Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre

Sancha of Castile (c. 1139–1179) was daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his first wife Berengaria of Barcelona.[1] Sancha was the fifth child of seven born to her parents.

Sancha of Castile
Queen consort of Navarre
Reign	1157–1179
Born	c. 1139
Died	August 1179
Burial	Pamplona Cathedral
Spouse	Sancho VI, King of Navarre ​ ​ (m. 1153)​
Issue more...	Berengaria, Queen of England Sancho VII, King of Navarre Blanche, Countess of Champagne
House	Ivrea
Father	Alfonso VII, King of León and Castile
Mother	Berenguela of Barcelona
Religion	Roman Catholicism

On 20 July 1153, Sancha married Sancho VI of Navarre.[2] He is responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe. As "la reyna de Navarra, filla del emperador" (the queen of Navarre, daughter of the Emperor) her August 1179 death was reported in the Annales Toledanos.[3]

Issue

Sancho and Sancha's children were:

• Sancho VII
• Ferdinand
• Ramiro, Bishop of Pamplona
• Berengaria (died 1230 or 1232), married King Richard I of England
• Constance
• Blanche, married Count Theobald III of Champagne, then acted as regent of Champagne, and finally as regent of Navarre
• Theresa

Sancha was buried in Pamplona.

Family tree

8. William I, Count of Burgundy

4. Raymond of Burgundy

9. Stephanie

2. Alfonso VII of León and Castile

10. Alfonso VI of León and Castile

5. Urraca of León and Castile

11. Constance of Burgundy

1. Sancha of Castile

12. Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona

6. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona

13. Maud of Apulia

3. Berengaria of Barcelona

14. Gilbert I, Count of Gévaudan

7. Douce I, Countess of Provence

15. Gerberga, Countess of Provence

References

1. Infanta doña SANCHA Infanta de Castilla
2. Family of Sancha
3. A. Huici, Las Crónicas Latinas de la Reconquista, Valencia, 1913, vol. 1, p. 349