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Repudiated by her husband, she returned to Castile where she was the abbess of the Monastery of San Miguel de Pedroso. With the help of her brother Sancho, she governed the County of Ribagorza which would eventually pass to her niece, Muniadona of Castile, the wife of King Sancho III of Pamplona. [3] Sancho García, count of Castile. [4]
Sancho married Urraca, whose parentage has not been found in contemporary records. However, based on them having given a daughter the name of a founder of the Banu Gómez clan, she has been identified as sister of rebel García Gómez and daughter of count Gómez Díaz of Saldaña by Sancho's aunt, Muniadona Fernández of Castile.
Sancho thus became de facto ruler of Castile, though he was never its count, [1] nominating his younger son to succeed Garcia. Ferdinand Sánchez (1029-1065), who continued to serve as count of Castile after he became king Ferdinand I of León.
Sancho Garcés III (c. 992–996 – 18 October 1035), also known as Sancho the Great (Spanish: Sancho el Mayor, Basque: Antso Gartzez Nagusia), was the King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage the counties of Castile, Álava and Monzón.
Urraca Gómez was born to Gomez Diaz, count of Saldaña, and Muniadomna Fernández of Castile, and thus was a grandchild of Fernán González of Castile. [1]In 994, she married her cousin, who at the time of their wedding was in rebellion against his father with the support of the Moors under Almanzor and his mother Ava of Ribagorza.
Sancho García, count of Castile and Álava; Urraca García entered the monastery of Infantado de Covarrubias; Gonzalo García (died 979), speculated to have been ancestor of the House of Lara; Elvira García, married in 991 to Bermudo II of León; Toda García, married Sancho Gómez of Saldaña; Oneca García, married in 995 Almanzor ...
Muniadona of Castile (c. 995 – 1066), also called Mayor or Munia, was Queen of Pamplona (1011 – 1035) by her marriage with King Sancho Garcés III, who later added to his domains the Counties of Ribagorza (1017) and Castile (1028) using her dynastic rights to these territories.
García Sánchez II (Basque: Gartzea II.a Santxez; died c. 1000), was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 994 until his death c. 1000.He was the eldest son of Sancho II of Pamplona and Urraca Fernández and the second Pamplonese monarch to also hold the title of count of Aragon.