Sancho I of Pamplona
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Sancho I Garcés (c.860 – December 11, 925) was king of Pamplona from 905 to 925. He was a son of García Jiménez, who was regent of Pamplona from 870 to 880 while Fortún Garcés was held captive and apparently co-king of Pamplona from 860 to his death in 882, and Dadildis de Pallars. Sancho may also have been a co-king during the reign of Fortún. The elderly Sancho (already 45 years old) succeeded King Fortún when the latter was deposed by a coalition of enemies: the Banu Qasi under Lope ibn Mohammed, King Alfonso III of Asturias, and the count of Pallars.
Sancho's first wife Urraca, daughter of the count of Aragón, did not have surviving children. So Sancho married a second time to Toda Aznárez in his old age. His children were thus minors upon his death. Queen Toda (born Teuda de Larraun) was a daughter of Aznar Sánchez, lord of Larraun, and Oneca Fortúnez, who herself was a daughter of King Fortún. Thus, Toda's children also descendants of the Arista dynasty of Navarrese monarchs. Sancho fought against the Moors with repeated success and joined Ultra-Puertos, or Basse-Navarre (Baja Navarra), to his own dominions, also extending his territory as far as Nájera. As a thanksgiving offering for his victories, he founded, in 924, the convent of Albelda. Before his death, all the Moors had been driven from the country.
Sancho was succeeded by his brother Jimeno, but his young son García Sánchez also received the royal title, and after Jimeno's death in 931, the young García became the sole king.
The Codex of Roda gives Sancho and Toda six children:
- Oneca (d.931), married Alfonso IV the Monk of León in 926
- Sancha, married firstly Ordoño II of León, secondly Count Alvaro Herraméliz of Álava, and thirdly Fernán González, Count of Castile
- Urraca, married Ramiro II of León
- Velasquita (or Belasquita), married firstly Munio, count of Vizcaya, secondly Galindo, son of Bernard count of Ribagorza.
- Orbita
- García, king of Pamplona, married firstly Andregota Galíndez and secondly Teresa
Sancho also had an illegitimate daughter:
- Lupa, mother of Raymond I, Count of Bigorre
| Preceded by: Fortun I |
King of Pamplona 880–905 |
Succeeded by: Jimeno II |
| Succeeded by: García III |
