Sancho IV of Pamplona

Sancho Garcés IV
King of Pamplona
Reign1054–1076
PredecessorGarcía Sánchez III
SuccessorSancho Ramírez
King of the Kingdom of Najera
Reign1054–1076
PredecessorGarcía Sánchez III of Pamplona
SuccessorPosition abolished
Died1076
ConsortPlacencia of Normandy
HouseJiménez
FatherGarcía Sánchez III of Pamplona
MotherStephanie of Foix

Sancho Garcés IV (Basque: Antso IV.a Gartzez; c. 1039 – 4 June 1076),[1] nicknamed Sancho of Peñalén (Basque: Antso Peñalengoa, Spanish: Sancho el de Peñalén) was King of Pamplona from 1054 until his death. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez III and his wife, Stephanie, and was crowned king of Pamplona after his father was killed during the Battle of Atapuerca.

  1. ^ Sancho IV, Encyclopædia Britannica.