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Personal data Sancho Sanchez II van Gascogne 

• He was born in the year 800.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Sancho II Sanchez van Gascogne (ca. 800 - 864) was hertog van Gascogne.
  
  Sancho, in 836 opvolger van zijn broer Aznar, werd een zo goed als zelfstandig heerser in Gascogne, tegen de zin van Pepijn I van Aquitanië.
  
  Na de dood van Pepijn I in 838, gaf Sancho wel zijn steun aan diens zoon Pepijn II. Ook nadat Lodewijk de Vrome Pepijn II had verslagen, zette Sancho zijn eigen heerschappij door. In 848 bezette hij Bordeaux nadat de Vikingen de stad hadden verlaten. Hierop noemde hij zich "hertog van Gascogne". Korte tijd later was hij echter gedwongen om zijn onafhankelijke politiek op te geven en onderwierp zich nog voor 850 aan Karel de Kale. Korte tijd later had Sancho daar voordeel van toen hij door een Moorse aanvoerder gevangen was genomen en Karel zijn vrijlating onderhandelde. Als wederdienst leverde Sancho in 852 Pepijn II uit aan Karel.
  
  Gezien zijn patroniem heette zijn vader ook Sanchez maar daar is nauwelijks iets over bekend. Mogelijk was deze een zoon van Wolf II. Sancho was waarschijnlijk vader van Sancho Mittara.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Sancho II Sánchez or Sans II Sancion[1] (died 864) succeeded his brother Aznar Sánchez as count of Vasconia Citerior (Gascony) in 836, in spite of the objections of Pepin I, King of Aquitaine.
  
  After Pepin's death in 838, confusion enveloped southern Gaul. Most Aquitainian counts elected Pepin II as their king, but Emperor Louis the Pious, urged by his wife Judith, redivided his vast realm at Worms in May 839, granting all of Aquitaine, Gascony, Septimania, and the Hispanic March to his youngest son, Charles the Bald. Louis sent an imperial army into the Limousin and then installed his son at Poitiers. The partisans of Pepin were defeated and Louis proceeded to appoint new counts in new districts. One Seguin was appointed in Bordeaux to counter Sancho, now acting virtually alone.
  
  In 845, Seguin joined the faction of Pepin and was made dux Wasconum — that is, duke of the march guarding the frontier with the Gascons, led by Sancho. Seguin was killed later that year in a battle against the Vikings. In 848, Bordeaux was left without a leader after the withdrawal of the Vikings. It is not known for sure if Sancho took possession of the city, but it is certainly possible. Historian Ferdinand Lot supposed that Sancho was even nominated as duke at Limoges or Orléans by Charles the Bald in that year.[2] He certainly submitted by 850.[3] With his brother-in-law Emenon, Count of Périgord, the husband of his sister Sancha, Sancho was captured by the dissident Moorish chieftain Musa. Charles negotiated their release and in turn Sancho handed over Pepin II when the latter took refuge in Gascony in September 852.[4]
  
  In 864, Sancho died and the dukeship of Gascony passed to his nephew Arnold, son of Emenon. The later duke García Sánchez may have been his son.

• He died in the year 864, he was 64 years old.
• A child of Sancho I López van Gascogne and Eilona (?) Galindéz
• This information was last updated on January 21, 2013.

Household of Sancho Sanchez II van Gascogne

Child(ren):

1. Sancho III "Mittara" van Gascogne  820-875 
2. Sancho Sanchez I Mittara van Gascogne  830-< 887 

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