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Sancho IV of Navarre

Type Figure Region Navarre Time c. 1039–1076 Also known as Sancho IV of Navarre、Sancho IV Garcés、Sancho el de Peñalén、Sancho IV of Peñalén

Sancho IV (c. 1039–1076), king of Navarre; he overthrew and killed his brother García IV in 1054 and ruled Navarre from 1054 to 1076, completing his …

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  1. c. 1039–1054Navarre · NavarreBrother of García IV; from 1051 to 1054 he operated under his brother's rule and built up power, killing his brother and seizing the throne at the Battle of Atapuerca in 1054.
  2. 1054–1060Pamplona · NavarreAfter acceding in 1054 he consolidated royal power, met Ferdinand I of Castile at Pamplona in 1058, and in the 1050s maintained complex alliance relations with Aragon at Villanueva de Oca.
  3. 1061–1076Kingdom of Navarre · NavarreHe continued expanding his influence in the 1060s, supported one side in a Castilian civil war in 1074, and was assassinated in 1076; the Navarrese throne fell into a succession crisis and was ultimately partitioned between Aragon and Castile.

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