Sancho I (Navarre)

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Sancho I. Garcés († December 11, 925 ) was King of Navarre from the House of Jiménez from 905 to 925 .

origin

Sancho was a son of García (II.) Jiménez and his second wife Dadildis von Pallars. The father was probably a member of the Basque house of Íñigo Arista and was perhaps identical to a king of the same name from the middle of the 9th century. In 905 Sancho had ousted his distant cousin Fortún Garcés , banished him to the monastery of San Salvador de Leire and thus seized control of Pamplona .

politics

Sancho ended the traditional alliance between Pamplona and the Banu Qasi and began an expansion policy against the Caliphate of Cordoba ( Al-Andalus ) in league with King Ordoño II of León . By 918 he subjugated the area around Logroño , Nájera and Tudela . On July 26th 920 the allies were in the battle of Valdejunquera by the caliph Abd ar-Rahman III. beaten, but Sancho was able to conquer the castle Viguera after his retreat to Cordoba in 921 , thus secure the valley of the Río Iregua and win a bridgehead south of the Ebro . Ordoño II had conquered Nájera in 923, but provoked another punitive expedition by the caliph, who recaptured Nájera in 924 and then pillaged Pamplona. Sancho waited for the caliph to retreat in the mountains in order to conquer Nájera in the spring of 925, which he was able to secure permanently. The land newly gained for Navarra thus corresponded to the areas of the upper (Alta) and central (Media) Rioja . He settled Christian groups and monks in the conquered areas in order to stabilize his rule there. On January 5, 924, he founded the Abbey of San Martín de Albelda .

On December 11, 925, Sancho died; He was buried in the chapel of San Estebán Castle near Villamayor de Monjardín . Because his son García was not of age at the time, his brother Jimeno followed him in the rule.

progeny

Sancho was married to Toda Aznárez , who, unlike him, was a direct descendant of Íñigo Arista. Apparently he had promised himself dignity legitimizing his rule through this marriage. He had several children with her:

Sancho also had an illegitimate daughter, Lupa Sánchez, who was married into the Earl's House of Bigorre .

literature

Charles Julian Bishko: Salvus of Albelda and Frontier Monasticism in Tenth-Century Navarre. In: Speculum 23 (1948) 559-590

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Textos navarros del Códice de Roda, ed. by José María Lacarra de Miguel in: Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 1 (1945), §10 and 13, pp. 234 and 236. ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cema.unizar.es
  2. ↑ Libro de Regla, ed. by José Yanguas y Miranda in: Adiciones al diccionario de antigüedades del reino de Navarra. Pamplona 1843, p. 259.
  3. ↑ Chronicon Albeldense, ed. by Enríque Flórez in: España Sagrada. Vol. 13 (1782), p. 463.
  4. ↑ For the deed of foundation see: España Sagrada. Vol. 33, ed. by Manuel Risco (1781), pp. 465-468, or Cartulario de Albelda, ed. by Antonio Ubieto Arteta (1981), No. 3, p. 13.
  5. ↑ Textos navarros del Códice de Roda, ed. by José María Lacarra de Miguel in: Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragón. Vol. 1 (1945), pp. 255 and 159. ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cema.unizar.es
predecessor Office successor
Fortun Garcés King of Navarre
905–925 		Jimeno
personal data
SURNAME Sancho I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sancho I. Garcés
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Navarre
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 925