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
Muniadona of Castile
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Muniadona of Castile, also called Mayor or Munia, was Queen of Pamplona by her marriage with King Sancho Garcés III, who later added to his domains the Counties of Ribagorza and Castile using her dyna
Sancho III of Pamplona
…principalities in the face of the fragmentation of Muslim Spain into the taifa kingdoms following the Battle of Calatañazor. In about 1010 he married Muniadona of Castile, daughter of Sancho García of Castile, and in 1015 he began a policy of expansion. He displaced Muslim control in the depopulated former county of…
Monastery of San Martín de Tours de Frómista, Muniadona's burial place.