Background
He was the eldest son of García Sánchez I of Pamplona with his second wife, Teresa of León.
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lieutenant is suggested that that while Teresa pushed for the disinheritance of García"s eldest son Sancho II of Pamplona in favour of Ramiro, García compromised and willed the region of Viguera to Ramiro with the title of king. The precise date of his death is not recorded. A surviving document dated 981 reports that he had already died.
Arabic sources report that he died in the Battle of Torrevicente in 981, where he and García Fernández of Castile fought Almanzur in support of Cordoban rebel Galib.
He had two known children, Sancho and García, who succeeded him in turn.
