Sancho VI of Navarre

Sancho Garcés VI
Miniature of Sancho VI in the Compendium of chronicles about kings, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
King of Navarre
Reign1150 - 1194
PredecessorGarcía Ramírez
SuccessorSancho VII
King of the Kingdom of Artajona [eu]
Reign1157–1158
PredecessorSancho III of Castile
SuccessorPosition abolished
Born21 April 1132
Died27 June 1194 (aged 62)
Pamplona
Consort
(m. 1153; died 1179)
Issue
HouseJiménez
FatherGarcía Ramírez of Navarre
MotherMargaret of L'Aigle

Sancho Garcés VI (Basque: Antso VI.a; 21 April 1132 - 27 June 1194), called the Wise (Basque: Jakituna, Spanish: el Sabio) was King of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194. He was the first monarch to officially drop the title of King of Pamplona in favour of King of Navarre, thus changing the designation of his kingdom. Sancho Garcés was responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe. He was the eldest son of García Ramírez, the Restorer and Margaret of L'Aigle.[1]