Sancho IV of Navarre [1038c-1076] -- King of Navarre
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King of Navarre
a/k/a
Navarre (1054-1076), KingSancho of Peñalén
Sancho the Noble
At the age of fourteen Sancho was proclaimed king in the camp by the field where his father was killed at the Battle of Atapuerca. He was assassinated in Peñalén, whence his nickname, by a conspiracy headed by his brother Ramón (el Fratricida, the Fratricide) and his sister Ermesinda.
His reign was the last of the Jimengo Dynasty.
It was followed by the Aragon Dynasty.
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- Father: ¤García V of Navarre [1016-1054] King of Navarre
- Son: ¤Sancho V of Aragón [1042-1094] King of Aragón