GARCÍA Sánchez de Navarra, son of SANCHO III "el Mayor" King of Navarre & his wife Munia Mayor de Castilla (Nov [1005/10]-killed in battle Atapuerca 1 Sep 1054, bur Santa María de Nájera[365]). The Anales Toledanos record the birth "en el mes de Noviembre" in 1016 of "el Infant fillo del Rey D. Sancho…Garcia Sanchez"[366]. Bearing in mind the likely chronology of García´s illegitimate daughter Mencía, it is likely that he was born a few years earlier than 1016. "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[367]. "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"[368]. "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…"[369]. 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"[370]. Under the division of territories organised by his father, he received Navarre, succeeding in 1035 as GARCÍA V "él de Nájera" King of Navarre. The Historia Silense records that King Sancho granted "Pampilonensibus" to "Garsiam primogenitum"[371]. He invaded the territory of Castile but was defeated and killed in battle by his brother Fernando I King of Castile[372]. The Chronicon Regum Legionensium records that Fernando I King of Castile killed "his brother King García" in battle at Atapuerca and captured his kingdom "in the era 1095 (1057)"[373]. The manuscript of the Codex de Roda entitled "Initium regnum Pampilonam" records that "Garsea rex" was killed in 1054 "in Ataporca" and buried "in Nagera"[374]. The Chronicon Burgense records that "Garseas Rex" was killed in 1054 "a fratre suo Ferdinando in Ataporca"[375].
m ([Barcelona] 1038) [as her second husband,] STEPHANIE [de Foix], [widow of ---,] daughter of [BERNARD ROGER de Carcassonne Comte de Couserans, Carcassonne and Bigorre, Seigneur du pays de Foix & his wife Garsenda Ctss de Bigorre] (-after 1066). "Garsea…rex, Sancionis regis filius…cum coniuge mea domina Stefania regina" granted two monasteries to abbot Gómez of Yábar by charter dated 1040[376]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. According to Marca, "les mémoires du convent de Nagara" state that she was "fille du comte de Foix", but he does not provide a direct quote or source reference[377]. The Histoire Générale de Languedoc refers to a marriage contract (again, no quote or source reference) dated 1036, but this is not reproduced by Marca[378]. This is all too vague to show Stephanie´s origin other than in square brackets in this document, until more precise information comes to light. Salazar y Acha suggests that Stephanie was the widow of a Catalan nobleman when she married King García, and was the mother of a daughter Constanza who later married her [second] husband´s illegitimate son Sancho (see below)[379]. Firstly, he says that this would explain Stephanie´s presence in Barcelona when she married, which is confirmed by the charter dated 1038 from San Juan de la Peña which names her for the first time with King García and records that he fetched her in Barcelona[380]. Secondly, it would explain the charter dated 29 Nov 1074 under which her son Sancho IV King of Navarre granted "unas casas en la ciudad de Calahorra" to "germano meo domno Sancio et uxori vestra vel germana mea domna Constanza"[381], the reference to his sister-in-law as "germana mea" being unusual if she was not also his own sister. Thirdly, it accords with the narrative in the Crónica Najerense which recounts that "infans domnus Sancius, quem rex Garsias Pampilonensium ex concubina habuerat" abducted "filiam regine Stephanie", who was betrothed to "Santius rex", and took her to the court of the Moorish king of Zaragoza and later to Ramiro I King of Aragon, triggering the war between Castille and Aragon in the course of which the Aragonese king was killed in 1064[382]. Salazar y Acha speculates that Stephanie´s first husband was an otherwise unidentified son of Bernardo [I] Conde de Besalú (whose possible sister was named Constanza) but this is only one of the possibilities. However, Salazar y Acha´s hypothesis, although appealing, appears unlikely to be correct because Queen Estefania does not include Constanza in her testament dated to [1066] which names all her other known children[383]. "Garsea…rex…cum mulier mea Stephania regina" confirmed the resettlement of Villanova de Pampaneto by charter dated 1 Jan 1044[384]. "Stephanie coniugis" is named in the charter of "Garsia rex, Sancii regis filius" dated 2 Dec 1052[385]. The testament of "Stephania" is dated to [1066] names "domini mei Garsie regis" and bequeathes properties to "meo filio Sancio rex…domno Ranimiro meo filio…domno Fredenando meo filio…domno Regumendo meo filio…filia mea Urraka…filia mea Ermesinda…filia mea Eximina…filia mea Maiore", in the presence of "senior Eximio Garceiz, senior Fortun Lopez, senior Fortun Sancii, senior Fortun Belaskez, senior Eximio Fortuniones…domna Auria"[386].
King García V & his wife had [eight] children. The order of birth of these children is uncertain. As will be seen below, the different primary sources are inconsistent regarding the order in which these children are named. The order which follows is taken from the [1066] testament of their mother, with the daughters fitted into the order of the sons as appears most appropriate from the other available sources