, and Castile.
Castile and Aragon were united as Spain in 1479 when the husband and wife team of Fernando III of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile ascended the thrones.
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 COUNTS & KINGS OF CASTILE
He heired the county when he was a child, while his brother-in-law, Sancho III of Navarre, regented the country.
He was crowned in 1111, and his reign in Galicia began effectively in 1116, but he did not reign in all his kingdoms until the death of his mother, in 1126.
Alfonso was accepted as Emperor by the kings of Aragon and Navarre, by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers.
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 Sancho III of Navarre: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Sancho III of Navarre: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
985-October 18, 1035) was born to Garcia II of Navarre[?].
Having gone further than any previous Christian monarch in uniting the principalities of Spain, his work was undone when he divided his domains at his death.
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 Spain under the Moors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During the 10th century the region of Navarre became an independent kingdom under Sancho I. As the kings of León expanded their domains to the east in the early 10th century, they reached Burgos.
In the 11th century a considerable part of Aragón was captured from the Muslims by Sancho III, king of Navarre, who also conquered León and Castile, and in 1033 he made his son, Ferdinand I, king of Castile.
The most prominent of Sancho's sons was Ferdinand, who acquired León in 1037, took the Moorish section of Galicia, and set up a vassal county in what is now northern Portugal.
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 Timeline of the Spanish Royal Family
Sancho III of Navarre makes his son Fernando (Ferdinand) ruler of the County of Castilla (Castile).
On the death of Sancho III of Navarre, his will, which calls for his domains to be divided among his sons, is carried out.
The kingdom of Navarre comes under the rule of the French, although it would continue to be claimed by the kings of Aragon.
www.etoile.co.uk /Spain/Timeline_1.html   (1809 words)

  
 Learn more about 1000 in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Emperor Otto III makes pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno.
Sancho III of Navarre becomes King of Aragon, Navarre, and Castile.
The Shahnameh is written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (approximate date).
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 Feudal Spanish (DBA 104)
During this period, Sancho III of Navarre gained the ascendancy among the Christian kings and counts, subjecting both Aragon and Castile to his rule (1000-1033 AD).
James I (the Conquerer) of Aragon (1213-1276) occupied the Baleric Islands (1229-1238), seized the Muslim city of Valencia (1238), and married his heir, Peter III to Constance, daughter of King Manfred of Sicily, thus opening the door for Peter to become King of Sicily in 1282.
A futile attempt by the Muslims to reverse the Christian tide with reenforcements from North Africa was decisively beaten in 1340 at the battle of the River Salado.
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 AllRefer.com - Ramiro I (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
1063, first king of AragOn (1035–63), illegitimate son of Sancho III of Navarre, from whom he inherited AragOn.
After the death of his half brother Gonzalo he annexed Sobrarbe and Ribagorza and fought unsuccessfully against the Moorish king of Zaragoza.
He died while fighting the Castilians at Graus and was succeeded by his son, Sancho I.
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 Columbia Encyclopedia- Aragn - AOL Research & Learn
At the death (1035) of Sancho III of Navarre, his western territories were organized as the kingdom of Aragón for his illegitimate son, Ramiro I. He and his successors, notably Alfonso I, extended their dominions southward at the expense of the Moorish emirate of Zaragoza, and in the 12th cent.
In 1076, Aragón annexed Navarre, and in 1137 it became united, through personal union, with Catalonia.
Both regions preserved their own Cortes, laws, languages, and customs and evolved along separate lines; their deep historical, social, and cultural differences at times caused great friction.
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 of Navarre Family Genealogy
Ancestry.com users - See of Navarre Family Tree for individual charts.
was born about 0980, lived in Navarre, Spain and died Feb 1035.
King Fernando III "The Saint" of Castile and Leon
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 thePeerage.com - Name Index 13
Sancho I, Rey de Aragón y Navarre d.
Sancho II, Rey de Castilla y León d.
Sancho IV, Rey de Castilla y León b.
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 History of Jews in Medieval Spain - a Timeline
But on his death, he splits the kingdom and leaves Navarre to his son Garcia III, Castile to Fernando I, and Aragon to Ramiro I. 1012: ben Gabirol brings the works of Plato to Spain.
Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VIII of Navarre, and Pedro II of Aragon (with some troops from Portugal and Leon), are victorious in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (the plains of Tolosa).
Fernando III, with the archbishop of Toledo, appeal to the Pope on behalf of the Spanish Jews.
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 I6539: SANCHO III, THE GREAT KING OF NAVARRE, CASTILE, AND ARAGON (____ - 1035)
SANCHO III, THE GREAT KING OF NAVARRE, CASTILE, AND ARAGON
_ GARSIAS I, SANCHO KING OF NAVARRE AND ARAGON_+
_ GARSIAS II, THE TREMULOUS KING OF NAVARRE AND ARAGON_
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 Spain
Under Sancho III the Great, Navarre controlled a large area of Spain, but the growth of Castile and Aragon greatly reduced its size.
When Henri III of Navarre became Henri IV of France, he united Navarre and Bearn.
In the Spanish Civil War, Navarre sided with Franco, but the Basque provinces, especially the main city Bilbao, stood by the republic, for which they were the target of a brutal attack by Franco forces and Nazi aviation.
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 King d'Aragon+Navarre Sancho I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It's interesting to note that the dates imply he had two children when he was not married.
Schwennicke tells the three sons born 1068, 1073, 1075 are from the 1.
But Alfonso born 1073 and Ramiro II born ca.1075 are born after the first wife had married the second husband but Sancho I had not as yet married the second wife?
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 Behind the Name: Message: "Some female royal names"
Munia - Countess of Castile, married Sancho III of Navarre
Nuña - Nuña of Biscaya married Ferdinand, son of Garcia III of Navarre
Daughter of Catherine I of Foix, queen of Navarre
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 Greg Bard's Genealogical Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Husband: Sancho III, King of Navarre Birth: abt 980 Navarra, Spain Death: Feb 1035
Father: Garcia III,, King of Navarre Mother: Chimine, Queen of Navarre
Chart of lineal ancestor of King Edward III and Phillipa of Hainault.
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 Genealogy Data
Father: France And Navarre, Louis (X) King of
Navarre, Henry III IV King of France And
Father: Austrasia, Childebert III King of Neustria And
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 Portugal > History > Date Table > First County of Portugal
Don Alfonso III dies and his three sons divide Asturias, Galicia and León - Don Ordonho II becomes King of Galicia and León (910-924); Don Lucídio Vimaranes becomes Count of Portucale
Sancho III of Navarre declares himself "Rex Hispanarum" (King of all Spains)
Don Bermudo III defeats the Moor army in a battle near Aveiro - Don Bermudo III is later is killed in battle at Toledo
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