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Name: Kingdom of Pamplona

Type: Polity

Start: 818 AD

End: 1035 AD

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Was a Basque Kingdom that appeared in Navarre during the early phases of the reconquista. It was a predecessor of Navarre.

Establishment


  • January 818: After defeat in Pancorbo, Pamplona, led by the native Basque lord Iñigo Arista, detached (817) from the Frankish Kingdom.
  • Chronology


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    1. Hungarian invasions of Europe


    The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

  • January 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees.
  • February 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees. The Magyars then left the raided territories.

  • 2. Reconquista


    Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.

  • January 921: After the defeat of the Moors in 920, King Sancho I of Pamplona led the Christian counteroffensive, quickly taking control of La Rioja and annexing the territories of Nájera and Viguera into the Kingdom of Pamplona.
  • February 924: A Muslim army leaves Pamplona after a raid.
  • January 1017: Garray was part of the kingdom of Pamplona in the time of Sancho III el Mayor.
  • January 1032: With the breakup of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 23 taifas, sveral of its territories were acquired by its neighbours.

  • 2.1.Conquests of Abd ar-Rahman III

    Were the conquests of the Emir and later Caliph of Córdoba, Abd ar-Rahman III.

  • January 924: Pamplona is destroyed by a Muslim army.

  • 3. War between Pamplona and Leon (1034)


    Was a war fought between the Kingdoms of Leon and Pamplona that ended with the invasion and annexion of Leon by Sancho III of Pamplona.

  • April 1033: Sancho of Pamplona conquered Zamora.

  • 4. Partition of Pamplona (1035)


    On his death, Sancho III of Pamplona divided his possessions among his four sons.

  • January 1036: This then created the duchies of Baigorri and Labort, but upon his death his sons took over the father's lands, leaving the lands of La Rioja, La Bureba , Álava, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa in the hands of García Sánchez III of Navarra.
  • January 1036: Sancho III of Pamplona, also known as Sancho the Great, divided his possessions among his four sons upon his death in 1035.
  • January 1036: Sancho III of Navarre, also known as Sancho the Great, divided his kingdom among his four sons upon his death in 1035. The territory of Navarre went to his son, Ferdinand, while his son, Garcia, received the Kingdom of Galicia. The Kingdom of Castile was given to his son, Gonzalo.

  • 5. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 884: In 883, the Christian King Alfonso III of Asturias led a successful counteroffensive, capturing the territories of Deza and Atienza from the Moors. This marked a significant victory in the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule.

  • January 911: After taking the political power from Fortún Garcés, Sancho Garcés, son of Dadilde, sister of Raymond I, Count of Pallars and Ribagorza, proclaimed himself king, terminating the alliance with the Emirate of Córdoba and expanding its domains through the course of the River Ega all the way south to the Ebro and taking the regions of Nájera and Calahorra, which caused the decline of the Banu Qasi family, who ruled these lands.

  • January 951: When the Moors reconquered most of the Spanish territories north of the Ebro River, what remained of the Marca Hispanica was divided between the Frankish Empire and the Kingdom of Pamplona.

  • January 971: The Kingdom of Viguera was a small ephemeral kingdom centered on the town of Viguerafrom 970 to 10 from 970 to 1005. The kingdom was created by King García Sánchez I of Pamplona for the eldest son of his second marriage, Ramiro Garcés , who became the first king of Viguera.

  • January 971: In the 10th century d. C., Andregoto Galindez , Galindo II Aznárez daughter, married the king of Pamplona García Sánchez I . His son Sancho Garcés II, inherited the kingdom of Pamplona and the county of Aragon from his mother in 970, which indicates that Aragonese law already allowed the transmission of the House by women.

  • January 1006: Viguera appears again as being part of the Kingdom of Pamplona.

  • January 1019: Union of the County of Ribagorza to the Kingdom of Pamplona.

  • January 1024: The Duke of Gascony, Sancho V Guillaume, handed over land of Labourd to the King of Navarre, Sancho III Garcés.

  • January 1035: In 1034, the city of León, the imperiale culmen (imperial capital, as Sancho saw it), fell, and there Sancho of Pamplona had himself crowned.

  • October 1035: Separation of the County of Ribagorza from the Kingdom of Pamplona.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1036: Sancho III of Pamplona, also known as Sancho the Great, divided his possessions among his four sons upon his death in 1035.
  • January 1036: Sancho III of Navarre, also known as Sancho the Great, divided his kingdom among his four sons upon his death in 1035. The territory of Navarre went to his son, Ferdinand, while his son, Garcia, received the Kingdom of Galicia. The Kingdom of Castile was given to his son, Gonzalo.
  • January 1036: This then created the duchies of Baigorri and Labort, but upon his death his sons took over the father's lands, leaving the lands of La Rioja, La Bureba , Álava, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa in the hands of García Sánchez III of Navarra.
  • Selected Sources


  • Sugar, P. F. / Hanák, P. (1994): A History of Hungary, Bloomington (USA), p. 13
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