RAMIRO Sánchez, illegitimate son of SANCHO III King of Navarre & his mistress Sancha de Aibar (Aibar [1008]-killed in battle Graus 8 May 1063, bur Monastery of San Juan de la Peña). "Ranimirus proles regis, Garseanes frater eius, Gundisaluus frater eius, Ferdinandus frater eius" confirmed the charter dated 17 Apr 1014 under which "Sancius…rex…cum coniuge mea regina domina Maiora" donated property to the monastery of Leire, although the absence of the brother Bernardo suggests that this charter should be redated to approximately ten years later[50]. "Sancius…rex" recommended the rule of St Benedict to the monastery of Leire by charter dated 21 Oct 1022, subscribed by "Eximina regina mater regis, Regina domna Muma, Garsia et Ranimirus, Gundesalbus et Fernandus"[51]. The Gestis Comitum Barcinonensium names "Raimirus filius Sancii Regis Navarrorum…ex…nobilissima domina de castro…Ayunarum" when specifying that he inherited Aragon on the death of his father[52]. The charter of "Sancius Hispaniarum rex" dated 26 Jun 1033 relating to concessions to the monastery of Oriense was confirmed by his sons (in order) "Ranimirus…Garsea…Fredinandus"[53]. Under the division of territories organised by his father prior to his death, Ramiro received Aragon, succeeding in 1035 as RAMIRO I King of Aragon. The Historia Silense records that King Sancho granted "Haragon" to "Raymiro quem ex concubina habuerat"[54]. Although considered "king" by contemporaries, he was named in documentation "Ranimirus Sancioni regis filius"[55]. He expanded his authority southwards to include territories formerly controlled by the kingdom of Navarre, in return for conceding Navarrese supremacy[56]. He defeated his half-brother Gonzalo and expanded Aragon eastwards by annexing Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in 1044. With this expansion, Ramiro I had assumed leadership in the struggle against the Moors on his frontiers[57]. In 1054, he is alleged to have fled the battle of Atapuerca, in which his half-brother García V King of Navarre was killed by his other half-brother Fernando I King of Castile, "having lost his boots, on a horse guided only by a halter"[58]. He died in battle against the Moors near Barbastro. The Crónica de San Juan de la Peña records that King Ramiro was killed aged 63 in 1062 and was buried in "el monasterio de Sant Iohan de Peña" after reigning for thirty eight years[59]. The "Corónicas" Navarras record that "el rey don Romiro" died "en Grados", in 1107[60].
m firstly (Jaca 22 Aug 1036) GERBERGE de Foix, daughter of BERNARD ROGER de Carcassonne Comte de Cousserans, de Foix et de Bigorre & his wife Gersende Ctss de Bigorre ([1015]-1 Dec 1049, bur Monastery of San Juan de la Peña). The Crónica de San Juan de la Peña records that Ramiro married "la filla del Comte de Bigorra nombrada Hermissenda et por baptismo Gelberda"[61]. The marriage contract between "Ranimirus…prolis Sanctioni regis" and "Gilberga filiam comitis Bernardi-Rodegari et comitissæ matris eius…Garsinde" is dated 22 Aug 1036 and lists her dowry as "castellum…Atheres", judged spurious by the Histoire Générale de Languedoc[62]. She adopted the name ERMESENDA as Queen of Aragon[63]. This is confirmed by the charter dated Oct 1076 under which her daughter "Sancia comitissa Ranimiri regis filia et Armissende regina" donated property to the monastery of Santa Cruz de la Serós[64].
m secondly ([1054]) AGNES d'Aquitaine, daughter of [GUILLAUME VI "le Gros" Duke of Aquitaine, GUILLAUME IV Comte de Poitou & his wife Eustachie de Montreuil-Berlay]. Agnes was the daughter of Duke Guillaume VI according to Szabolcs de Vajay, although he cites no source for this[65]. According to Richard, Duke Guillaume VI died childless[66]. Agnes is shown as the possible daughter of Duke Guillaume VII "l'Aigret" in Europäische Stammtafeln[67], marrying Pierre I Comte de Savoie as her second husband although she would have been only about six years at the time of her supposed first marriage. From an onomastic point of view, it is surprising that a daughter of Duke Guillaume VI would have been named Agnes, a name which appears to have been introduced into the family of the Comtes de Poitou only after the third marriage of Duke Guillaume V with Agnes de Mâcon.
Mistress (1): MUNIA, daughter of ---. Her name is confirmed by the charter dated 1067 under which "Sancio Ranimiri, Ranimirus regis filio et domna Amunna" donated property to San Andrés de Fanlo