The origins of the name Sanchez lie in the ancient Christian Kingdoms of northern Spain and southern France (the name is more than 1,300 years old), the Spanish Conquistadors carried it to the New World. Their son, Garcia Ramirez "The Restorer" became King of Navarre (Navarra). Interestingly, Garcia III Sanchez, the King of Navarra, had an illegitimate son, whose grandson married the daughter of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar ("El Cid"). For example Sancho III Garces "The Great", King of Pamplona (980–1035), fathered Garcia III (IV) Sanchez, King of Navarra (1015–1054) Ramiro I Sanchez, King of Aragon (1010–1063) Fernando I Sanchez "The Great," King of Castile and Emperor of Leon (1020–1063) Gonzalo Sanchez, King of Huesca (1022–1054 and Urraca Sanchez, Infanta (Crown Princess).
Their children took on the surname Sanchez. There were several kings named Sancho in the Christian Kingdoms of Spain, between the 8th and 15th centuries. Duke Lupus Sanchez commanded military assets comparable to or greater than those of Alfred the Great of Wessex (England) and was able to mobilize a militia of 27,000 or more to garrison the fortress cities of Gascony. In the 8th century, Duke Lupus Sanchez assisted the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne, in capturing the fortress city of Barcelona from the Muslims. From here they passed down into Navarre and Aragon."
They took part under the Gothic king of the Asturias Pelayo (Pelagius), in the battle of Covadonga (730?) against the Mohammedans, and then returned to the Pyrenees where they elected as their leader Don Garcia Ximenez. is descended from one of a number of Gothic knights (caballeros) who in the year 714 escaped from the "barbara furia" of the Mohammedan invasion and took up their residence in the hills of Leon, Galicia, Asturia, Burgos, and the Pyrenees. Sanches, Sanchiz, Sanguez, Saez, Sanz, Sanzio (Ital. Sánchez is the most common surname in the Spanish provinces of Cáceres and Salamanca
0 kommentar(er)
