See also

Family of Sancho VI and Sancha of CASTILE

Husband: Sancho VI (1133-1194)
Wife: Sancha of CASTILE (1139-1179)
Children: Sancho VII of NAVARRE (c. 1159- )
Ferdinand (c. 1161- )
Ramiro (c. 1163- )
Beregnaria of NAVARRE (c. 1165- )
Constance (c. 1167- )
Blanca pf NAVARRE (c. 1169- )
Marriage 1157

Husband: Sancho VI

Name: Sancho VI
Sex: Male
Nickname: The Wise
Father: Garcias V(VI) + RAMIREZ (1099-1150)
Mother: Marguerite + of AIGLE (1100-1141)
Birth 1133
Occupation King of Navarre
Death 27 Jun 1194 (age 60-61) Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Wife: Sancha of CASTILE

Name: Sancha of CASTILE
Sex: Female
Father: Alfonso VII + (1105-1157)
Mother: Bergenuela + RAIMUNDO (1116-1148)
Birth 1139
Death 1179 (age 39-40)

Child 1: Sancho VII of NAVARRE

Name: Sancho VII of NAVARRE
Sex: Male
Birth 1159 (est)

Child 2: Ferdinand

Name: Ferdinand
Sex: Male
Birth 1161 (est)

Child 3: Ramiro

Name: Ramiro
Sex: Male
Birth 1163 (est)

Child 4: Beregnaria of NAVARRE

Name: Beregnaria of NAVARRE
Sex: Female
Birth 1165 (est)

Child 5: Constance

Name: Constance
Sex: Female
Birth 1167 (est)

Child 6: Blanca pf NAVARRE

Name: Blanca pf NAVARRE
Sex: Female
Birth 1169 (est)

Note on Husband: Sancho VI

Sancho VI Garcés (c. 1133 – June 27, 1194), called the Wise (el Sabio), was the king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194.

 

Son of King García Ramírez and Marguerite de l'Aigle, he was the first to use the title "King of Navarre" as the sole designation of his kingdom, dropping Pamplona out of titular use.

 

His reign was full of clashes with Castile and Aragón. He was a monastic founder and many architectural accomplishments date to his reign. He is also responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe.

 

He tried to repair his kingdom's borders which had been reduced by the Treaties of Tudején and Carrión, which he had been forced to sign with Castile and Aragón in his early reign. By the Accord of Soria, Castile was eventually confirmed in its possession of conquered territories. He was hostile to Raymond Berengar IV of Aragón, but Raymond's son Alfonso II divided the lands taken from Murcia with him by treaty of Cazorla in 1179. In 1190, the two neighbours again signed a pact in Borja of mutual protection against Castilian expansion.

 

He died on June 27, 1194, in Pamplona, where he is interred.

 

He married Sancha of Castile in 1157, the daughter of Alfonso VII. Their children were:

 

Sancho VII of Navarre

Ferdinand

Ramiro, Bishop of Pamplona

Berengaria of Navarre (died 1230 or 1232), married Richard I of England

Constance

Blanca of Navarre, married Count Theobald III of Champagne, then acted as regent of Champagne, and finally as regent of Navarre

Note on Wife: Sancha of CASTILE

Sancha of Castile (c. 1139 – 1179) was daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his first wife Berenguela of Barcelona[1]. She was a member of the Castilian House of Burgundy.

 

Sancha was the fifth child of seven born to her parents, and sister of Sancho III of Castile, Ferdinand II of León, Constance, Queen of France, and half-sister of Sancha, Queen of Aragon and predecessor as queen consort, Urraca the Asturian .

 

In 1157, Sancha married Sancho VI of Navarre. His reign was full of clashes with Castile and Aragon. He was a monastic founder and many architectural accomplishments date to his reign. He is also responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe.

 

Sancho and Sancha had six children:

 

Sancho VII of Navarre

Ferdinand

Ramiro, Bishop of Pamplona

Berengaria of Navarre (died 1230 or 1232), married Richard I of England

Constance

Blanca of Navarre, married Count Theobald III of Champagne, then acted as regent of Champagne, and finally as regent of Navarre

Sancha died in 1179, aged forty and she left her husband a widower, he never remarried.