Ramiro Garcés of Viguera

Ramiro

Image of Ramiro from the Codex Vigilanus.
King of Viguera
Tenure 970 – 981
Successor Sancho Ramírez
Died 981
Spouse Unknown
Issue Sancho Ramírez, King of Viguera (981-1002)
García Ramírez, King of Viguera (1002)
Father García Sánchez I of Pamplona
Mother Teresa of León
Religion Catholicism

Ramiro Garcés (Basque: Ramiro Gartzia; died 9 July 981) was the first King of Viguera, since the establishment of the kingdom in 970 until his death in 981. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona with his second wife, Teresa of León.[1] It is suggested that that while Teresa pushed for the disinheritance of García's eldest son Sancho II of Pamplona in favour of Ramiro, García compromised and willed the region of Viguera to Ramiro with the title of king.

Ramiro was a subregulus and vassal of his brother. In 975 he tried to raid neighbouring Muslim territory, but was defeated in the Battle of Estercuel on 6 July.

The precise date of his death is not recorded. A surviving document dated 981 reports that he had already died. Arabic sources report that he died in the Battle of Torrevicente in 981, where he and García Fernández of Castile fought Almanzur in support of Cordoban rebel Galib.[2] He had two known children, Sancho and García, who succeeded him in turn.[2]

References

Sources

  • Bishko, Charles Julian. "Salvus of Albelda and Frontier Monasticism in Tenth-Century Navarre." Speculum, Vol. 23, No. 4. (October 1948), pp 559590.
  • Cañada Juste, Alberto. "Un milenario navarro: Ramiro Garcés, rey de Viguera", Príncipe de Viana 42 (1982), pp. 2137.
  • Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. "Monarcas navarros olvidados: los reyes de Viguera", Hispania X (1950), pp. 825.
Preceded by
New creation
King of Viguera
970 before 991
Succeeded by
Sancho Ramírez
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