Teresa Ramírez (Theresa of León) was a Queen consort of Pamplona. Ariamiro rey

Life

Teresa was a daughter of King

Ramiro II of León Ramiro II ( 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II of León, Ordoño II and Elvira Menendez, was a Kingdom of León, King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of the kingdom, he gained the crown of Le ...

and his cousin

Adosinda Gutiérrez Adosinda was the queen of Asturias during the reign of her husband, Silo, from 774 to 783. She was a daughter of Alfonso I and Ermesinda, daughter of the first Asturian king, Pelayo. She was a sister of Fruela I. Her husband probably succeede ...

. Ramiro was an ally to King

García Sánchez I of Pamplona García Sánchez I (Basque: ''Gartzea I.a Santxez''; 919 – 22 February 970), was the king of Pamplona from 925 until his death in 970. He was the second king of the Jiménez dynasty, succeeding his father when he was merely six years old. Bi ...

, who was married to Teresa and the couple had son,

Ramiro Garcés of Viguera Ramiro is a Spanish and Portuguese name from the latinisation of the Gothic given name *𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐍂 (*Ranamir). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Ramiro I of Asturias (c. 790–850), king of Asturias * Ramiro ...

. It is suggested that while Teresa pushed for the disinheritance of García's eldest son

Sancho II of Pamplona Sancho Garcés II (Basque: ''Antso II.a Gartzez'', c. 938 – 994), also known as Sancho II, was King of Pamplona and Count of Aragon from 970 until his death in 994. He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona and Andregoto Galí ...

in favour of Ramiro, García compromised and willed the region of Viguera to Ramiro with the title of king. García and Teresa appear together for the first time in 943 in a charter in the Monastery of San Millán de Suso.

References

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