Sancho III of Pamplona

Sancho III
The burial stone of Sancho III, bearing his effigy
King of Pamplona King of the Kingdom of Najera
Reign	1004–1035
Predecessor	García Sánchez II
Successor	García Sánchez III
Count of Aragon
Reign	1004–1035
Predecessor	García Sánchez II
Successor	Ramiro I
Born	c. 992-996
Died	c. 1035
Burial	Monastery of San Salvador de Oña
Spouse	Muniadona of Castile
Issue	Garcia III, King of Pamplona Ferdinand I, King of León Jimena, Queen of León Gonzalo of Ribagorza (ill.) Ramiro I, King of Aragon
House	House of Jiménez
Father	García Sánchez II of Pamplona
Mother	Jimena Fernández

Sancho Garcés III (c. 992–996 – 18 October 1035), also known as Sancho the Great (Spanish: Sancho el Mayor, Basque: Antso Gartzez Nagusia), was the King of Pamplona from 1004 until his death in 1035. He also ruled the County of Aragon and by marriage the counties of Castile, Álava and Monzón. He later added the counties of Sobrarbe (1015), Ribagorza (1018) and Cea (1030), and would intervene in the Kingdom of León, taking its eponymous capital city in 1034.

He was the eldest son of García Sánchez II and his wife Jimena Fernández.