Sancho III of Pamplona
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Sancho Garcés III, also known as Sancho the Great, was the King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage the counties of Castile, Álava and Mon
The burial stone of Sancho III, bearing his effigy
Sancho, as depicted by Juan Rizi in the 17th century
Ramiro I of Aragon
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Ramiro I was the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his death. His kingdom was small and unfederated, which was sometimes referred to as a petty kingdom. Although he inherited a minor kingdom, he ex
Sancho III of Pamplona
…García Sánchez in 1029, holding it first under his father and later of Vermudo III of León, before killing that king to take León and the royal title. Ramiro, the eldest but illegitimate son of Sancho by mistress Sancha of Aybar, was given property in the former county of Aragón with the provision that he…
13th-century miniature of Ramiro