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- Also called:
- Sancho Abarca
- Died:
- c. 994
- Title / Office:
- king (970-994), Navarra
- Notable Family Members:
- father García I (or II) Sanchez
- son García II (or III)
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Sancho II Garcés
king of Pamplona [Navarre]
Also known as: Sancho Abarca
Sancho II Garcés (died c. 994) was the king of Pamplona (Navarre) from 970, Count of Aragon, and a son of García I (or II). He was defeated by the Moors in 973 and 981 when allied with Castile and Leon. He then submitted to the caliphate, one of his daughters marrying the chief minister of Córdoba, Abū ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr, and becoming a Muslim. Sancho visited Córdoba in 992 to pay homage to al-Manṣūr.
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