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. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden This is a list of the kings of Pamplona ( Iruña in Basque), later Navarre.
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. García Ramírez, sometimes García IV, V, VI or VII (died 21 November 1150, Lorca) called the Restorer For other meanings see Pamplona (disambiguation. Pamplona ( Basque: Iruñea or Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre
His reign was full of clashes with Castile and Aragón. Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. The Kingdom of Aragon was an old kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of 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.
He tried to repair his kingdom's borders which had been reduced by the Treaties of Tudellén and Carrión, which he had been forced to sign with Castile and Aragón in his early reign. Carrión de los Condes is a municipality in the province of Palencia of the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon, in Spain. By the Accord of Soria, Castile was eventually confirmed in its possession of conquered territories. Soria is a city in north-central Spain, the capital of the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León. 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. Ramon Berenguer IV Count of Barcelona also called Ramon the Holy (c Alfonso II (Aragon or Alfons I (Provence and Barcelona ( Huesca, 1157 &ndash Perpignan, 1196 called the Chaste or the Troubadour Murcia ( is the capital city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, located at the river Segura in south-eastern Spain. The Treaty of Cazorla (or Treaty of Cazola) was signed in 1179 in Soria between Alfonso II of Aragon and Alfonso VIII of Castile. 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. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden
He married Sancha of Castile in 1157, the daughter of Alfonso VII. Alfonso VII ( 1 March 1105 &ndash 21 August 1157) called the Emperor, became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King 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
| Preceded by García Ramírez |
King of Navarre 1150–1194 |
Succeeded by Sancho VII |
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