SANCHO García de Navarra, son of GARCÍA IV Sánchez King of Navarre & his wife Jimena Fernández ([990/92]-murdered Bureba 18 Oct 1035, bur Monastery of San Salvador de Oña[290], transferred to León, royal pantheon of San Isidro[291]). "…Ranimirus…regulus, Gundesalbo regulus…Sancio regulus…" confirmed the charter dated 31 Dec [997] under which "Garsea Sancioni rex…cum coniux mea Eximina" donated property to the monastery of Leire[292]. The Historia Silense records that "Sancius filius eius" succeeded on the death of King García[293]. He succeeded his father in 999 as SANCHO III "el Mayor" King of Navarre, Conde de Aragón, under the regency of --- until 1005. The Muslim attacks against Navarre continued unabated, culminating in the capture of Pamplona in 1000[294]. "Sancius…rex…cum coniuge mea regina domina Maiora" donated property to the monastery of Leire by charter dated 17 Apr 1014[295]. "Sancius rex…cum coniuge mea Mumadonna regina" donated property to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla by charter dated 24 Jun 1014, signed by "…sennor Lope Sancii maiordomus, sennor Lope Ennecones botilarius, sennor Garsea Lopez, sennor Enneco Sanchiz Naialensis, sennor Fortun Sanchiz frater eius, sennor Eximino Garceiz Osselensis, sennor Fortun Belasquiz Funensis"[296]. "Sancius rex" confirmed a donation of property to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla by his parents by charter dated 1020, signed by "…Lope Sanchiz maiordomus, Lope Ennecones botellarius, sennor Enneco Sancii Naialensis et Muensis, sennor Fortun Belasquiz Funensis"[297]. "Sancius rex et uxor mea Muma dompna regina" donated property to the monastery of Yarte y Anoz by charter dated 17 May 1024, confirmed by "Garsias regulus, Ranimirus frater eius, Gunçalvus frater eius, Fredinandus frater horum…"[298]. He claimed the county of Castile in his wife's name after the murder of her brother conde García Sánchez in 1029, and incorporated the whole of Castile into his kingdom. Taking advantage of the weakness of the caliphate which followed the death of Abd al-Malik, Sancho III led a rapid of expansion of the territory of Navarre to the west, capturing most of the kingdom of León. He forced the marriage of his son Fernando to Sancha de León, sister of Vermudo III King of León. He captured the city of León from Vermudo in 1034 when he declared himself emperor of all the Hispano-Christian principalities. Strongly influenced by French monarchist theories and feudal norms, he was the first monarch to adopt the French practice of claiming to rule "by the grace of God", later adopted by the other Iberian monarchies, and introduce the term vassal into local usage[299]. His personal empire was short-lived as he decreed the division of his territories between his sons after his death. The Chronicon Burgense records the death in 1035 of "Sancius Rex Abarca"[300]. The manuscript of the Codex de Roda entitled "Initium regnum Pampilonam" records the death in 1035 of "Sancius rex" and his burial "Onie monasterio", although the passage is garbled as the earlier part of the sentence records the succession in 970 of King Sancho II[301].
m (before 27 Jun 1011) MUNIA [Mayor] de Castilla, daughter of SANCHO García Conde de Castilla & his wife Urraca Gómez ([990/95]-after 13 Jul 1066, bur Monastery of San Martín de Frómista). The Crónica Latina records that "la huerfana doña Mayor, hija del…conde Sancho" married "al rey de Navarra y Nájera Sancho, nieto de Sancho Abarca"[302]. "Sancius rex…cum coniux mea Mumadonna regina" granted rights to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla by charter dated 24 Jun 1011, signed by "…Ranimirus regulus…senior Lope Sancii maiordomus, senior Lope Enneconis botilarius, senior Garsea Lopez, senior Enneco Sanchez Naialensis, fratri eius senior Fortun Sanchez, senior Eximino Garceiz Osselensis, senior Fortun Belaskis Funensis"[303]. "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"[304]. "Sancius rex et uxor mea Muma dompna regina" donated property to the monastery of Yarte y Anoz by charter dated 17 May 1024[305]. She succeeded her brother in 1029 as Condesa de Castilla. "Domna Major regina" confirmed a charter of "Sancius Hispaniarum rex" dated 26 Jun 1033 which related to concessions to the monastery of Oriense[306]. "Sancius…rex…cum coniuge mea regina domina Maiora" donated the monastery of San Sebastian to the monastery of Leire by charter dated 17 Apr 1014, redated to [1030][307]. She became a nun after her the death of her husband. She founded the monastery of San Martín de Fromista 13 Jul 1066, the document naming her father but not her husband[308]. The testament of "Maior regina Christi ancilla", in which she requests burial in the monastery of San Martín de Frómista, is dated 13 Jun 1066[309].
Mistress (1): SANCHA de Aibar, daughter of --- ([995]-[27 Oct 1070/1076], bur Monastery of San Juan de la Peña). The Gestis Comitum Barcinonensium refers to the mother of "Raimirus filius Sancii Regis Navarrorum" as "nobilissima domina de castro…Ayunarum"[310]. Her name is confirmed by the charter dated 27 Oct 1070 under which "domina Sancia, mater Ranimiri regis" granted the monastery of Santa Cecilia de Aibar "quam dedit michi illa regine domna Eximina mater Sancionis regis" to "nepte mea domna Sancia", in the presence of "abbatissa domne Mennose soror episcopi domni Sancii Aragonensium"[311]. Señora de Miranda, and of the monastery of Santa Cecilia de Aibar[312].