Sancho "Wise" King Navarre 1132-1194

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1154 Louis VII marries Constance of Castile

1191 Marriage of King Richard I and Berengaria of Navarre

Before 1130 [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre [aged 17] and [his mother] Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.

On 21st April 1132 Sancho "Wise" King Navarre was born to García "Restorer" IV King Navarre [aged 20] and Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre.

In 1141 [his mother] Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre died.

On 24th June 1144 [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre [aged 32] and Urraca La Asturiana Queen Consort Navarre were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Navarre.

On 21st November 1150 [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre [aged 38] died. His son Sancho [aged 18] succeeded King Navarre.

In 1151 [his brother-in-law] Sancho III King Castile [aged 17] and [his sister] Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [his father] García "Restorer" IV King Navarre and [his mother] Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of [his future father-in-law] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon [aged 45] and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. They were fourth cousins.

On 20th July 1153 Sancho "Wise" King Navarre [aged 21] and Sancha Ivrea [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon [aged 48] and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. He the son of García "Restorer" IV King Navarre and Marguerite Aigle Queen Consort Navarre. They were fourth cousins.

Louis VII marries Constance of Castile

In 1154 Louis VII King of the Franks [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Constance of Castile Queen of the Franks [aged 14] were married in Orléans. She by marriage Queen of the Franks. Somewhat curiously they were more closely related than Louis and his first wife Eleanor of Aquitaine [aged 32] whose marriage had been annulled on account of consanguinity. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon [aged 48] and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. He the son of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. They were second cousins.

On 17th April 1154 [his son] Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre [aged 21] and [his wife] Sancha Ivrea [aged 15]. He married 1195 his half third cousin once removed Constance Rouerge Queen Consort Navarre, daughter of Raymond Count of Toulouse and Beatrice Beziers.

On 12th August 1156 [his sister] Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile [aged 23] died.

On 21st August 1157 [his father-in-law] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon [aged 52] died. His son [his former brother-in-law] Sancho [aged 23] succeeded III King Castile. His son Ferdinand [aged 20] succeeded II King Leon.

Louis VII marries Adela of Blois

On 13th November 1160 Louis VII King of the Franks [aged 40] and Adèle Queen of the Franks were married a month or so after his [his sister-in-law] second wife [deceased] had died in childbirth; Louis needed an heir. She by marriage Queen of the Franks. She the daughter of Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois and Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois. He the son of Louis VI King of the Franks and Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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Around 1165 [his daughter] Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort England was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre [aged 32] and [his wife] Sancha Ivrea [aged 26]. She married 12th May 1191 her half fourth cousin King Richard "Lionheart" I of England, son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England.

Before 15th August 1171 [his brother-in-law] Ferdinand II King Leon [aged 34] and Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 62] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of [his father-in-law] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon. They were half second cousins.

In 1179 [his wife] Sancha Ivrea [aged 40] died.

Marriage of King Richard I and Berengaria of Navarre

On 12th May 1191 [his son-in-law] King Richard "Lionheart" I of England [aged 33] and Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 26] were married at Chapel of St George at Limassol Castle [Map]. She was crowned Queen Consort England the same day by the Hélie de Malemort, archbishop of Bordeaux, Jean aka John Fitz Luke, bishop of Évreux and Bernard II de Lacarre, Bishop of Bayonne. She the daughter of Sancho "Wise" King Navarre [aged 59] and Sancha Ivrea. He the son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 69]. They were half fourth cousins.

Richard's mother and sister Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily [aged 25] were present.

On 27th June 1194 Sancho "Wise" King Navarre [aged 62] died at Pamplona [Map]. His son Sancho [aged 40] succeeded VII King Navarre.

[his daughter] Zylda Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.

[his daughter] Constance Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.

[his daughter] Blanche Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea. She married 1st July 1199 her third cousin once removed Theobald Blois III Count Champagne, son of Henry Blois I Count Champagne and Marie Capet Countess Champagne, and had issue.

[his son] Ramiro Ramirez Bishop Pamplona was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.

[his daughter] Theresa Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.

[his son] Ferdinand Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.

[his daughter] Ramiro Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.

[his son] Sancho Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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[his son] Guilhelmo Ramirez was born to Sancho "Wise" King Navarre.