Sancho Ramírez
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Sancho Ramírez was King of Aragon from 1063 until 1094 and King of Pamplona from 1076 under the name of Sancho V. He was the eldest son of Ramiro I and Ermesinda of Bigorre. His father was the first k
Gold mancuso of Sancho
Sancho (Sancius filius, Sancho the son) with his father, King Ramiro (Ranimirus rex) From a thirteenth-century manuscript of Jaca
Peter I was King of Aragon and also Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. Peter was the eldest son of Sancho Ramírez, from whom he inherited the crowns of Aragon and Pamplona, and Isabella of Ur
Sancho Ramírez
…in 1084. He perished in 1094 at the battle of Huesca. In August 2026, his bones, along with those of his predecessor Sancho Ramírez and successor Peter I were removed from the monastery of San Juan de la Peña, in Santa Cruz de la Serós for safekeeping as wildfires encroached on the site. Sancho contracted…
Peter receiving a shield emblazoned with St George's Cross. According to legend, George appeared on the field of battle at Alcoraz. The heads of four decapitated Moors found on the battlefield were added to George's familiar emblem, creating the Cross of Alcoraz (the basis for the Sardinian coat-of-arms).
Late and fanciful painting of Peter I. The hand on the sword is an accurate pictorial comment on his reign.