García Ramírez (

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: ''Gartzea Ramirez''; dead after 1005) was the third and last

King of Viguera The Kingdom of Viguera (Basque: ''Viguerako Erresuma'') was a small ephemeral subsidiary kingdom centered on the town of Viguera from 970 into the early 11th century. The kingdom was created by King García Sánchez I of Pamplona for the eldest s ...

, from around 1002 until his death after 1005. From 991 he appears in royal charters of his uncle Sancho II, along with his brother

Sancho Ramírez Sancho Ramírez ( 1042 – 4 June 1094) was King of Aragon from 1063 until 1094 and King of Pamplona from 1076 under the name of Sancho V (). He was the eldest son of Ramiro I and Ermesinda of Bigorre. His father was the first king of Aragon ...

. It is unclear if he was acting as co-king or only took control of Viguera at his brother's death, about 1002. Little is known about his reign, other than his marriage to a woman named Toda. García and Toda had the following children: * Toda Garcés, known to have been married to Fortún Sánchez, who was

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of several lands, including

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. He was

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and close friend to

Sancho III of Pamplona Sancho Garcés III ( 992–996 – 18 October 1035), also known as Sancho the Great (, ), was the Kingdom of Pamplona, King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage the counties of County o ...

and later friend of his son

García Sánchez III García or Garcia may refer to: People * García (surname) * Kings of Pamplona/Navarre ** García Íñiguez of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 851/2–882 ** García Sánchez I of Pamplona, king of Pamplona 931–970 ** García Sánchez II of Pamp ...

, with whom he died in the

Battle of Atapuerca The Battle of Atapuerca was fought on 1 September 1054 at the site of Piedrahita ("standing stone") in the valley of Atapuerca between two brothers, King García Sánchez III of Navarre and King Ferdinand I of Castile. The Castilians won and ...

in 1054. * Fronilla or Fronilde Garcés. In 1054, declaring herself daughter of García Ramírez and Toda, gave away all her lands and belongings to the Monastery of Irache.

Sources

*Cañada Juste, Alberto
"Un milenario navarro: Ramiro Garcés, rey de Viguera"
''Príncipe de Viana'' 42 (1982), pp. 21–37. *Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. "Monarcas navarros olvidados: los reyes de Viguera", ''Hispania'' X (1950), pp. 8–25. {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Ramirez of Viguera Kings of Viguera 11th-century monarchs in Europe 11th century in Navarre House of Jiménez