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Sancho VI of Navarre

1132 - 1194

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sancho VI of Navarre has received more than 176,513 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sancho VI of Navarre is the 3,807th most popular politician (down from 3,433rd in 2019).

Sancho VI was a king of Navarre from 1194 to 1234. He is most famous for his role in the Reconquista, or the Christian reconquest of Spain from the Moors.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sancho VI of Navarre ranks 3,807 out of 19,576. Before him are Juan Manuel de Rosas, Tantamani, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Boniface Alexandre, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Otto, Duke of Austria. After him are Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, Qasar, Lansana Conté, Emperor Yōmei, Louis II, Count of Flanders, and Princess Irene of the Netherlands.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1132, Sancho VI of Navarre ranks 1. After him are Ala ad-Din Tekish, Mieszko I Tanglefoot, Vladimir III of Kiev, Yaroslav II of Kiev, and Rhys ap Gruffydd. Among people deceased in 1194, Sancho VI of Navarre ranks 5. Before him are Guy of Lusignan, Tancred, King of Sicily, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, and Emperor Xiaozong of Song. After him are Casimir II the Just, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, and Sviatoslav III of Kiev.

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