SANCHO II GARCS

died c. 994 also called Sancho Abarca king of Pamplona (Navarre) from 970, Count of Aragon, and a son of Garca I (or II). He was defeated by the Moors in 973 and 981 when allied with Castile and Leon. He then submitted to the caliphate, one of his daughters marrying the chief minister of Crdoba, Abu 'Amir al-Mansur, and becoming a Muslim. Sancho visited Crdoba in 992 to pay homage to al-Mansur.